English Education Journal

STUDENTS’ GRAMMAR IN WRITING SHORT DIARY AT SMA NEGERI 3 BAUBAU

La Mido — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

The problrm statement of this research was “”was the use of writing short diary effective on English Grammar at the second year of SMA Negeri 3 Baubau. The objective of the research was to know the significant effect of writing “short diary” on English grammar at the second year of SMA Negeri 3 Baubau.The method used in this research was quasy experimental design with non equivalent control group design.. The sample of this research was 46 students namely IPA II as control class and IPA III as experimental class. Cluster random sampling used to take the students’ of English grammar achievement. The instrument of this research was objective test. The data collected through the pretest and posttest. The research was analyzed through quantitative statistics describe.Based on the result of the research that in experimental class students’ score on posttest showed that the mean score 73.13 was higher than in pretest 48.95. In control class student’s score on pretest showed that the mean score was 50.69, and in posttest showed that the mean score 61.39.. Therefore it can be concluded that writing short diary can increase the students’ ability in English grammar especially past tense at the second year of SMA Negeri 3 Baubau.

AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULTIES FACED BY STUDENTS IN LEARNING READING AT SMA NEGERI 1 BAUBAU

Nety Nety, Asti Wahyuni B, Hartina Husen — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

The problem of this research was what were the difficulties faced by students at SMA Negeri 1 Baubau especially in eleventh grade students in learning reading comprehension? The objective of this research was to find out the difficulties faced by the eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri1 Baubau in learning reading comprehension. The researcher used the descriptive qualitative research. In this research descriptive was conducted in the purpose to describe systematically about the fact and characteristic of the difficulties that students faced in learning reading. The subject of the research was class XI MIPA 4 SMA Negeri 1 Baubau with the total subject consisted of 40 students then the sample of the research consist of 10 student. The instrument of this research used observation and interview, while the technique of data analysis used the of Miles and Huberman adapted that consist of data reducing, data display and drawing conclusion/verification. The result of research indicated that there were difficulties faced by the eleventh grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Baubau in learning reading comprehension. Regarding in the analysis of this research, there were four findings in this research, namely: Difficulty to understand the meaning of the word: Not understand the main idea, not understand the grammar, and difficulties to make inferences.

AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED BY PARENTS IN EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN IN WANGI-WANGI SUB-DISTRICT WAKATOBI REGENCY

Baharudin Adu, Nety Nety, Jimiludin Jimiludin — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

The problem statement in this research are what figurative language do parents often use at Wangi-Wangi Sub-district, Wakatobi Regency in educating their children?, what figurative language that most used by parents in the Wangi-Wangi Sub-district, Wakatobi Regency in educating their children? and why parents prefer figurative language than common language when educating their children in Wangi-Wangi Sub-District, Wakatobi Regency. The objective of this research are find out the kinds of figurative language used by parents to educate their children in Wangi-Wangi Sub-district, Wakatobi Regency, to find out that most figurative language used by parents in Wangi-wangi sub-district, Wakatobi Regency in educating their children and to find out why parents used figurative language to educating their children in Wangi-Wangi Sub-District Wakatobi Regency.This research used a qualitative design with the qualitative descriptive method. The subjects of this research were parents, custom village and children in Wangi-Wangi Sub-district, Wakatobi Regency. Instrument and technique of data collection in this research used interview, observation and documentation and technique of data analysis in this research was based on [1] model namely, reduction, display and verification.The results of this research indicate that there are 37 figurative languages and 8 types of figurative language were still frequently used by parents, custom village in educating their children and which children hear in Wangi-Wangi District, Wakatobi Regency. Namely metaphor, simile, irony, oximoron, hyperbole, personification, epithet and metonym. Of the 37 figurative languages used there are 18 figurative languages used by parents, 9 which are often used by custom village and 10 which children hear from their parents. The figurative language most often used by parents in Wangi-Wangi Sub-district, Wakatobi Regency is simile with a total of 10 Simile, 7 metonym, 6 Irony, 5 Metaphors, 3 Oxymoron, 3 Hyperbole, 2 personification, and 1 epithet. Parents choose figurative language in educating their children because the language used is softer and children are not easily offended.

