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Improving Speaking Sub-Skills by Using The Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction (ARCS) Model Junaidah Munawarah; Usman Kasim; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 3 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
Publisher : Universitas Syiah Kuala

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This research focussed on the use of the ARCS model to improve the speaking sub-skills of students. The sample for this research was 70 students in two groups; an Experimental Group (EG) and a Control Group (CG). The instruments used for collecting the data were tests (a pre-test and a post-test) and a questionnaire. The findings revealed that: (1) There was a significantly higher improvement in the scores of students who were taught using the ARCS model compared to the students who were taught using the Grammar Translation Method. The first hypothesis was proven by the z-test result (4.18); ie. That the difference was significant. The results from the data analysis proved that there were significantly better improvements in the post test scores of the EG, in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. The z-score for pronunciation was 3.29, grammar was 1.55, vocabulary was 2.35, fluency was 4.65 and comprehension was 2.25. Except for grammar, those z-scores were all outside the limits from -1.96 to +1.96. And (2) The results from the questionnaires showed the positive impact, viz: decrease in students’ nervousness plus enhancing students’ confidence and satisfaction in speaking in public.
The Obstacles Faced by the English Teacher in Assisting Students to Win Storytelling Contest at Methodist Senior High School, Banda Aceh Mulyadi Syahputra; Bustami Usman; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 4 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The aims of this research were to find out the teacher’s obstacles in preparing their students to win storytelling contest. This study was designed using the descriptive qualitative method. The results of the study were collected through interviewing the teacher in Methodist Senior High School who was purposely selected by their achievement in preparing the students in some storytelling contests. The conclusion of the study that the teacher’s obstacles in preparing students for storytelling those obstacles are students’ lack of vocabulary and mis-pronunciation, lack of motivation, lack of time, lack of discipline and the challenge to the diversity of students’ personality. Moreover, the solutions to those problems are also presented.
English student teachers' constraints during their teaching internship programs with the English Department of FKIP at Unsyiah in Aceh Salviana Salviana; Asnawi Muslem; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 3 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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Teaching internship programs are designed to smooth the transition from student to teacher. At the same time the teaching internship assignment gives the teacher training institutions an opportunity to evaluate the teaching capabilities of their soon-to-graduate students. It  is one of the most important components of the teacher training program; an opportunity for student teachers to put their theoretical studies into practice. The objective of this study was to investigate the constraints faced by student teachers during their teaching internship programs. A qualitative method was employed in this study, which involved 26 students from the 2016/2017 teaching internship program at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Syiah Kuala. A convenient random sampling technique was used to select the sample and a questionnaire was used as the instrument to collect the data which was analyzed using the Miles and Huberman method. Based on the results there were fourteen constraints faced by the student teachers during their teaching internship programs. The constraints were mainly in the domains of personal matters, class participation, class management, instructional methods, emotional issues, adjusting to students and quality of supervision. As teaching practice is an important component of a teacher training program, considerable attention must be given to make it highly effective and fruitful. Therefore, this study suggests that more co-operation from the faculty and the schools is needed in terms of supervision to improve and optimize the outcomes from this program.
Why West Acehnese Shift Their Dialect to Other Acehnese Dialect Nur Aini; Zulfadli A. Aziz; Bukhari Daud
English Education Journal Vol 9, No 3 (2018): English Education Journal (EEJ)
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The aim of this study was to investigate the reasons for dialect shifting by speakers from West Aceh when they speak Acehnese outside of the West Aceh area. A qualitative method was used for this research. The data was collected using interviews following an interview guide. The researcher interviewed the informants who were all from West Aceh and living in Banda Aceh for educational purposes. Based on the results from the interviews, the researcher found that the West Acehnese shifted their dialect into other dialects when they spoke with other Acehnese outside of West Aceh. The dialect was shifted by them for various reasons, such as lacking confidence to use their own dialect, to avoid embarrassment or being ridiculed by other speakers, to make them easier to be understood, to get acceptance and respect from the community where they were and due to being influenced, unconsciously, by other, more dominant dialects.
An Analysis of Indonesian - English Code Mixing in Kompas Daily Newspaper Sri Hardianti Margareta; Bukhari Daud; Burhansyah Burhansyah
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 3 (2018): August 2018
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This research study investigates about the code-mixing of Indonesian and English used by the journalist in explaining the news. In this research, the writer used the Kompas daily newspaper as the data. Mass media is believed to present information often use the foreign vocabulary by doing code mixing to make the writing become more interesting and modern. The aim of this study is to find the types of code mixing used in the Kompas Daily Newspaper using Musyken’s (2000) theory, who proposes : Insertion, Alternation, and Congruent Lexicalization, and in the form of words and phrases code mixing. The text selected for analysis was obtained from the editions 2nd January to 14th January 2018, and the column were taken from the headlines of Economics (Business) and Politics (Law). In collecting the data, the researcher used documentation analysis involving note takes of the occurances of English code mixing in the selected articles. The data obtained were classified using classification table. The findings show numerous code mixing cases being used in the stated articles.The result showed that the most frequently type of code mixing used in Kompas Daily Newspaper is insertion.  Meanwhile, the factor of code mixing use in Kompas Daily Newspaper are because of terminology that can’t be translated that have a particular meaning, Emphasis the meaning of word and untranslatable that have a match in Indonesia Language.
Techniques Mostly Used by English Teachers of SMAN 4 Wira Bangsa Melaboh in Teaching Speaking Ayatullah Rohullah Khomaini; Bukhari Daud; Nira Erdiana
Research in English and Education Journal Vol 3, No 3 (2018): August 2018
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Speaking is one of language skills required to learn for all senior high school students. SMAN 4 Wira Bangsa Meulaboh is one of senior high schools whose students have a good speaking proficiency as they succeed in winning some competition held in West Aceh regency. This study aimed at finding out the techniques mostly used by English teachers to teach speaking at SMAN 4 Wira Bangsa Meulaboh. This study was a qualitative study. Total sampling technique was employed to select three English teachers at SMAN 4 Wira Bangsa Meulaboh. The instrument used to collect the data was interview. The result showed that there was no dominant technique used by English teachers at SMAN 4 Wira Bangsa. They used debate technique, role play and jigsaw. The teachers also said that they frequently change the techniques based topic of the subject. The interview results also indicated that all of the teachers tried to present authentic material to the speaking class. Based on the interview, it was also obtained that the common mistakes did by English teachers were overused of mother tongue and choosing technique without considering the students’ level.  It is expected that the teachers do collaborative work in determining which technique work better to certain topic compared to other techniques.