{"title":"Students’ Motivation to Write Argumentative Essay Writing","authors":"Surmiyati Surmiyati, Yanti Sri Rezeki","doi":"10.26418/jeep.v5i2.81948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26418/jeep.v5i2.81948","url":null,"abstract":"Motivation to write argumentative essays constitutes an integral contribution to support students in developing their writing skills. This affective trait needs to be studied as one of the influential supports for language learning. The research focuses on investigating the trend of students’ level of motivation to write by describing the overall score and the kinds of motivation they employed. The design of the study was quantitative, using a questionnaire delivered to 20 participants. The findings showed that students’ level of motivation was moderate. Overall, the range of motivation level 3.01 – 3.03. The findings indicate that students are motivated to write. The items in each of the components show that the students are willing to receive feedback from the instructors, put a lot of effort into revising their writing by employing strategies to produce better writing, and believe that writing skills are important for future careers. This implication suggests that although students show positive motivation to write, conscious encouragement to be aware of their motivation is needed when dedicating time to writing argumentative writing.","PeriodicalId":480698,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English Education Program","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://jurnal.untan.ac.id/index.php/JEEP/article/download/81948/75676602978","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147895833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ON RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH QUESTION ANSWER RELATIONSHIP STRATEGY (QAR)","authors":"Nurul Puteri Utami, Regina Regina, Eni Rosnija","doi":"10.26418/jeep.v1i2.40353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26418/jeep.v1i2.40353","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to improve students reading comprehension on recounttext by using Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy. This researchis a classroom action research which was conducted in three cycles. Theparticipants of this research consist of the teacher and the students in classX IIS 3 of SMAN 1 Sungai Raya. The researcher collected the data ofstudents improvement in reading comprehension by observing the datathrough reading test, observation checklist, field note and self-assessmentforms. The result showed that students problems in comprehending recounttext had been solved by using QAR strategy. Right There and Think andSearch question improved students understanding of generic structure andlanguage features of recount text. The mean score of students readingcomprehension enhanced in each cycle. In the first cycle, the students meanscore was 57.2, it increased to 68.8 in the second cycle, and 82 in the thirdcycle. In other words, Question Answer Relationship (QAR) strategyimproved students reading comprehension of recount text.","PeriodicalId":480698,"journal":{"name":"Journal of English Education Program","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147893754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}