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Sofyan A. Gani
Syiah Kuala University
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Students’ Perceptions toward Teacher’s Teaching Strategies, Personal Competence, and School Facilities Nurul Fajriah; Sofyan A. Gani; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 10, No 1 (2019): English Education Journal (EEJ)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This study was aimed to find out alumni’s perceptions toward English teachers’ teaching strategies and personal competences. In addition, this research investigated how students perceived availabilty of their school facility. The study was conducted online by sending the link of questionnaire to alumni who graduted from three state senior high schools in South Aceh. The study used the quantitative method with the survey design, and the questionnaire was used as the instrument to get the data needed. The population of this survey was all students who graduated from SMAN 1 Labuhanhaji, SMAN 1 Tapak Tuan, and SMAN 1 Trumon and they are now continuing their study at some universities and academies in Aceh and North Sumatera. The samples for this study were fifteen alumni chosen from each of these three state schools. The collected data was analyzed through a quantitative procedure by using a statistical formula to find the percentage of each statement. The results showed that most English teachers were perceived not to thoroughly apply the strategies suggested in English teaching but have a complete set of required personality to be a good teacher. In addition, school facilities were perceived still insufficient.
The Influence of Student Team-achievement Division (STAD) in Developing Students’ Speaking Skill Rahmat Firnanda; Sofyan A. Gani; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 10, No 1 (2019): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The research was implemented to find out the effectiveness of students team achievement division (STAD) as a part of cooperative learning in teaching speaking to improve the students’ speaking skill and also to know the students’ responses toward the implementation of STAD in teaching speaking at XI IA 2 class of SMAN 1 Lhoong, Aceh Besar. The population of the study was the eleventh graders of SMAN 01 Lhoong, Aceh Besar. The number of the samples was 40 students consisting of 20 students from the class XI IA 2 as the experimental group, and 20 students chosen from the class XI IS 2 as the control group. The data of this research were collected by giving tests; (pretest, posttest), and questionnaire. The data collections were analyzed by using SPSS 17. The percentage formula was used to analyze the students’ perceptions toward the implementation of STAD in the experimental group. The result shows that the mean score of experimental group was 70.95. Meanwhile the control group was 68.70. Moreover, the significant value of both the experimental and control groups in the post-test was 0.04 which is lower than α=0.05. It means that Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected and it can be concluded that the use of STAD in teaching speaking skill enhanced the students’ speaking skill, compared to the teaching speaking in conventional method. Meanwhile, the result of questionnaires shows that STAD could enhance the students’ confidence in learning speaking skill.
English teachers’ knowledge for implementing the 2013 Curriculum Sofyan A. Gani; Rina Mahjaty
English Education Journal Vol 8, No 2 (2017): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The implementation of the 2013 Curriculum as a new curriculum plays an important role in the development of curricula in Indonesia. Some changes in the new curriculum require teachers to have  knowledge in spesific areas such as in the standards for content, teaching-learning processes and evaluation.  The purpose of this study was to find out the extent of the teachers’ knowledge on standards for content, standards for processes, and standards for evaluation for the 2013 curriculum. To fulfill the purpose of this study,  a sample of English teachers was taken from three State Islamic Senior High Schools in Banda Aceh. The data collected was analysed by descriptive quantitative research methods; a questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results showed that the teachers level of knowledge for implementing the 2013 Curriculum was low. This can be seen in the three standards viz: teachers’ knowledge of the standards for content, for the 2013 Curriculum was low, only 40 %; that for standards for processes  was also low, 41%, and the teachers’ knowledge about standards for evaluation was the lowest, only 36%. In order to resolve these problems, some recommendations have been made for improvement of the teacher’s knowledge of how to implement the new, 2013 Curriculum.
Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching Speaking for Cadets Khaira Maulidar; Sofyan A. Gani; Iskandar Abdul Samad
English Education Journal Vol 10, No 1 (2019): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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This study aims at finding the strategies used in teaching speaking and the problems faced by the teacher during a teaching process at BP2IP Malahayati Aceh. It also investigated the students’ responses toward the teachers’ strategies by involving two English teachers and two classes of 58 students. To gain the needed data, the writers used classroom observation, interview and questionnaire as research instruments. Classroom observation and interview were used to identify the teachers’ challenges and also strategies in teaching speaking, and questionnaire was utilized to collect the data about students’ responses towards the strategies. The results showed that the teachers used five strategies in teaching speaking for cadets in BP2IP Malahayati Aceh, namely: role play, drilling, games, describing picture, and also discussion group. Moreover, three common obstacles were found during teaching process; limited vocabulary, improper pronunciation, and less confident of the students. This study also showed that students’ responses towards the strategies were positive.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCAFFOLDING READING EXPERIENCE STRATEGY IN INCREASING STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION Cut Herawati; Sofyan A. Gani; Asnawi Muslim
JETLi: Journal of English Teaching and Linguistics Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020)
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FKIP - Universitas Iskandar Muda

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The aim of this research is to find out whether there is a significant difference in achievement between students who were thought reading comprehension by using SRE strategy and those who are not, and to examine the students’ responses toward the SRE strategy used in teaching reading comprehension. The method used in this study was experimental design in which classified into experimental and control groups. The population of the study was the first-grade students of State Vocational School 1 Nisam, North Aceh. The data were collected through a reading comprehension test and a set of questionnaires. The finding showed significant differences between the pre-test and post-test score. The result showed that the means of pre-test for both class of experimental was M=46, 79, SD = 14, 15) to post test (M = 75, 36, SD = 12, 01), t (27) = -11, 92, p < .001 (two-tailed). The data squared statistics (.84) indicated a large effect size. The mean increase from the test illustrated significant difference between pre-test and post-test, hence the hypothesis was accepted. Furthermore, the result of data analysis from the questionnaire showed that most of the students responded positively.
Students’ Response on Information-Gap Task in Improving Speaking Skill Yosa Lanovastia; Sofyan A. Gani; Yuliana Natsir
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 2: December 2016
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This descriptive qualitative research was conducted to discover the students’ response towards the implementation of Information-Gap Task in improving speaking skill at SMA Tunas Bangsa, South West Aceh. The subject of this research was 32 studentsof class IX chosen through purposive sampling technique. The data were collected through questionnaire items which was adapted from the formula of Taylor-powell and Bahous, et al. The result of this research showed that most students gave positive response toward the implementation of Information-Gap Task and they agree that Information-Gap Task can help, motivate and attract them in improving speaking skill. Only a few   they do not enjoy the speaking practice through Information-Gap Task. In brief, the implementation of Information-Gap Task by the teacher improves students’ speaking skill and helps students to cope with their speaking problem.
Exploring EFL Students’ Efforts in Speaking Skill Indra Syahputra; Sofyan A. Gani; Nurul Inayah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 1, No 2: December 2016
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The purpose of this study was to describe the efforts that students made in developing speaking skill. Descriptive qualitative was used in this study; the subjects were 65 students at year 2015 studying at English Education department, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh. The instrument used in this study was questionnaire. The questionnaire questions were adapted from the activity scale from Pace Kuh. The questionnaire revealed that speaking experience such as communicating by using English with friends and family was the highest effort chosen by the students because it was very comfortable to perform speaking among the closest people. Club and organization was the lowest effort chosen by the student. The students took part in organization just to spend their spare time. The students thought that joining in an organization did not have contribution in developing their speaking skill. The implication of this study was to motivate the students to make some efforts to develop their speaking skill. Focusing in certain effort will help the students improve their speaking skill mastery. In addition, for the suggestion, the students should create activities that promote English communication in order to develop their speaking skill.
Co-Authors Asnawi Muslim Cut Herawati Indra Syahputra Iskandar Abdul Samad Khaira Maulidar Nurul Fajriah Nurul Inayah Rahmat Firnanda Rina Mahjaty Yosa Lanovastia Yuliana Natsir