CODE MIXING USED BY ENGLISH TEACHER IN ENGLISH CLASS AT SMP NEGERI 2 TOMIA

Wa Hanafiah, Husni Husni, Nur Hikmah — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

The problem statement of this research were: 1) What types of code mixing is most used by English teacher in English Class SMP Negeri 2 Tomia; 2) What factors are likely cause to the use of code mixing by English teacher in English class at SMP Negeri 2 Tomia. The objectives of this research to find out; 1) The types of code mixing most used by English teacher in English Class SMP Negeri 2 Tomia; 2) The factors are likely cause to the use of code mixing by English teacher in English class at SMP Negeri 2 Tomia. This research using a sociolinguistic approach with applied descriptive qualitative method. The subject of this research was English teacher at Smp Negeri 2 Tomia. The object of this research is Code Mixing used by English teacher in grade 8A. The instruments used in this research were observation and interview. Based on the finding, the researcher concluded that there were three types of code mixing that used by English teacher, there were Insertions, Alternative and Congruent Lexicalixation. The researcher found the most use type that used by English teacher was Insertion. The results of interview session showed the reason why the teacher used code mixing in English class, first because the teacher was bilingual, this is also due to students' vocabulary skills that are still lacking, and situation because students just get basic English when in junior high school. The students didn’t understand what the teacher’s says when explained the material so the teacher used code mixing and the students could understand and receive it.

AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS CAUSING ANXIETY IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT SMP NEGERI 2 BAUBAU

Nining Syafitri, Esa Penilta Amiruddin, Teani Vinalia — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

The problem statement of this researcher was whetherfactors causing anxiety in English Speaking on eighth-grade students at SMP Negeri 2 Baubau. The objective of the research was to find out the factors causing anxiety in English Speaking on eighth-grade students at SMP Negeri 2 Baubau. The design of this research was descriptive qualitative. The subjects of the research were seven students of Class VIII.1 at SMP Negeri 2 Baubau. The techniques of data collection in this study were observation and interview. Techniques of data analysis used were reduction of data, PresentationofData, and Verification The result showed that students experienced English speaking anxiety which consisted of internal factors and external factors. In internal factors, students' anxiety is a lack of confidence and fear of making mistakes. Meanwhile, on external factors, students experience anxiety, namely limited vocabulary and grammatical errors. Based on the result of the research, it was concluded that the most experienced by students is a lack of self-confidence.

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT THE ENGLISH LEARNING AT SMA NEGERI 3 LAKUDO

La Dunifa, Juamdan Zamha Zamihu, Rianti Rianti — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

The problem statement of this research was what are students’ perception about the English learning at SMA Negeri 3 Lakudo. The objective of this research was to determine students’ perception about the English learning at SMA Negeri 3 Lakudo. This research used the qualitative research design. The subject of this research was the class XI.IPA SMA Negeri 3 Lakudo in the academic year 2022/2023. The data was obtained by observation and interview then was analyzed by the researcher with three steps; data reduction, data display, and draw conclusion or verification. This research found that students’ perception about the English learning at SMA Negeri 3 Lakudo. Those were that students unpleasant feeling, students were not interested, students often feel bored in learning English and students often felt lazy in learning English.

THE EFFECT OF VOCABULARY MASTERY ON STUDENTS WRITING SKILLS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMP NEGERI 4 BAUBAU

Sanaria Maneba, Asti Wahyuni B, Nurmayanri AS Nurmayanri AS — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0800

Problem statement of this research was whether there is a significant effect of vocabulary mastery on students writing skills in descriptive text of eight grade students at SMP Negeri 4 Baubau. Objective of this research was to find out whether there is a significant effect of vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills in descriptive text of eight grade at SMP Negeri 4 Baubau. Data collection in this study was carried out using a research instrument in the form of a test to students to determine the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills in descriptive text. This research is a quantitative research. The subjects of this study were 55 grade eight students of SMP Negeri 4 Baubau. Data were analyzed using Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) version 21.0. Based on the results of research and data analysis, it was concluded that there was a correlation between vocabulary mastery on students' writing skills in descriptive text of eight grade at SMP Negeri 4 Baubau. This conclusion is based on the results of statistical analysis which found a significance level of 0.939 with an r table value of 0.266. The rxy value is greater than the r table value (0.939> 0.266) and the significance value is less than (0.5) or in other words the Null hypothesis (HO) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted.