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L1 Cognitive Skills Transfer in the Process of Learning L2 of Dependent Scripts Dewi, Utami; Sibarani, Berlin; Sumarsih, Sumarsih
SALTeL Journal (Southeast Asia Language Teaching and Learning) Vol. 3 No. 2: July 2020
Publisher : Association of Language Teachers in Southeast Asia (ALTSA)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35307/saltel.v3i2.52

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Language transfer is one of the important areas in second language acquisition research. This study aims to describe the process of transfer L1, Bahasa Indonesia, cognitive skills to L2, English, cognitive skills of dependent scripts. Cognitive skills are the skills that support decoding, such as rapid automatized naming (RAN) and working memory (WM). This research was conducted with descriptive qualitative research design, with case study.  The subjects of the study were 15 students who speak Bahasa as the first language (L1) and learn English as the second language (L2). Bahasa and English are the language which have the same scripts, dependent scripts. The subjects were given the rapid automatized naming (RAN) test and working memory (WM) test. The data of this study was analyzed with two data analysis techniques, they were non-parametric statistics and qualitative data analysis. The finding of this study was that there was no significantly transfer of cognitive skills from L1, Bahasa, to L2, English. It can be seen from the process of transfer RAN and WM as the subskills, that most of the students made different errors both in L1 and L2 RAN and WM, and they have different levels of achievement in L1 and L2 cognitive skills.
THE EFFECT OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND INTEREST ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION Busri Busri; Berlin Sibarani; Anni Holila Pulungan
LINGUISTIK TERAPAN Vol 14, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (437.828 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/lt.v14i1.8355

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The objectives of this study were to find out whether students’ achievement in reading comprehension taught by TELLS technique was significantly higher than PSOT. (2) whether the students’ achievement in reading comprehension with high interest was higher than with low interest, and (3) If there was interaction between teaching techniques and interest on students’ achievement in reading comprehension. This study established the different effect of teaching techniques on students’ interest which was required by the hypothesis and applying experimental research design by using Factorial Design 2x2. Descriptive statistic was used to describe the data such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and variance. While inferential statistic used to test the research hypotheses by applying two ways ANOVA with the level of significance 0.05. The results reveals that (1) students’ achievement in reading expository text taught by using TELLS was higer than PSOT technique, with Fob = 17.902 > Ftab = 3.11, (2) students’ achievement in reading expository text on hight interest was higher than that low interest, with Fobs = 38.988 > Ftab = 3.11, (3) there was interaction between teaching technique and interest on students’ achievement in reading comprehension with Fobs = 5.962 > Ftab = 3.11.Keywords:Teaching Techniques, Interest, Reading Comprehension
TYPES OF TEACHER’S FEEDBACK USED IN SPEAKING ACTIVITIES AT SECOND GRADES IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS David Immanuel Berliando BB; Berlin Sibarani
REGISTER: Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed Vol 11, No 3 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/reg.v11i3.41182

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Feedback is one of the most important factors that contribute to students’ success in the learning process. At the same time, teacher feedback is a fascinating topic to discuss. It is important to understand the different types of feedback and why the teacher employed them. This study was conducted to learn about the different types of teacher feedback given by the English teacher of the eighth grade at SMPN 27 MEDAN during the academic year 2022/2023 in speaking activities, as well as the reasons why the teacher gives feedback the way she does. The research design is a descriptive qualitative study based on Stone and Nielsen’s opinions. After analysis, it is clear that the types of teacher feedback stated by the teacher are affective feedback and informative feedback, with informative feedback dominating. Furthermore, the teacher’s motivation for creating them is to improve communication with students and to build a communicative class.Keywords : Feedback, Types of Teacher’s Feedback, Classroom, Speaking Activities
Classroom Interaction Patterns of English Teacher Candidates in Micro Teaching Yasminar Amaerita Telaumbanua; Berlin Sibarani; Masitowarni Siregar
International Journal of Educational Research Excellence (IJERE) Vol. 1 No. 2: July-December 2022
Publisher : PT Inovasi Pratama Internasional

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (248.69 KB) | DOI: 10.55299/ijere.v1i2.242

