Ratmanida, Ratmanida
Universitas Negeri Padang

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Journal : English Language Teaching and Research

UTILIZING MIND MAPPING AS ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR READING COMPREHENSION Iradatul Hasanah; Hermawati Syarif; Ratmanida Ratmanida
English Language Teaching and Research Vol 1, No 1 (2017)
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Until now, there are still many students who get difficulty in reading compehension, it is hard for them to gain the essence of information among the overlapping sentences. Therefore, the lecturer provides them strategies to handle it. Among others is mind mapping which facilitates the students in acquiring the important informations of the textbook effectively. The fact shows that mind mapping has been applied in some schools even in higher level of education which is intended to assist students in reading comprehension. However, there is too little attention in assessing it whereas mind mapping can be another alternative assessment tool for reading comprehension. By doing ongoing assessment, mind mapping can provide the lecturer with the information needed to develop appropriate lessons and improve instruction. This article explores on how the to utilize mind mapping as assessment tool rather than just as an assignment for reading comprehension. Key words:  mind mapping, assessment tool, reading comprehension
THE USE OF TEACHER TALK IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT SMP N 8 SUNGAI PENUH Seprita Sari; Ratmanida Ratmanida
English Language Teaching and Research Vol 1, No 1 (2017)
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Teaching is commonly defined as a process to transfer knowledge or information to the students. In transfering the knowledge, building communication with students is important for the teachers. The sentences that are used by the teachers can be medium of the students to achieve course objectives in learning English language. This study is conducted to find out the types of teacher talk are used by English teacher in teaching English language at SMP N 8 Sungai Penuh. It was conducted by using descriptive research. The participants in this study were English teachers who teach English and the students who learn English at SMP N 8 Sungai Penuh. The findings reveal that the teachers used referential question, display question, content feedback, Initiation Respond and Feedback sequence, student initiated to talk during teaching and learning English process occured. Key words: English teacher, teacher talk, teaching English language.