EXPOSURE JOURNAL
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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IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH DRAW LABEL CAPTION (DLC) TECHNIQUE
Ika Sastrawati
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.917
This research aimed at find out the improvement of the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from its content with unity and completeness, language use dealing with tense and preposition through DLC Technique at the eighth grade of MTs.Muhammadiyah Tongko. The technique of this research was a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The instrument of the research was observation sheet and writing test indicated that the students have high score in writing achievement. The location of this research was taken at the eighth grade of MTs.Muhammadiyah Tongko with a number of the subject were 30 students. The research findings indicated that the application of DLC Technique was significant in improving the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from content and language use. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 63.99. It was classified as fair then improved to be 75.50. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 50.99 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from its content with unity and completeness, and language use dealing with tense and preposition.
USING INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION TO ENRICH THE STUDENTS VOCABULARY MASTERY
St Asmayanti
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.919
The research aimed to find out the improvement the students’vocabulary in terms of improving their understanding about of nouns and adjectives. To explain the increase, the researcher used a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which each cycle consisted of four meetings.The subject was the students at the eight grade of SMP Askari Pallangga Gowa. The number of samples consisted of 37 students. The research findings indicated that using Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition could improve the students’ vocabulary of noun and adjective.It was proved by the result of the diagnostic test, the students’ mean score got was 53.78. After applying the Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in cycle I, the students’ achievement increased to be 63.6. In cycle II the students’ vocabulary increased to be 85.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR THROUGH “ EASY TO LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR COMPACT DISC” COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Wildhan Burhanuddin
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.922
This study aims at knowing the students’ interest in learning English Grammar through Easy to Leam English Grammar Compact Disc (ELEG CD) computer software. This research used the descriptive method with twenty-eight participants from the students of TKJ (Technique, Computer, and Network) in the SMK Bajiminasa Makassar. The researcher collected data through a questionnaire that aims at knowing students’ ability in learning English Grammar through Easy to Learn English Grammar Compact Disc (ELEG CD) computer software. The researcher itemized five positive statements and five negative statements. The writer also conducted observation as additional information about the condition of computer laboratory, “Easy to Learn English Grammar Compact Disc” computer software and the students’ behaviors in playing it, It aims to know how computer laboratory and Easy to Learn English Grammar Compact Disc computer software influence students in learning English especially English grammar. The result of this research showed that the students of TKJ (Technique, Computer, and Network) in the SMK Bajiminasa Makassar were increasing in learning English Grammar through Easy to Learn EnglishGrammar Compact Disc computer software. This was proved by the aggregate percentage of the students got from the questionnaires that is from item l up to 10. Based on the findings, the researcher makes the conclusion that in English grammar through “ Easy to Learn English Grammar Compact Disc” computer software could improve the students’ ability.
THE USE OF MISTAKE BUSTER TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL
Bahrun Amin
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.916
This research aimed to find out whether or not Mistake Buster Technique is effective to be used in writing a recount composition and find out the extent to which Mistake Buster Technique improve the ability of students in writing a recount composition for the Second Grade Students. A quasi-experimental design was employed with two classes of the second graders at one school in Makassar selected purposively as a sample. The data were obtained through a pre-test and a post-test. The writing assessment was adopted from Depdikbud (1996) covering language use and organization. The findings were analyzed statistically sing independent t-test procedure.The research findings indicated that the use of Mistake Buster Technique could improve the students‘ writing skill in language use and organization in writing recount composition. It was proved by the students’ mean score of experimental class in pre-test was (10.125) and in post-test was (65.5).While the mean score of control class in pre-test was (9.375) and in post-test was (41.125). The findings of this research shows that the value of t-test in the posttest is higher than t table (4.28 2,02). It means that there was a significant difference of the students’ writing skill in language use and organization in writing recount composition before and after being taught using Mistake Buster Technique at the Second Grade of SMPN 33 Makassar. The statistical computation showed that Mistake Buster Technique was likely effective in improving the students’ writing skill on language use and organization in writing recount composition.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH MIX FREEZE GROUP STRATEGY
Sujariati Sujariati;
Muhammad Astrianto Setiadi
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.915
This study attempted to explain the improvement of students' reading comprehension in terms of precise information about the text pertaining to the text's key ideas and order of facts, as well as creative reading of the text pertaining to the text's characters and conclusion. To explain the improvement, the researcher employed classroom action research (CAR), which was carried out in two cycles of four meetings each. This investigation was conducted with the second-grade students of SMAN 1 Bontomarannu, a total of 35 individuals. According to the research findings, the adoption of the SMAN 1 Bontomarannu) Strategy significantly improved the students' reading comprehension in terms of particular information and creative text interpretation. It was demonstrated by the cycle I mean score of 60.69. It was deemed acceptable, then upgraded to 73.38. In cycle II, it was evaluated as satisfactory. They are greater than the diagnostic test's mean score of 50.7, which is considered inadequate. Therefore, the students' reading comprehension improved in terms of precise knowledge about the text pertaining to primary concepts and order of details, as well as creative reading of the text pertaining to character and conclusion.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRAIN SKETCHING TECHNIQUE IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Ratu Yulianti Natsir
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.918
This research aimed to find out the students’ improvement in writing descriptive text especially in content and organization by using Brain Sketching Technique. The problem statement of this research was how is the use of Brain-Sketching Technique improved the students’ skill in writing descriptive text. The researcher used quasi experimental design, and used two classes they were experimental class and control class, the data was collected by using written test. The pre-test was given to the students’ to find out the students’ improvement in writing process before the treatment and the post-test was given to find out the students’ improvement in writing process after the treatment. The population was the second year students of SMP Aisyiyah Paccinongang that consisted of 20 students in academic year 2014/2015. Meanwhile, the sample of this research was taken by using purposive sampling. The research findings indicated that the achievement of the second year students of SMP Aisyiyah Paccinongang, Gowa, improved after the use of Brain-Sketching Technique. It proven by the mean score of pre-test in experimental class was 67.12 and post-test was 77.32 and the mean score of pre-test in controlled class was 68.12 and post-test was 74.37. The statistical computations showed that Brain-Sketching Technique was likely effective to improve the students’ writing in descriptive text.
ENRICHING VOCABULARY THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION MODEL
Siti Maryam Hamid
EXPOSURE : JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS Vol 4, No 1 (2015): Exposure
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DOI: 10.26618/exposure.v4i1.921
The objective of this research was to find out the significance of the students’ achievement before and after learning vocabulary through Social Interaction Method at the eight class of SMP Guppi Samata Gowa. This research employed pre-experimental method with one group pretest and posttest design. There were two variables, namely dependent variable was the students’ vocabulary achievement and the independent variable was the application of Social Interaction Model in teaching vocabulary. The population was the students in the eighth grade of SMP Guppi Samata Gowa. The sample of the research consisted of 50 students which were taken by using cluster total sampling, 25 students were taken as an experimental class and 25 students were taken as a controlled class. The instrument was vocabulary test in the multiple-choice test. The multiple choice test consists of 10 items that consist of five choices. The findings of the research were students vocabulary used pre-test and post-test. The result of the data indicated that there was a significant difference between students’ post-test in experimental class and controlled class. The mean score of posttest (61.6) in experimental class was greater than the mean score of posttest (56) in controlled class and the standard deviation of posttest (8.94) in experimental class was greater than the standard deviation of posttest in controlled class (6.29). From t-test, the researcher found that the value of t-test (2.553) was greater than t-table (2.021) at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) = 48.