ENGLISH FRANCA : Academic Journal of English Language and Education
The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the problems in communication experienc... more The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the problems in communication experienced by senior high school students in Jambi City. Students in their final year of secondary education in Jambi City served as participants in this study. This study was carried out at SMAN 03, SMAN 08, and SMAN 11 Jambi City, all of which are recognized educational institutions. There were a total of 130 students in the tenth grade that took part in this research. The research was a quantitative study that was designed in the form of a survey. The questionnaire was the instrument that was employed for this study. There are a total of 25 questions on the questionnaire, all of which pertain to the difficulty that students have expressing themselves verbally regarding linguistics and psychological issues. The findings of this study also suggested that the students attending the three authorized institutions had the perception that psycholog
This study aims to respond the regulation of teaching and learning English in higher education. S... more This study aims to respond the regulation of teaching and learning English in higher education. Since there is no clear regulation of what supposed to be taught, some institutions decide different requirement for the teaching and learning English. This study focused on analyzing and evaluating the students’ actual needs in learning English. A quantitative study was conducted toward 113 non-English department students who have taken English subject in an Islamic University in Jambi. This study explored both of the students’ actual needs and experiences of their learning English in the classroom. The results indicate that having the four skills as a part of teaching and learning English in the classroom is important for the students. The students also mentioned that completing their study is not the only reason to learn English. They believe that learning English is a golden key to be a part of world class community. In spite of mastering reading as the main focus of learning process...
Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat dengan tema “Pelatihan Persiapan Pembelajaran Online Berbas... more Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat dengan tema “Pelatihan Persiapan Pembelajaran Online Berbasis Edmodo” ini merupakan kegiatan kolaborasi antara beberapa dosen Prodi Tadris Bahasa Inggris UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi dengan mahasiwa prodi yang dilaksanakan sebagai satu bentuk tindak lanjut kerjasama antara Prodi Tadris Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi dengan SMAN 12 Kota Jambi. Kegiatan utama dalam program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini ialah pelatihan pemanfaatan aplikasi Edmodo yang dapat digunakan sebagai media guru memberikan materi maupun membuat kuis atau ulangan bagi siswa secara interaktif sehingga menarik minat siswa. Sejumlah 60 guru mengikuti pelatihan interaktif ini. Pada akhir kegiatan ditemukan guru-guru memiliki persepsi yang positif terhadap kegiatan yang diberikan. Sebanyak 73% guru-guru yang mengikuti pelatihan menyampaikan bahwa kegiatan pengabdian yang dilaksanakan memberikan sesuai dengan kebutuhan pese...
Indonesia is a multiethnic and cosmopolitan country. To realize a multicultural society, the vari... more Indonesia is a multiethnic and cosmopolitan country. To realize a multicultural society, the variety of the Indonesian nation is employed as a feature, as the Indonesian nation’s identity. Different cultures complement each other, do not stand alone, and are even capable of adapting (flexibly) to each other in the arena of daily life. Musi Rawas Utara is one of the regencies in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia, with a diversified community in terms of religion and race. Cultural, religious, political ambitions, economic divisions, and educational distinctions are among the most widely felt throughout Indonesia, particularly in the Musi Rawas region. The goal of this study was to look at the intercultural understanding of ethnic youngsters in the Musi Rawas area. The demographics of this study include all youth ethnic groups in the Musi Rawas area. A purposive sample was used, with 75 participants drawn from three villages in Musi Rawas Utara Regency, South Sumatra. A nontest strate...
