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EXPOSURE JOURNAL
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Exposure Journal publishes academic articles that recognize successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. The journal invites submission of 1) Research that emanates from or informs campus-community partnerships; 2) Studies co-authored by faculty, students, and/or community partners; 3) Literature and Teaching English as Foreign Language; and 4) Commentary on emerging trends, developments, and/or challenges.
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INFORMATION TRANSFER TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING WRITING Ummi Khaerati Syam; Ismail Sangkala
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (303.427 KB) | DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v3i1.800

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Writing is one of the language skills that plays important role in human communication. It is used to communicate with other people in society and also to express our opinion in writing form. The teaching of writing requires the students to write accurately. Have a good competence in English does not only mean to be fluent speakers of the language, as many people have in mind but in writing as well; a lot of varieties of occupations require skilled people in English both in speaking and writing. There are some factors that influence the students’ ability to write; they are the vocabulary, the interesting topics were given the interest of students in learning writing such as picture, map, graphic, etc and the time to teach writing in English course or inappropriate technique. Among these factors, technique is an important factor that should be given a special attention because by applying a good technique, the students can improve their ability to organize their ideas into a good writing. This research is intended to find out the improvement of the students’ writing ability by using Information Transfer Technique at first semester students’ of Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. The method will use a Pre-Experimental research with the one group pretest and posttest design. The sample is only one class that consisted of 40 students which were selected by using Purposive sampling technique. The data were obtained through writing test.
THE EFFECTS OF PRE-QUESTION STRATEGY ON THE READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 1 BANTAENG Awaliah Azis; Rezky Darmayani
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
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The objective of this research was to find out the significant effect of Pre-question Strategy on the reading comprehension. The strategy employed in this research was Quasi-Experimental method involved two groups of students. The research population was the second year students of SMA Negeri 1 Bantaeng, consisted of the population about 270 students and the sample was 60 students. The sampling strategy used was cluster random sampling strategy. The result of data analysis shows that at the level of significance 0.05 with degrees of freedom (df) = n1 + n2 – 2 where n = 58, there was a significant effect on the reading comprehension of the students who used Pre-questioning strategy. It was proved by the result that the mean score of experimental class (77.7) which was taught used Pre-question was higher than the mean score of control class (55.2), which without Pre-question. The way was t-test value was higher than the t-table value (7.,122,000). It means that an alternative hypothesis was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected. Based on the result above, the writer draws a conclusion that the using of the Pre-questioning strategy was effective to improve the students’ reading comprehension. Keywords: Reading, Pre-question, strategy, achievement, comprehension
AN ERROR ANALYSIS IN THE USE OF PAST TENSE IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP UNISMUH MAKASSAR Radiah Hamid; Qayyimah Qayyimah
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
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This research aimed to identify the kinds of error in the use of Past Tense in writing recount text and the dominant error made by the Second Year Students of SMP Unismuh Makassar. This research is Case Study Research. The research was conducted in SMP Unismuh Makassar. The population was the Second Year Students in Academic Year 2013-2014. The researcher took Class B1 which consists of 19 students.The instrument used was writing test. Writing test was used to find out the kinds of errors made by the students in writing recount text. By using this instrument, the researcher analyzed detail information about the errors in the use of Past Tense in writing recount text. The students' errors were classified into four categories based on the kinds of error. Those are the error of omition with 12 errors, error of addition with 31 errors, error of misformation with 166 errors, and error of misordering with 5 errors. The students made the dominant error in misformation category. It can be seen from the percentage result where misformation were 77,57%, then followed error of addition were 14,48%, error of omition was 5,61%, and misordering were only 2,34%. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the Second Year Students(Class B1) of SMP Unismuh Makassar had many errors in writing recount text. The students should be given intensive exercises in the use of Past Tense in writing recount text.  It is quite necessary for the Second Year Students and the English Teacher of SMP Unismuh Makassar to be informed about the result of this research, so they can improve their teaching learning process.Keywords: Error Analysis, recount text, Past Tense, error of misformation.
USING PRACTICE POSTERS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL Farisha Andi Baso; Reskiwati Amelia
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
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This research was aimed to explain the improvement of the students’ speaking fluency and the students’ speaking accuracy through the of discussion technique in teaching speaking. The research was implemented in SMP Pondok Pesantren Darul Aman Gombara Makassar at the eighth-grade students through a classroom action research (CAR). The researcher took 33 students as the subject of the research. The researcher taught speaking English using practice posters. To find the results, the researcher got the information from the students’ answers on oral test in the form of D-test, the test of a cycle I and test of cycle II. The result of the research using Practice Posters showed that the researcher used the CAR (Classroom Action Research) principle to collect the data. The research conducted through two cycles with each cycle consisted of four meetings. By implementing Practice Posters as a media in teaching speaking, the students had chanced to be active and cooperative in learning speaking so that the students’ speaking accuracy and the students’ speaking fluency achievement were improved significantly. It could be seen from the result of the students’ activities during the action, and the students’ speaking achievement in speaking. The mean score of the students’ speaking D - Test was 3.67. It was categorized as fair classification (low ability). While the mean score of the students’ speaking test in cycle I was 5.02. It is higher than the mean score of the students’ speaking test.  But the result was not significant from the result which was expected according to the background namely 6.5, so the research was continued to the cycle II and the mean score of the students’ speaking achievement of cycle II was 7.16. It was categorized as good. It also indicated that there was a significant score from the result expected in the background namely 6.5. The result above was acquired from the students’ speaking ability in terms of speaking accuracy and speaking fluency.
LECTURER’S STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASS Herlina Daddi; Muhammad Zia ul Haq
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
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This research aimed to reveal (1) what strategies were applied by lecturers in English speaking class, (2) how those strategies were applied and (3) to know the students’ perceptions toward the use of those strategies.This research employed qualitative grounded theory design. The subjects of the research were two non-native English lecturers who taught at the same private university in Makassar. The instruments of research were; observation, interview, and documents examination. The technique of data analysis adopted three series of codification of grounded theory approach; open coding, axial coding, and selective coding.The result of this research revealed five categories of strategies that applied by the two subjects. They were; (1) strategy of checking attendance, (2) strategy of seating arrangement, (3) strategy of teaching-learning activity, (4) strategy of correction and (5) strategy of assessment. Strategy of checking attendance, they were: numbering and one-off calling name; strategy of seating arrangement, they were: one-big circle, two circle, U-model, and island model; strategy of teaching-learning activity, they were: audio-based presentation, topic-based presentation, peer share idea, role play, discussion, and simulation; strategy of correction, they were: teacher correction and peer correction; and strategy of assessment, that was: performance-based assessment. In accordance with those strategies, the students raised perception that those strategies encouraged them to be good at speaking in terms of improving their confidence to share idea, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar.Keywords: Lecturer’s Strategy, Teaching Speaking, Perception
LEXICAL ERROR IN WRITING ENGLISH WORDS MADE BY STUDENTS OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Bahrun Amin
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (454.912 KB) | DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v3i1.831

