Indonesian Journal of ELT and Applied Linguistics

Exploring Students’ Difficulties in Writing English Focused on Voabulary

2023-09-19T09:14:50+00:00

This study aims to determine the difficulties faced by students in understanding English texts, the factors causing the students to have difficulty in understanding English texts and then formulate the most dominant factors influencing the students in understanding English texts. This study used descriptive qualitative methods and the participants of the research was grade 10 students of MAS Al Washliyah 22 Tembung consisting of 4 students. The data were collected through interview, and they were analyzed by performing data reduction, presenting data and drawing conclusions. The results of the study found that students have several difficulties in understanding English texts because they are lack of interes,, 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 they are not having regular reading habit.

Improving Students’ Writing Skill by Applying Fishbone Techniques at the Grade X MAN 2 Padang Lawas

2023-09-19T09:14:50+00:00

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.

Analysis of Mispronounced Words Produced by Indonesian Secondary Students

2023-09-19T09:14:50+00:00

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

EFL Students’ Understanding of Moral Values in Reading English Narrative Text

2023-09-20T01:27:09+00:00

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

Performing Socio Drama to Increase Students' Motivation in Speaking English

2023-09-20T01:24:59+00:00

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. 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 > 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.