https://jurnal-lp2m.umnaw.ac.id/index.php/IJEAL/issue/feed Indonesian Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics 2023-09-20T01:27:09+00:00 Nazriani Lubis jetliumnaw@gmail.com Open Journal Systems <p style="text-align: justify;">The issues of English language teaching keeps being a major focus discussed by scholars in education area. Indonesian Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics (IJEAL) is established by Magister of English language Education study program, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah. IJEAL is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on English language teaching, and applied linguistics. IJEAL invites all the researchers and authors to submit the research articles, conceptual papers, brief reports, book reviews both in EFL and ESL context from all over the world. The publication will be carried out twice a year through the reviewing processes and it matters the plagiarism, readability, relevance, and quality. IJEAL is open-access; authors are charged fee to enable us to make online and printed versions.</p> https://jurnal-lp2m.umnaw.ac.id/index.php/IJEAL/article/view/2361 Exploring Students’ Difficulties in Writing English Focused on Voabulary 2023-09-19T09:14:50+00:00 Fitria Erine fitriaerinemaharani@umnaw.ac.id Alvi Rahmatika alvirahmatika@umnaw.ac.id Lela Safitri lelasafitri@umnaw.ac.id <p><em>This study aims to determine the difficulties faced by students in understanding English texts, the factors </em><em>causing the</em><em> students to have difficult</em><em>y in </em><em>understanding English texts and then formulate the most dominant factors </em><em>influencing the</em><em> students in understanding English texts</em><em>. This study used </em><em>descriptive qualitative methods and </em><em>the participants of the research was</em><em> grade </em><em>10 </em><em>students</em><em> of </em><em>MAS Al Washliyah 22 Tembung </em><em>consisting of 4 students. The data were collected </em><em>through interview</em><em>, and they were analyzed by</em><em> performing data reduction</em><em>, </em><em>presenting data and drawing conclusions. The results of the study found that students have</em><em> several difficulties in</em><em> understanding English texts because they </em><em>are </em><em>lack </em><em>of </em><em>interes</em><em>,</em><em>, lack of concentration and focus, and lack of mastery of strategies and methods of understanding English texts. Finally, it was concluded that the dominant cause of students' difficulty in understanding English texts was the lack of vocabulary mastery. In addition, it was found that some students had difficulty understanding English texts due to not having the right reading strategies, lack of vocabulary mastery, lack of grammar understanding, and </em><em>they are not having </em><em>&nbsp;</em><em>regular </em><em>reading habit. </em></p> 2023-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) https://jurnal-lp2m.umnaw.ac.id/index.php/IJEAL/article/view/2193 Improving Students’ Writing Skill by Applying Fishbone Techniques at the Grade X MAN 2 Padang Lawas 2023-09-19T09:14:50+00:00 susi melyana harahap susimelyanaharahap@umnaw.ac.id Nazriani Lubis nazrianilubis@umnaw.ac.id <p>This study aims to determine the improvement achieved by students in the ability to write descriptive text using the fishbone technique. This research was conducted by applying quantitative research method and an experimental research design consisting of pre-test, treatment and post-test to improve students' descriptive writing skills using the fishbone technique in class X MAN 2 Padang Lawas. The instruments used are writing descriptive text materials based on a given topic, written test, fishbone improved by the students and lesson plan (RPP). To assess students' performance in writing descriptive text, several criteria are used. The cumulative score ranges from (0-100). To determine student achievement in writing there are several criteria that are considered to have five scales of assessment components namely content, organization, vocabulary, use of language, and mechanism. After analyzing the data, it is concluded that there is significant effectiveness of using the Fishbone Technique on the student's writing skill. The finding shows that the score of t (effect) is 0.06. Therefore the effect of using the Fishbone Technique has a significant effect on students' achievement in writing skills.</p> 2023-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) https://jurnal-lp2m.umnaw.ac.id/index.php/IJEAL/article/view/2445 Analysis of Mispronounced Words Produced by Indonesian Secondary Students 2023-09-19T09:14:50+00:00 Novita Andini novitaandini@umnaw.ac.id Annisa Maghfirah annisamaghfirah@umnaw.ac.id Dea Nirwanda Putri deanirwandaputri@umnaw.ac.id <p><em>This study aimed to explore the difficulties faced by Indonesian secondary students in speaking English. This study applied quantitative research design with case study. There were two students chosen based on the categories; one student with moderate level of speaking English, and one student with lower level of speaking English. The data were collected through interview, and the researchers record the students’ answers. Then, all the data taken were deeply analyzed into several points. The data found that the students have difficulties in pronunciation English words. There are several mispronounced words done by the students during the interview. It is implied that Indonesian secondary students need more inputs to speak English with correct pronunciation</em></p> 2023-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) https://jurnal-lp2m.umnaw.ac.id/index.php/IJEAL/article/view/2446 EFL Students’ Understanding of Moral Values in Reading English Narrative Text 2023-09-20T01:27:09+00:00 Novita sari novitasari@umnaw.ac.id Ahmad Laut Hasibuan ahmadlauthsb@umnaw.ac.id Annisa Zahra Hasibuan annisazahrahasibuan@umnaw.ac.id Nazriani Lubis nazrianilubis@umnaw.ac.id <p><em>This research deals with students' understanding of moral values ​​in English narrative texts. This research was conducted by students’ of SMP IT Nurul Ikhwan Pantai Cermin. This research focused on "what moral values ​​are understood by students after reading the narrative text and analyzing the moral values ​​contained in the narrative text. This research aimed to analyzed what moral values understood by students that were consisted of patience, kindness, helpful and humbleness. The method used in this research is qualitative method. The subjects of the research were 9 students and they divided into 3 groups: students with higher reading comprehension, students with moderate reading comprehension and students with lower reading comprehension. Technique of collecting the data was done by providing narrative texts that have moral values ​​to students, researchers provided questions related to moral values ​​and then researchers determine students' understanding of moral values. From the results of data collection it was concluded that there are still many students who did not understand the moral values ​​in narrative texts due to lacked of English vocabulary and lacked of understanding of information contained in English texts</em></p> 2023-09-08T06:16:38+00:00 Copyright (c) 2023 INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF ELT AND APPLIED LINGUISTIC https://jurnal-lp2m.umnaw.ac.id/index.php/IJEAL/article/view/2481 Performing Socio Drama to Increase Students' Motivation in Speaking English 2023-09-20T01:24:59+00:00 Fitria Ramadhani fitriaramadhani1@umnaw.ac.id nazriani lubis nazrianilubis@umnaw.ac.id <p>Teaching speaking In Indonesian, many teachers have made much effort to find good methods, strategies, techniques, media and teaching materials to make the most of it. They have tried hard to maximize every way in the teaching and learning process. The socio drama method also has an influence on student learning outcomes.&nbsp; The purpose of the research method used is experimental. The population in this study were 250 people students of class VII SMPS PLUS Kasih Ibu Patumbak, while the sample is class VIII-A (20 students) as an experimental group that teaches storytelling techniques in narrative text and class VIII-B. (20 students) as a control group were taught without telling. This research was conducted through the following The test is a drama conversation. Researchers of several drama conversations related to English answered 2 people with drama. The results show that there is an increase in students speaking skills using storytelling techniques. After calculating the data, then the researcher found that the t-test t-test obtained that the value of observed ≥ ttable, namely 6.436 &gt; 2.086. on significance level α = 0.5. Thus, it can be concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. An can be interpreted that Performing socio drama significant effect on increase students' motivation in speaking english.</p> 2023-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c)