Martha Kumala
English Education Department, Faculty Of Teacher Education, Sintuwu Maroso University

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Language Learning Strategies of English Education Department Students at Universitas Sintuwu Maroso Martha Kumala
Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching Vol 4, No 1 (2018): Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching
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The objectives of this research are to find out politeness strategies used by Joe Louis Clark and the students in the Lean on Me movie and to find out the dominant types of politeness strategy used by Joe Louis Clark in the movie. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach. The data were in the form of utterances which contains politeness strategies. The data source is Lean on Me movie script. The data are collected by note-taking technique which were later classified and analyzed under the theories of Brown and Levinson (1987). The result of this research shows that there are four types of politeness strategies used by the main characters in Lean on Me movie when having conversation with the students and teacher. The politeness strategies were Bald-on record strategy, Positive politeness strategy, Negative politeness strategy, and Off record strategy (12). Positive politeness strategy has the highest frequency among other strategies since the dialogues are among teacher and students.Keywords: politeness interaction, interaction among teacher and students, positive politeness strategy
Collaborative Learning Method in Teaching English Martha Kumala; Thomas Pandonge
Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching Vol 3, No 1 (2017): Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching
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The aims of this research are: (1) to describe the teaching learning process using Collaborative Learning Method at the Eight Grade Students of SMP Neg. I Poso Kota Selatan; (2) to describe the result of the teaching learning process using Collaborative learning Method at the Eight Class Grade Students of SMP Neg. I Poso Kota Selatan. The researcher uses qualitative descriptive design. The researchers chose eight grade students as the sample. The data were collected by classroom observation, interview, test and documentation to find out the using Collaborative Learning Method in teaching English. The result of the research showed that in the learning process the students are interested in using this method because they can communicate each other easily. Besides, they can help each other in the learning difficulties materials, as can be seen by the result of test.Keywords: Collaborative learning, teaching English
Describing Cultural Content in English Textbook Martha Kumala; Jesica Yuni Lestari
Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching Vol 7, No 1 (2021): Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching
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The purposes of this study are to find and describe cultural content in English textbooks based on the theory of cultural dimensions by Moran (2001). The data are taken from an English textbook entitled “When English Rings a Bell” revised 2017 for first year students of junior high school published by the Pusat Kurikulum and Perbukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud. There are 8 chapters that have been analyzed by the researcher. In this study, the researcher only focused on the part of the image to be studied and described. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study indicate that this textbook contains all sections of the categories of cultural dimensions based on Moran's (2001) theory, five cultural dimensions (product, person, practice, perspective, and communities). Based on these findings, the researcher recommends this book to be used as teaching material by English teachers, but the researcher suggests enriching references when teaching students.
Students’ Anxieties Toward Research Proposal Seminar Martha Kumala; Yuliana Dg. Macora; Sardi Sardi
Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching Vol 8, No 2 (2023): Sintuwu Maroso Journal of English Teaching
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This study aims to determine the level and factors of the student anxiety towards seminar proposal. This type of research is qualitative research. The sample in this study is 14 students of 8th semester atAt English Language Education Study Program of Sintuwu Maroso University who were conducted proposal and undergraduate thesis seminars. The data are collected through questionnaires and interviews. The data are scored by using Zung’s Anxiety Scale, then they are analysed by using Ernawati and Fatma’s (2012) theory ofinfluence factor of anxiety and collaborated with Horwitz’ (2010) theory about foreign language anxiety factor.The results showed that all students experienced anxiety which is divided into three levels, namely severe anxiety experienced by 3 students (21%), moderate anxiety experienced by 6 students (43%), and normal anxiety experienced by 5 students (36%). While the factors that influence the anxiety are internal factors (shyness, lack of confidence, and mindset), external factors (embarrassment and lack of preparation), communication anxiety, exam anxiety and fear of negative evaluation.