In spite of its importance, writing seems always be a challenging skill for students to master in... more In spite of its importance, writing seems always be a challenging skill for students to master in learning English. Persuading the teachers to persistently try different teaching techniques to reach the goal of teaching better writing is a must. Using roundtable technique become one of the choices. As this experimental study has proven that using roundtable technique give significant effect on the students’ writing ability. Toward the 42 students taken as the sample of the research, it is proved that there was significant difference on the students’ writing ability before (M=54.48, SD=13.155) and after being taught by using roundtable technique (M=73.9, SD=7.569), t(20)=13.55, P<0.0005. The results of independent sample t-test also shows that there is significant difference in writing ability between the students taught by using roundtable technique (M=73.9, SD=7.569) and those who were not (M=64.86, SD= 15.32), t(29)=2.426, P<0.05
The aims of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw ... more The aims of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension at Islamic Junior High School Al-Jauharen. The design of the experiment research is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test post -test control group design. There were 64 students involved as the samples in this study. The results indicated that there was significant difference on the students’ comprehension before (M=60.80, SD= 19.69) and after being taught by using Jigsaw Technique (M=78.62, SD=10.08), t(29)=3.926, p= 0.000< 0.05. The results of independent sample t-test also indicated that there was significant difference on the comprehension of the students in experimental group and in control group (p>0.05). In brief, the results implied that there were there was significant effect of using Jigsaw Technique on the students’ reading comprehension.
The aim of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw t... more The aim of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw technique on the eighth-grade students’ reading comprehension at Islamic Junior High School Al-Jauharen. The design of the experiment research is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test post-test control group design. There were 64 students involved as the samples in this study. The results indicated that there was significant difference on the students’ comprehension before (M=60.80, SD= 19.69) and after being taught by using Jigsaw Technique (M=78.62, SD=10.08), t(29)=3.926, p= 0.000< 0.05. The results of independent sample t-test also indicated that there was significant difference on the comprehension of the students in experimental group and in control group (p>0.05). In brief, the results implied that there were there was significant effect of using Jigsaw Technique on the students’ reading comprehension.
Many Indonesian students of English experience difficulty in mastering their speaking skill which... more Many Indonesian students of English experience difficulty in mastering their speaking skill which is considered as an indicator of their success in language learning. One approach to enhance this skill is through the integration of technology in classroom speaking instruction. There is potential in the use of technology to support students’ performance in speaking. This study which was of a quasi-experimental design concerned the use of the digital camera in one project-based speaking instruction. It involved thirty eleventh grade students of SMAN 18 Palembang who were assigned either to an experimental group or a control group. The results showed that there was a significant difference in students’ speaking performance before and after the intervention (t=4.672, sig=0.000). In addition, there was a significant difference in the performance (t=3.633) between the students who learned using the digital camera and those who did not. This paper aims to present the rationale and the resu...
This study attempts to see the effect of Think, Talk, and Write strategy on the students’ narrati... more This study attempts to see the effect of Think, Talk, and Write strategy on the students’ narrative writing competence. Considering the importance of the use of teaching media, this study tries to integrate Stick Figure as a teaching media in Think, Talk, and Write Strategy. A quasi experimental study was conducted to see the improvement of the students’ narrative writing competence. It involved 42 students who were selected on the basis of convenience sampling and assigned into two groups; experimental and control groups. The statistical analyses of paired sample t-test in experimental group showed that there was significant improvement on the students’ writing competence before (M=5.77, SD= 2.342) and after (M= 11.79, SD= 2.342), t(21)=12.059, p<0.05.Moreover, the result of independent t-test between experimental and control groups showed a significant difference. It can be seen that the mean differences was 3.79545 and the significance value is lower than 0.05, 0.000<0.05.
This study aimed to find out using roundtable technique to enhance students' writing ability ... more This study aimed to find out using roundtable technique to enhance students' writing ability at eight grade of MTs An-nizham Jambi. This research was quantitative research and it was conducted by using quasi-experimental design. The subject of this research was 42 students. The result of the analysis indicated that the mean of the post-test score (73.9) was higher than the mean of pretest score (54.48). So that Ha was accepted. It means there was significant improvement on students' writing ability before and after being taught by Roundatable techniques. Next, the researcher had computed that the result of Paired Sample t-test and independent sample t-test. In paired sample t-test, the result shows P-value was less than 0.05 (0.000 0.05 means Ho was accepted and the Ha was rejected and in the equal variances not assumed P-value was 0.22 , 0.05 means Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. It means, there was significance difference between the students' taught by using roun...
Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018), 2019
Applying certain method in teaching English is important to fulfill the students' need in acquiri... more Applying certain method in teaching English is important to fulfill the students' need in acquiring language, but having the students attending the learning process is the requirement in presenting effective teaching experience to the students. Effective teaching can be applied as long as the students 'motivation and willingness to learn and respond to the experience exist. However, the issue of being unmotivated in learning process keeps arising. This study, as a matter of fact, tries to bring the evidence of the implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching as a method of teaching English as Foreign Language which is believed can enhance students' language learning motivation. Rather than asking the students opinion about the improvement on their motivation, this study believes in the objectiveness of using observation sheet to analyze the students on-task and off-task behavior. The results of observations show that there is a significant increase in students' motivation during the implementation of the method. The results indeed give the evidence that there is a statistically significant difference between the scores of overall class motivation in the experimental group and control group.
This present study aimed to find out the senior high school students’ English proficiency. The st... more This present study aimed to find out the senior high school students’ English proficiency. The study employed descriptive quantitative design. It took place at Madrasah Aliyah Labor Kota Jambi. There were 104 students of Madrasah Aliyah Labor purposefully selected in the study. The data were collected through English proficiency test for basic users namely Key English Test (KET). Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze the data. The result of this study revealed that four students (3.8%) were categorized as beginners (level A1) while the rest (96.2%) were not included in the entry level of Common European of Reference for Languages (CEFR) as their scores were lower than those of the beginner level. Moreover, based on the result of reading and writing test in KET analyzed by using the criteria used at school, the students scored low in both sessions.
The gap between students’ learning level and their level of writing prompted this classroom actio... more The gap between students’ learning level and their level of writing prompted this classroom action research (CAR). E-learning was chosen as a media for students to enhance their understanding in producing a good piece of writing. The results showed that integrating e-learning in writing class contributed to the improvement of students’ writing. E-learning fulfilled the need of extended activities to accelerate students’ comprehension which resulted in their writing achievement. Students who actively participated in e-learning based teaching and learning activities showed a better writing performance in terms of organizing ideas. They also become more active during the classroom discussion due to their awareness of their writing problems.
ENGLISH FRANCA : Academic Journal of English Language and Education
The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the problems in communication experienc... more The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the problems in communication experienced by senior high school students in Jambi City. Students in their final year of secondary education in Jambi City served as participants in this study. This study was carried out at SMAN 03, SMAN 08, and SMAN 11 Jambi City, all of which are recognized educational institutions. There were a total of 130 students in the tenth grade that took part in this research. The research was a quantitative study that was designed in the form of a survey. The questionnaire was the instrument that was employed for this study. There are a total of 25 questions on the questionnaire, all of which pertain to the difficulty that students have expressing themselves verbally regarding linguistics and psychological issues. The findings of this study also suggested that the students attending the three authorized institutions had the perception that psycholog
This study aims to respond the regulation of teaching and learning English in higher education. S... more This study aims to respond the regulation of teaching and learning English in higher education. Since there is no clear regulation of what supposed to be taught, some institutions decide different requirement for the teaching and learning English. This study focused on analyzing and evaluating the students’ actual needs in learning English. A quantitative study was conducted toward 113 non-English department students who have taken English subject in an Islamic University in Jambi. This study explored both of the students’ actual needs and experiences of their learning English in the classroom. The results indicate that having the four skills as a part of teaching and learning English in the classroom is important for the students. The students also mentioned that completing their study is not the only reason to learn English. They believe that learning English is a golden key to be a part of world class community. In spite of mastering reading as the main focus of learning process...
Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat dengan tema “Pelatihan Persiapan Pembelajaran Online Berbas... more Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat dengan tema “Pelatihan Persiapan Pembelajaran Online Berbasis Edmodo” ini merupakan kegiatan kolaborasi antara beberapa dosen Prodi Tadris Bahasa Inggris UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi dengan mahasiwa prodi yang dilaksanakan sebagai satu bentuk tindak lanjut kerjasama antara Prodi Tadris Bahasa Inggris Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi dengan SMAN 12 Kota Jambi. Kegiatan utama dalam program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini ialah pelatihan pemanfaatan aplikasi Edmodo yang dapat digunakan sebagai media guru memberikan materi maupun membuat kuis atau ulangan bagi siswa secara interaktif sehingga menarik minat siswa. Sejumlah 60 guru mengikuti pelatihan interaktif ini. Pada akhir kegiatan ditemukan guru-guru memiliki persepsi yang positif terhadap kegiatan yang diberikan. Sebanyak 73% guru-guru yang mengikuti pelatihan menyampaikan bahwa kegiatan pengabdian yang dilaksanakan memberikan sesuai dengan kebutuhan pese...
