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{"title":"An Error Analysis of Descriptive Writing Based on Surface Strategy Taxonomy Made by the Eight Grade Students of SMP N 6 Kebumen in the Academic Year of 2019 / 2020","authors":"Hastri Firharmawan, Ida Komariyah","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i02.147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i02.147","url":null,"abstract":"To support success in the future, the mastery of writing is significant for school students. However, acquiring this ability may take time because students have to learn to minimize errors. This research aims to describe the students’ errors in their writing of descriptive texts and finding out the degree of the errors made by the eight grade students of SMP N 6 Kebumen in the academic year of 2019 / 2020. The writer used descriptive qualitative method in conducting the study. The research involved 32 students of grade VIII in the academic year of 2019 / 2020 at SMP N 6 Kebumen as participants that were selected by purpose. Data in this research were in the forms of words and sentences showing the students’ writing ability of descriptive texts taken from the worksheet documents done by the students. The writer analysed the documents by using the surface strategy taxonomy proposed by Dulay et.all. (1982:152). Data validity was gained by using investigator triangulation. It is how examination of the credibility of the data is done by making use of other observers for checking the degree of trust of the data.The results of the research showed that there had been found 123 items of errors in the descriptive writings made by the students of grade VIII at SMP N 6 Kebumen in the academic year of 2019/2020. These errors consisted of four types. They covered errors of ommision, errors of misformation, errors of addition, and errors of misordering. The sequence of the errors from the most dominant type to the least one was errors of misformation (61%), errors of omission (20%), errors of addition (15%), and errors of misordering (4%). This research was  described the students’ errors in writing descriptive texts. Accordingly, this possibly helps students correct their errors to produce better writing later. \u0000Keywords: Error analysis, descriptive writing, surface strategy taxonomy","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128525368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of Nathaniel Character in the Film Entitled ‘Enchanted’ by Kevin Lima","authors":"Hellaisna Nur'Aini Garwan","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i01.125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i01.125","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract \u0000Nathaniel is one of peripheral characters in the movie entitled ‘Enchanted’. In the beginning of the movie, he was the antagonist one. He is the accomplish of Queen Narissa. Nathaniel experienced a moment that open his eyes so that he against Queen Narissa. The change of Nathaniel’s character drew researcher’s attention so that she was interested in discussing his character. \u0000The purpose of this research is to identify and to find out inner conflict which influences Nathaniel’s actions and thoughts later in the movie ‘Enchanted’. Researcher used library research to analyze this film. Structural approach was used by researcher in order to collect data as well. \u0000Researcher found out that Nathaniel had interesting personality. He was so in love with Queen Narissa so he would anything for her. Nathaniel was also good at disguise and could adapt in totally different environment. His character was very different from the main character. Even though in the beginning of the movie Nathaniel was described as antagonist, in the end of the movie he changed his thought and defensed for the main character. That move showed everyone had good side in his/her heart. People can change over time. \u0000Keywords: character, film ‘Enchanted’, Nathaniel.","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117095962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving the Students’ Participation In Speaking by Using Drilling Technique","authors":"Endah Mitsalin, Apri Catur Pamungkas","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i01.116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i01.116","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of this research were to describe how the students’ participation in speaking learning process by using drilling technique and to improve the students’ speaking ability in the speaking learning process through drilling technique. This research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR). The population of this research is the X grade of MM A SMK Ma’arif 1 Kebumen in the academic year 2019/2020 which is consisted of 36 students. \u0000This research was conducted in two cycles which each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The research finding showed in qualitative and quantitative data. In qualitative data showed that before treatment, the contributions of the students were low, but after treatment most of them were contributed to the lesson. They also did not want to be voluntary when the teacher asked questions but, after treatment they became active to answer the questions and participated actively with the lesson. In quantitative data showed that the mean points of their participation point was 33, in pre-test was 41,6, from post-test 1 was 60,5 and in the post-test 2 was 78,9. It can be concluded that from the data of observation, pre-test, post-test 1, and post-test 2 the points of students’ participation were improved. Moreover, based on the table of speaking score, in pre-test the mean points of their speaking score was 58,6, from post-test 1 the mean points of their speaking score was 72,9 and in the post-test 2 the mean points of their speaking score was 80,1. \u0000It can be concluded that drilling technique could improve the students’ participation in speaking at the X grade of MM A SMK Ma’arif 1 Kebumen. Therefore, it is recommended that: (1) it is better for teachers to apply this method in the teaching speaking; and (2) future researchers can conduct research in another topic discussion and different English language skill. \u0000                                                                                          \u0000Keyword: Participation, Speaking, Drilling Technique \u0000Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menggambarkan bagaimana partisipasi berbicara siswa dalam proses pembelajaran dengan menggunakan drilling teknik dan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam proses pembelajaran melalui drilling teknik. