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Journal : ENGLISH EDUCATION: JOURNAL OF ENGLISH TEACHING AND RESEARCH

Learning Strategies in Speaking Skill Applied by A Student in Second Grade of SMK Pelita Nusantara Kediri Diani Nurhajati; Alfianti Azizah
English Education:Journal of English Teaching and Research Vol 1 No 1 (2016): English Education
Publisher : Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (147.906 KB) | DOI: 10.29407/jetar.v1i1.276

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Most of the students get difficulties when they want to communicate to others. It is caused many factors including the limited students’ vocabularies, pronunciation, the idea that they are delivered, and knowledge of grammar. To increase the students’ speaking ability, they usually apply certain strategies in learning. This research aims to investigate what strategies and how they are applied to solve the difficulties in speaking and increasing the ability of speaking. The subject of research is a student in second grade of SMK Pelita Nusantara Kediri. She is the best student of second grade and she always gets the best ranking. The writer did some observations and interview to get the data. There are two kinds of learning strategies that applied; they are direct strategies and indirect strategies. Direct strategies are language learning strategies that directly involve the target language, and indirect strategies are language learning strategies that support and manage language learning without directly involving the target language. Direct strategies that are applied are memory strategies that reflect very simple principles such as arranging things in order, making association, and reviewing, cognitive strategies that most important strategies are practicing, and compensation strategies which intended to make up for an adequate repertoire of grammar and, especially, of vocabularies. In indirect strategies that are applied are metacognitive strategies which provide a way for learners to coordinate their own learning process, affective strategies that help to regulate emotions, motivations, and attitudes, and social strategies that can help all learners increase their ability to empathize by developing culture understanding and becoming aware of others’ thoughts and feelings. It can be found that the strategies mostly used were cognitive strategies and social strategies. Cognitive strategy used was practicing by repeating, recognizing and using formula and patterns, and practicing naturalistically. Social strategies used were asking questions and cooperating with others.
ENHANCING CRITICAL THINKING IN SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH SEKAWAN-P Diani Nurhajati; Dewi Kencanawati; Rika Riwayatiningsih
English Education:Journal of English Teaching and Research Vol 5 No 1 (2020): Baohuan Zhang
Publisher : Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

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There are some problems in teaching English faced the high school many teachers and students. Based on the observation in one of good senior high schools, it was found out some weaknesses in teaching English. The teaching process relied on the exercises in the student book. The teaching activity was more teacher center. The teacher never made development on the materials, which were more challenging. As a result, the students were not trained to have critical thinking. This could be seen when the teacher asked questions, they answered using short answer, without any elaboration. This influences the ability of their critical thinking. Actually, graduates of high schools should be equipped with skills to face the Industrial era 4.0. The skills are Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication. All teachers can train those skills when they teach, including English teachers. Therefore, this research aims at describing how the teaching model Sekawan-P can enhance the students’ critical thinking in speaking skill. The study was a Lesson Study (LS) program between an English teacher of SMAN 1 Kediri and three lecturers of Nusantara PGRI Kediri University. They worked together to solve the problems mentioned above using this teaching model. They revised the existing lesson plan and materials, made improvement, and revised the teaching plan. The results show that after they applied Sekawan-P, the critical thinking of the students developed. It can be seen on how they delivered their arguments in speaking skill.