Indonesia is a multiethnic and cosmopolitan country. To realize a multicultural society, the vari... more Indonesia is a multiethnic and cosmopolitan country. To realize a multicultural society, the variety of the Indonesian nation is employed as a feature, as the Indonesian nation’s identity. Different cultures complement each other, do not stand alone, and are even capable of adapting (flexibly) to each other in the arena of daily life. Musi Rawas Utara is one of the regencies in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia, with a diversified community in terms of religion and race. Cultural, religious, political ambitions, economic divisions, and educational distinctions are among the most widely felt throughout Indonesia, particularly in the Musi Rawas region. The goal of this study was to look at the intercultural understanding of ethnic youngsters in the Musi Rawas area. The demographics of this study include all youth ethnic groups in the Musi Rawas area. A purposive sample was used, with 75 participants drawn from three villages in Musi Rawas Utara Regency, South Sumatra. A nontest strate...
In spite of its importance, writing seems always be a challenging skill for students to master in... more In spite of its importance, writing seems always be a challenging skill for students to master in learning English. Persuading the teachers to persistently try different teaching techniques to reach the goal of teaching better writing is a must. Using roundtable technique become one of the choices. As this experimental study has proven that using roundtable technique give significant effect on the students’ writing ability. Toward the 42 students taken as the sample of the research, it is proved that there was significant difference on the students’ writing ability before (M=54.48, SD=13.155) and after being taught by using roundtable technique (M=73.9, SD=7.569), t(20)=13.55, P<0.0005. The results of independent sample t-test also shows that there is significant difference in writing ability between the students taught by using roundtable technique (M=73.9, SD=7.569) and those who were not (M=64.86, SD= 15.32), t(29)=2.426, P<0.05
The aims of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw ... more The aims of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension at Islamic Junior High School Al-Jauharen. The design of the experiment research is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test post -test control group design. There were 64 students involved as the samples in this study. The results indicated that there was significant difference on the students’ comprehension before (M=60.80, SD= 19.69) and after being taught by using Jigsaw Technique (M=78.62, SD=10.08), t(29)=3.926, p= 0.000< 0.05. The results of independent sample t-test also indicated that there was significant difference on the comprehension of the students in experimental group and in control group (p>0.05). In brief, the results implied that there were there was significant effect of using Jigsaw Technique on the students’ reading comprehension.
The aim of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw t... more The aim of this study is to find out whether or not there is significant effect of using Jigsaw technique on the eighth-grade students’ reading comprehension at Islamic Junior High School Al-Jauharen. The design of the experiment research is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test post-test control group design. There were 64 students involved as the samples in this study. The results indicated that there was significant difference on the students’ comprehension before (M=60.80, SD= 19.69) and after being taught by using Jigsaw Technique (M=78.62, SD=10.08), t(29)=3.926, p= 0.000< 0.05. The results of independent sample t-test also indicated that there was significant difference on the comprehension of the students in experimental group and in control group (p>0.05). In brief, the results implied that there were there was significant effect of using Jigsaw Technique on the students’ reading comprehension.
Many Indonesian students of English experience difficulty in mastering their speaking skill which... more Many Indonesian students of English experience difficulty in mastering their speaking skill which is considered as an indicator of their success in language learning. One approach to enhance this skill is through the integration of technology in classroom speaking instruction. There is potential in the use of technology to support students’ performance in speaking. This study which was of a quasi-experimental design concerned the use of the digital camera in one project-based speaking instruction. It involved thirty eleventh grade students of SMAN 18 Palembang who were assigned either to an experimental group or a control group. The results showed that there was a significant difference in students’ speaking performance before and after the intervention (t=4.672, sig=0.000). In addition, there was a significant difference in the performance (t=3.633) between the students who learned using the digital camera and those who did not. This paper aims to present the rationale and the resu...