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The research objective was to describe what and how classroom interaction patterns and what factors influenced English teacher candidates in micro-teaching. The research problem was what and how classroom interaction patterns and what factors they make in the performance of the basic skill. The research method used was qualitative research. The researchers used videotape and in-depth interviews as the research instruments to collect the data needed. The total respondents were 66 students as English teacher candidates. The results and important findings from the videos were obtained that the English teacher candidates had good, good enough, enough, and bad classroom interaction patterns. In group work, the interaction between student and student was bad. A similar thing happened in closed-ended teacher questioning, the interaction between student-teacher-student was bad too meanwhile in open-ended teacher questioning was good enough. In the choral response, the interaction pattern between student-content was good. The last was teacher talks, the interaction pattern of student-teacher was enough. Some factors influenced classroom interaction patterns such as the result from the in-depth interview that were the linguistic ability level of English teacher candidates, ability to select interesting topics, ability to master the content, ability to manage the classroom, and lack of confidence. In a conclusion, classroom interaction patterns were at different levels influenced by some factors, monotonous and mostly similar patterns for all the English teacher candidates as happened in a conventional classroom.
THE USE OF SONGS IN LEARNING ENGLISH TO THE STUDENTS OF THE FIFTH GRADE IN SD 1 MUHAMMADIYAH BINJAI Sri Andania Br. Barus; Berlin Sibarani; Sumarsih Sumarsih
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 9, No 1 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (231.118 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/tj.v9i1.19958

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The objectives of this study were to analyze the Use of Songs in Learning English to the Students of the Fifth Grade in SD 1 Muhammadiyah Binjai. This study would be a descriptive study, which analyze the use of English to teach English in SD Muhammadiyah 1 Binjai. This study would be conducted by using Descriptive Qualitative Design. Descriptive Qualitative Design was just like other types of qualitative research, these inquiries typically are efforts to understand poorly understood phenomena that do not lend themselves readily to quantification. The song is used in two ways in the teaching of English to the elementary students. In the first way, the teacher organize the procedure of using the song into five steps, they are (1) listening to the song, (2) singing the song, (3) asking the students to sing it in front of the class, (4) discussing about the song, (5) the teacher give the task to the students. Besides that, only three out of the nine reasons that teacher take into consideration in explaining why the teacher taught English by using song the way she did. The three reasons are (1) song is a means of teaching pronunciation, (2) teaching vocabulary, (3) making fun teaching situation.Keywords : Songs, Media, Teaching English, Teacher
THE SUITABILITY OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN TEXTBOOK OF STUDENT GRADE SEVEN BASED ON CURRICULUM Natalia Bernita Hutauruk; Berlin Sibarani; Tiarnita Siregar
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 9, No 1 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (122.674 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v9i1.19718

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The objectives of this study were to analyze the extent does the presentation of descriptive text in the textbook student grade seven and analyze factors caused the presentation the way it is. The study used qualitative descriptive method. The subjects of this study were two textbooks of student grade seven. The technique of data collecting was byanalyzed using several steps according to Miles’s theory, Huberman and Saldana (2014) analyze data with three steps: data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. After analyzing the data, the researcher found the text structure in two textbook is mpt perfect yet. The text structure of descriptive text which is classification in textbook by Kemendikbud is unavailable while in Erlangga, the location in descriptive text is unavailable. But, the components of lexicogrammatical is presented well. The result of the study showed that the reason underlying the imperfectness is financial factor. Erlangga publisher is purpose to gaining a financial benefit, while Kemendikbud publisher is not motivated by the profit.Keywords: descriptive text, textbook, curriculum 2013
GENDER WRITING STYLES OF BATAKNESE AND JAVANESE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WRITING ARGUMENTS Sri Rebeka J. A. Parhusip; Berlin Sibarani
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 10, No 4 (2021)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (663.229 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v10i4.36228

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The objectives of this study are to describe the characteristics of gender writing style ofBataknese and Javanese students and to describe the reason ofmale and female Bataknese andJavanese students’ writing style characteristics the way they do. This resesarch wasconducted at SMAN 1 Onanrunggu and SMAN 2 Percut Sei Tuan. The mwthod of thisresearch was qualitative desctiptive research. The subjects of this research were XI gradestudents of SMAN Onanrunggu and SMAN 2 Percut Sei Tuan. The technique ofdatacollection was writing assignment. The research finding showed that in writingargumentative text, the writing style characteristics of each gender of Bataknese and Javanesestudents were different. The writing style characteristics of Male Bataknese Senior HighSchool studentsare strong, convincing, logical and rational. Meanwhile, the characteristics ofwriting style used by female Bataknese senior high school students in writing argumentativetextare emotional and sentimental, strong and logical. For Javanese students, thecharacteristics of writing style used by male are strong, logical, sentimental and terse, whilethe characteristics of writing style used by female are logical, terse, sentimental and silly. Thereason that caused different characteristic of their writing style are gender and culture.
ENGLISH TEACHING TECHNIQUES USED BY TEACHERS IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TO STUDENTS OF SMK TELKOM MEDAN Sarifah Siregar; Berlin Sibarani
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 9, No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (528.127 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v9i2.24464

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This research was dealt with teaching techniques used by teachers in teaching writing descriptive text. The objective of this study were (1) to analize the teaching techniques used by teachers in teaching writing descriptive text to students at SMK Telkom Medan and (2) to find out  the reasons of doing that way in the process of teaching writing descriptive text to students. The subject of the study was the teachers of SMK Telkom Medan. A descriptive qualitative design was used in this study.  The data were collected by recording the utterances of teacher. The data were analyzed by data condensation, data display, conclusion drawing/verification. There were three types of teaching techniques used by teachers in teaching writing descriptive text namely Collaborative Writing Technique, Graphic Organizer Technique, and Cubing Technique. Based on the result, it may be concluded that : (1) from three techniques above 50% teacher used collaborative writing technique, 50% teacher used graphic organizer technique and there was no teachers using cubing technique in SMK Telkom Medan. (2) For the reasons of doing that way in process of teaching writing descriptive text to students. There were two reasons, building team work and helping critical thinking.
THE USE OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNINGMETHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT Eko Widoyo Putro; Berlin Sibarani
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 4, No 1 (2015)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v4i1.3956

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This study is aimed at improving the second grade of students’ speakingachievement by using Community Language Learning (CLL) Method. Theresearch was conducted by applying classroom action research. The subject of this study was second grade of Private Senior High School (Sekolah Menengah Atas Swasta) of Dwi Tunggal Tanjung Morawa which consisted of 31 students. To collect the data, the instruments used were primary data (SpeakingTest) and secondary data (interview sheet, observation sheet, field notes). It can be seen from the score in test I, test II and test III. In the Test I, the mean of the students’score was (64.77), in the Test II was (71.35), and the mean of the students’ score of the Test III was (80.90). Based on the interview, and observation sheet, it shows that the expression and excitement of the students got improved as well. It was found that teaching of speaking by using Community Language Learningcould significantly improve students’ speaking achievement.Key Words: Community Language Learning, Method, Improvement, Speaking Achievement
THE USE OF VIDEO IN TEACHING WRITING OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 1 STABAT Mellya Miranda Putri; Berlin Sibarani
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol 11, No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (495.756 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/genre.v11i2.36224

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The aim of this study was to describe the use of video and analyze the reasons ofusing video in teaching and learning process especially in writing descriptive textfor tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Stabat. This study was qualitativelyconducted that taken two english teachers of SMA Negeri 1 Stabat. The data werecollected by using recording, depth interview and observing the whole processesof teaching writing descriptive text. The findings of this study showed that theteacher 1 only used four ways from seven ways while the teacher 2 only usedthree ways from seven ways. The researcher used Berk theory in analyzing theteachers’ ways in using video in teaching descriptive text. There were reasons ofusing video in teaching and learning process that had gotten from teachers’interview. Then based on the data, the reasons dominantly were see and also hearthe language in use, be more active, creative, attractive, motivated, enjoyable, andthe important things by the video the student could master the material in goodenough. The findings of this study revealed that video contributed to the study offoreign language teaching especially teaching writing.