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EFFECTIVENESS OF JIGSAW ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN MAJALENGKA UNIVERSITY Afief Fakhruddin
Jurnal Educatio Vol 2, No 2 (2016)
Publisher : Universitas Majalengka

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31949/je.v2i2.488

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EFFECTIVENESS OF JIGSAW ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN MAJALENGKA UNIVERSITY Afief Fakhruddin.S.S.M.PdMajalengka UniversityMajalengka, Indonesiaafief_sa@yahoo.com AbstractThe research is entitled “The effectiveness of Jigsaw on students’ Speaking skill. The purposes of this research are (1) the levels of the speaking skill of the students   (2) to find out the effectiveness of jigsaw in students speaking skill, (3) the factors that influence the effectiveness of using Jigsaw in improving the speaking skill. This research belongs to experimental research and quasi experimental design. It describes about a study that cast about the effect of giving treatment of using Jigsaw in students speaking skill to an experimental group. The test result of posttest in experimental class showed that the students’ average is 72.06. It can be seen in proficiency level of speaking, majority of the students who got mark in the level of 3. The result of this study showed that the students in the experiment group got better development in the average scores than the control group in speaking test. The difference of the development of the average scores is statistically significant at the (0.5) alpha level of significance. It was found that there was significant difference for those who were taught using Jigsaw and those without it. The difference is shown by the development of the average scores. The group that used Jigsaw as medium in Jigsaw got better improvement in the average scores (15.39 ) than those without Jigsaw (0.684) Keywords – jigsaw, students speaking skill
Reading Journal as a Way to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension Afief Fakhruddin
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 8, No 2 (2017): August
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v8i2.2824

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Reading journal is one way to record students’ independent learning based on text they read. This study was conducted to fnd out the students’ level of reading comprehension through some notes written in the reading journal, the extent to which the activity of writing reading journals improved students’ reading comprehension, whether the students got beneft from reading journal. There were 80 respondents coming from three different classes in Majalengka University were asked to read a text related to the subject they learned in a certain session. Then they were assigned to write a journal that records the things they had read. When this task was fnished, the lecturer ran a quiz containing related questions to check whether they really understood the content of the text. Afterwards, students were to fll in a questionnaire regarding their opinion on the impact of the reading journal toward their reading comprehension. The fndings indicate that more than half of the participants appear to understand the material well, and the task plays a certain role in improving students’ understanding in reading comprehension. The most crucial thing is that most students think they get benefit by writing the reading journal.
Common Pronunciation Mistakes in Non-native Speakers: A Review Rakaisa Langit Bengras Somara; Afief Fakhruddin
National Conference on Language, Education, and Technology Proceeding Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): December 2021
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Universitas Muhammadiyah Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32534/nacolet.v1i1.2680

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Pronunciation is one of language micro-skill that should be mastered in order to create a clear and effective communication. This article aims to provide a brief review of some common mistakes in pronunciation at various L2 speakers by focusing into researches on related topic. By noticing the problem that occurred, English teachers may develop a better plan for future to avoid the same mistakes. The similarity between non-native learners, such as Chinese, Indonesian, Palestinian, Turkish and Vietnamese, is they tend to make mistakes in sound that do not exist in their first language.