This study attempts to see the effect of Think, Talk, and Write strategy on the students’ narrati... more This study attempts to see the effect of Think, Talk, and Write strategy on the students’ narrative writing competence. Considering the importance of the use of teaching media, this study tries to integrate Stick Figure as a teaching media in Think, Talk, and Write Strategy. A quasi experimental study was conducted to see the improvement of the students’ narrative writing competence. It involved 42 students who were selected on the basis of convenience sampling and assigned into two groups; experimental and control groups. The statistical analyses of paired sample t-test in experimental group showed that there was significant improvement on the students’ writing competence before (M=5.77, SD= 2.342) and after (M= 11.79, SD= 2.342), t(21)=12.059, p<0.05.Moreover, the result of independent t-test between experimental and control groups showed a significant difference. It can be seen that the mean differences was 3.79545 and the significance value is lower than 0.05, 0.000<0.05.
This study aimed to find out using roundtable technique to enhance students' writing ability ... more This study aimed to find out using roundtable technique to enhance students' writing ability at eight grade of MTs An-nizham Jambi. This research was quantitative research and it was conducted by using quasi-experimental design. The subject of this research was 42 students. The result of the analysis indicated that the mean of the post-test score (73.9) was higher than the mean of pretest score (54.48). So that Ha was accepted. It means there was significant improvement on students' writing ability before and after being taught by Roundatable techniques. Next, the researcher had computed that the result of Paired Sample t-test and independent sample t-test. In paired sample t-test, the result shows P-value was less than 0.05 (0.000 0.05 means Ho was accepted and the Ha was rejected and in the equal variances not assumed P-value was 0.22 , 0.05 means Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. It means, there was significance difference between the students' taught by using roun...
Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Education Symposium (AES 2018), 2019
Applying certain method in teaching English is important to fulfill the students' need in acquiri... more Applying certain method in teaching English is important to fulfill the students' need in acquiring language, but having the students attending the learning process is the requirement in presenting effective teaching experience to the students. Effective teaching can be applied as long as the students 'motivation and willingness to learn and respond to the experience exist. However, the issue of being unmotivated in learning process keeps arising. This study, as a matter of fact, tries to bring the evidence of the implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching as a method of teaching English as Foreign Language which is believed can enhance students' language learning motivation. Rather than asking the students opinion about the improvement on their motivation, this study believes in the objectiveness of using observation sheet to analyze the students on-task and off-task behavior. The results of observations show that there is a significant increase in students' motivation during the implementation of the method. The results indeed give the evidence that there is a statistically significant difference between the scores of overall class motivation in the experimental group and control group.
This present study aimed to find out the senior high school students’ English proficiency. The st... more This present study aimed to find out the senior high school students’ English proficiency. The study employed descriptive quantitative design. It took place at Madrasah Aliyah Labor Kota Jambi. There were 104 students of Madrasah Aliyah Labor purposefully selected in the study. The data were collected through English proficiency test for basic users namely Key English Test (KET). Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze the data. The result of this study revealed that four students (3.8%) were categorized as beginners (level A1) while the rest (96.2%) were not included in the entry level of Common European of Reference for Languages (CEFR) as their scores were lower than those of the beginner level. Moreover, based on the result of reading and writing test in KET analyzed by using the criteria used at school, the students scored low in both sessions.
The gap between students’ learning level and their level of writing prompted this classroom actio... more The gap between students’ learning level and their level of writing prompted this classroom action research (CAR). E-learning was chosen as a media for students to enhance their understanding in producing a good piece of writing. The results showed that integrating e-learning in writing class contributed to the improvement of students’ writing. E-learning fulfilled the need of extended activities to accelerate students’ comprehension which resulted in their writing achievement. Students who actively participated in e-learning based teaching and learning activities showed a better writing performance in terms of organizing ideas. They also become more active during the classroom discussion due to their awareness of their writing problems.
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