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All Journal Widya Wacana : Jurnal Ilmiah MAGISTRA NOTION: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Culture Lingua
Umi Sholihah
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TASK - BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING (TBLT) CAN IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY Sholihah, Umi
MAGISTRA Vol 25, No 86 (2013): Magistra Edisi Desember
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The purpose of this article is to examine the uses of TBLT can improve students’ writing ability. Besides that, this article also gives evidences of the research which is designed to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of the implementation of TBLT in improving students’ writing ability. The research findings of this research imply that TBLT is very effective. The implementation of TBLT improved the students’ writing ability. It gives the chance to the students to explore their ideas and to choose their own words, and encourages students to be active learners. It could raise the students’ participation in writing class and could enhance the students’ writing ability. In TBLT, the teacher has a lot of opportunities to develop various activities. TBLT also made the students able to make a composition using appropriate vocabulary, correct grammar, mechanics, content, and organization. Finally, this article is expected to be useful for other researchers more particularly those who are interested in conducting a similar research. Key Words: writing ability, Task – Based Language Teaching (TBLT), improving, classroom action research.
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN LANGUAGE Sholihah, Umi
MAGISTRA Vol 26, No 89 (2014): Magistra Edisi September
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Languages are different, eventhough they have similarities too. They have own rules of usage. English as the first foreign language which is taught in Indonesia has many differences with Indonesian language. Some of the differences are found in syntax, phonemes, pronunciation, meaning, grammar, and tenses. The differences often make students are difficult to understand in learning English. As English teachers, we should know those differences well in order to give enough understanding in teaching English for our students. This article will discuss about some differences between English and Indonesian language, completed with their examples. Hope after having deep understanding of those differences, we are as the English teacher, will find, modify, and create new methods of teaching so that the students will be easier to learn English. Keywords: differences, language, English, Indonesian
AEMPLOYING QUESTION – ANSWER RELATIONSHIPS (QAR) TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF WIDYA DHARMA UNIVERSITY KLATEN IN THE 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR) Sholihah, Umi; Anisa, Ike
MAGISTRA Vol 29, No 102 (2017): Magistra Desember
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In teaching-learning reading, in order to know whether students comprehend what they read,teacher can ask them to answer reading comprehension questions. It may be an indication that students havelow ability of reading if they cannot answer questions correctly. Considering the reason above, the researcheris interested in implementing question-answer relationships (QAR) as a strategy of reading comprehensionproposed by Rafael (1986).The objective of the research is to identify whether QAR can enhance students’ reading comprehension..This research is classroom action research on improving students’ reading comprehension using QAR thatinvolved three cycles. The subject of the research is the fourth semester students of English Department ofWidya Dharma University Klaten. In data collecting, the research involved two sorts of data: quantitative dataand qualitative data. The quantitative data is gained from test: pre- and post test. After analyzing the scores ofthe written test, the researcher uses a statistical technique to find mean score of the students. For collectingqualitative data, the researcher employed observation, recording/questionnaire, and interview. In analyzingqualitative data, the researcher makes use of interactive model proposed by Miles & Huberman (1984: 21-23),they are data reduction, data display, and data verification.The findings of this research reveal that there are the improvement of students’ reading comprehensionskill, participation, and motivation.. The QAR framework gives practice for students to be asked to respond toquestions in the text.Key Words: English textbook, syllabus, 2013 Curriculum
Co-Authors Ana Setyandari Hersulastuti NA Ike Anisa Kustinah, Kustinah Sri Haryanti Suhud Eko Yuwono Tri Rejeki