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The objectives of the research are to find out: The lexical error in writing English noun made by the eighth-grade students of SMP Unismuh Makassar. The lexical error in writing English adjective made by the eighth-grade students of SMP Unismuh Makassar. What lexical error in writing English verb is made by the eighth-grade students of SMP Unismuh Makassar. The result of this research gives information caused by the lexical error of the student’s ability in writing English noun and adjective especially. For the teacher:  the result of this research can be a knowledge and references to all teacher why their students have low ability in writing vocabulary, and also find out the solution so that can create students whose more quality. For students: make students realize their mistake in learning vocabulary, and they can repair their mistake by changes their way in study vocabulary. For researcher: it can be known and references for researcher about the cause of lexical error in writing English words, it also becomes a description of some problem that faces in the school especially to students. Moreover, it can make research have more knowledge how to be a good teacher in the next future.Keyword: Lexical, writing, Junior high school, vocabulary, error
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY BY USING WHOLE BRAIN TEACHING (WBT) METHOD AT THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ OF SMP NEGERI 1 BARAKA St Asmayanti; Rezcy Amalia
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 3, No 1 (2014): Exposure
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (692.392 KB) | DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v3i1.799

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The objectives of the research were to find out the improvement of the students’ speaking accuracy and the improvement of the students’ speaking fluency through the use of Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) Method at the first year students’ of SMP Negeri 1 Baraka. This research used Classroom Action Research that consisted two cycles. The research population was the first year of SMP Negeri 1 Baraka academic year 2012. The sample of this research consisted of 30 students.The researcher obtained the data by using speaking test and observation sheet. The result of this research indicated that the improvement of the students’ speaking accuracy was 6.5 classified as good and the improvement of the students’ speaking fluency was 6.9 classified as good. It could be stated that the students’ speaking ability through the use of Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) Method at the first year students’ of SMP Negeri 1 Baraka improved to a good level after test in the second cycle.

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