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Populasi penelitian ini adalah kelas X MM A SMK Ma'arif 1 Kebumen pada tahun akademik 2019/2020 yang terdiri dari 36 siswa. \u0000Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam dua siklus dimana setiap siklus terdiri dari perencanaan, tindakan, pengamatan, dan refleksi. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan dalam data kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Dalam data kualitatif menunjukkan bahwa sebelum adanya tindakan kelas, kontribusi siswa rendah, tetapi setelah adanya tindakan kelas sebagian besar dari mereka berkontribusi pada pelajaran. Mereka juga tidak mau dengan sukarela menjawab ketika guru mengajukan pertanyaan tetapi, setelah adanya tind","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124852061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Influence of “Think-Talk-Write (Ttw)” In Writing Descriptive Text of Seventh Grade Smp Islam Ulil Albab In Academic Year 2019/2020","authors":"Alek Andika, Heti Ali","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i01.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i01.117","url":null,"abstract":"Abstrak \u0000Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mengetahui kemampuan penulisan teks deskriptif siswa dengan menggunakan metode Think-Talk-Write (TTW), (2) mencari perbedeaan antara siswa yang menggunkan metode Think-Talk-Write (TTW) dan siswa yang tidak menggunakan menggunkan metode Think-Talk-Write. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen dengan menggunakan desain one group pretest-posttest dengan melakukan 2 kali pertemuan untuk treatment, 2 x 40 menit untuk setiap pertemuan. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas VII SMP Islam Ulil Albab Kebumen yang berjumlah 28 siswa. Sampel penelitian ini menggunakan simple random  ialah semua siswa kelas VII. Penelitian ini menggunakan instrumen tes yaitu pretest dan posttest. Setelah dilakukan uji-t  terlihat bahwa selisih rata-rata  menunjukan perbedaan signifikan antara hasil dari pretest dan posttest. Hasil rata-rata pada posttest ialah 70,42 lebih besar dari pada nilai score pretets yaitu 51,82. Oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan bahwa strategi Think-Talk-Write mempengaruhi nilai skor menjadi lebih baik dalam pembelajaran menulis teks deskriptif kelas VII SMP Islam Ulil Albab Kebumen. \u0000Kata kunci: pengaruh, menulis, teks deskriptif, Think-talk-Write \u0000Abstract \u0000The aimed of the research are (1) to obtain the information of students’ ability in writing a descriptive text by using Think-Talk-Write (TTW), (2) to find out the information the significant difference in students’ ability in writing descriptive text between the students who are taught by using Think-Talk-Write (TTW) and the students who are not using Think-Talk-Write of seventh grade SMP Islam Ulil Albab Kebumen. The methodology of this research was using one group pretest-posttest design with the treatment in 2 meetings, 2 x 40 minutes for each meeting. The sample was seventh class consisting of 28 students. The sample was taken by using simple random which all member of the population seventh grade. The instruments that used were pre-test and post-test. %.  From the data analysis, the finding showed significant difference between the results it of pre-test and post-test. The mean of the post-test score (70,42) higher than the mean of pre-test score (51,82). It means there is any significance between pre-test and post-test, because the value significance (2-tale) less 0.05, so the null hypothesis was rejected. This implies that Think-Talk-Write was influence in writing descriptive text. \u0000Keywords: Influence, Writing, Descriptive text, Think-Talk-Write","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129459377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving English Writing Skill Through Critical Reviews","authors":"Dwi Lia Rakhmasari","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i01.118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i01.118","url":null,"abstract":"Some challenges are faced by college students in dealing with writing in English. It was worse for collage students who did not have English as their main subject. Students admitted that they did not have special time to practice writing in English. It made students had difficulties in writing in English since learning writing in English without practice would never be successful. Those became big obstacles for college students as writing is one of important English skill. This study aimed to overcome that problem by using critical reviews. Critical reviews could become a media to improve English  writing skill. This study was a classroom action research. The data analysis procedures in this study were categorized into quantitative and qualitative data. Qualitative data was taken from interview and quantitative data were taken from tests. The result of the study showed that critical reviews could become the effective alternative media to improve English writing skill. It was proven by the improvement of the students’ mean score category from pretest and post-test.  The mean score in content aspect improved from 18.01 became 22.22. The mean score in organization aspect improved from 11.24 became 15.58. The mean score in vocabulary aspect improved from 10.82 became 14.24. The mean score in Language use aspect improved from 9.81 became 14.96. The mean score in mechanics aspect improved from 3.20 became 4.06. Besides, from the interviews students also showed positive attitude toward the use of critical reviews.\u0000 \u0000Beberapa tantangan dihadapi oleh mahasiswa dalam menulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Hal ini lebih buruk bagi mahasiswa yang tidak menggunakan bahasa Inggris sebagai mata pelajaran utama mereka. Mahasiswa mengaku tidak memiliki waktu khusus untuk berlatih menulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Hal ini membuat mahasiswa kesulitan dalam menulis berbahasa Inggris karena belajar menulis dalam bahasa Inggris tanpa latihan tidak akan pernah berhasil. Hal tersebut menjadi kendala besar bagi mahasiswa karena menulis merupakan salah satu keterampilan bahasa Inggris yang penting. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut dengan menggunakan tinjauan kritis. Tinjauan kritis dapat menjadi media untuk meningkatkan kemampuan menulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas. Prosedur analisis data dalam penelitian ini dikategorikan menjadi data kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Data kualitatif diambil dari wawancara dan data kuantitatif diambil dari tes. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tinjauan kritis dapat menjadi media alternatif yang efektif untuk meningkatkan kemampuan menulis dalam bahasa Inggris. Hal itu dibuktikan dengan peningkatan kategori nilai rata-rata siswa dari pre-test dan post-test. Rerata skor aspek content/isi meningkat dari 18,01 menjadi 22,22. Rerata skor aspek organization/pengaturan meningkat dari 11,24 menjadi 15,58. Nilai rata-rata aspek vocabulary/kosakata meningkat dari 10,82 menjadi 14,24. Nilai rata-","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116609008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Analysis of Learning Listening Difficulties Toward English Education Study Program Students at University of Ma'arif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen in the Academic Year 2019/2020","authors":"Alek Andika, Alya Indah Sari","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i01.115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i01.115","url":null,"abstract":"Abstrak\u0000Listening adalah salah satu keterampilan yang harus dikuasai dalam belajar bahasa Inggris. Bagaimanapun, belajar Listening sangat penting karena dapat membantu membangun pondasi untuk belajar keterampilan lainnya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan kesulitan belajar Listening  yang paling sering dihadapi mahasiswa di Universitas Ma’arif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Universitas Ma’arif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen. Tipe penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang dikumpulkan dalam bentuk gambar dan kata. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa yang telah mendapatkan pelajaran Listening dan terdaftar sebagai mahasiswa Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan di Universitas Ma’arif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen.\u0000Hasil penelitian ini adalah sebagai berikut: terdapat lima permasalahan yang menyebabkan mahasiswa mengalami kesulitan dalam belajar dan melakukan Listening. (1) Speakers berbicara terlalu cepat. (2) Keterbatasan kosa kata yang dimiliki siswa dalam aktivitas atau latihan Listening, menyebabkan siswa sulit menangkap kata-kata dengan jelas dalam pelajaran Listening. (3) Kurang konsentrasi dalam Listening. (4) mahasiswa merasa audio speaker tidak jelas. (5) sedikitnya waktu untuk belajar dan praktek Listening. \u0000Kata Kunci : Listening, Kesulitan, Kualitatif, Analisis\u0000Abstract\u0000Listening is one of the skills that must be comprehended in learning English. Therefore, learning listening is very important because it helps students to  build a foundation for other skill. The aims of this study is to find out the difficulties that mostly faced by students in learning listening at University of Maarif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen. This research was conducted at University of Maarif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen. The type of  this research was descriptive qualitative. The data were collected in the form of images and words. The subjects of this research were students who had taken listening course and registered to English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at the University of Ma'arif Nahdlatul Ulama Kebumen.\u0000The result of this research as following : there were five problems that caused students faced  difficulties in learning and doing listening exercises. (1) Speakers spoke fastly. (2) Students lacked of vocabulary in listening activity or exercise, that was why students did not catch the word clearly in listening course. (3) Students lacked of concentration in listening. (4) Students felt the audio speaker did not work well. (5) There was limited time to learn listening and to practice it.\u0000Keyword : Listening, Difficulties, Qualitative, Analysis","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"53 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133617235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Implementing Reciprocal Teaching Technique to Teach Reading Comprehension for The Tenth Graders Of Ma Ma’arif Nu Sadang","authors":"Hastri Firharmawan, Yuniarsih","doi":"10.53863/ejou.v1i01.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53863/ejou.v1i01.113","url":null,"abstract":"Pembelajaran merupakan sebuah proses yang kompleks yang menuntut para guru agar kreatif demi tercapainya tujuan pembelajaran. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan implemantasi dan efektifitas dari “reciprocal teaching technique” untuk meningkatkan pemahaman siswa dalam membaca teks descriptive pada siswa kelas X di MA Ma’arif NU Sadang, Kebumen. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas dengan dua siklus yang masing-masing terdiri dari perencanaan, tindakan, observasi, dan refleksi. Data berupa hasil test yang menunjukkan peningkatan kemampuan siswa dalam membaca. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan “reciprocal teaching technique” dalam pembelajaran pada siswa kelas x MA Ma’arif NU Sadang Kebumen terbukti dapat meningkatkan kemampuan membaca siswa. Hal ini dilakukan dengan cara melakukan modelling strategi fab four pada siklus I dan memacu siswa untuk menggunakan strategi fab four pada kelompok-kelompok kecil secara lebih mandiri pada siklus II. Peningkatan pembelajaran ditunjukkkan dengan pemerolehan nilai rata-rata hasil tes siswa yang mengalami peningkatan dari 73.9 pada siklus I dan 81.87 pada siklus II. Artinya, reciprocal teaching technique layak digunakan sebagai salah satu solusi guru untuk membantu peningkataan hasil pembelajaran siswa. \u0000  \u0000Keyword: reciprocal teaching technique, implementasi, teks deskriptif","PeriodicalId":202879,"journal":{"name":"English Education and Literature Journal (E-Jou)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116093586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}