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Published by Universitas Wiralodra

ISSN : 25977504 EISSN : 26224100 DOI : https://doi.org/10.31943/wej

Core Subject : Education, Social,

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Wiralodra English Journal is published twice a year, in March and September. This journal welcomes articles in the form of research reports or library research on English Education, Linguistics, Literature, and Translation that have never been submitted for consideration nor published elsewhere.

Arjuna Subject : Ilmu Sosial - Linguistik dan Bahasa

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THE EVALUATION OF NATIONAL EXAMINATION OF ENGLISH SUBJECT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL Prawiro, Indra Yoga
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 2 No 2 (2018): Wiralodra English Journal
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The implementation of National Examination in Indonesia always becomes an interesting discussion both in education field and social life. One of the debates in the implementation of National Examination is about the fairness, many experts stated that the implementation of National Examination is unfair because the threeday exam is used to determine the success or failure of a student?s three years of high school. The second issue is about the quality of education in Indonesia?s school is gravely uneven. Some schools have luxury facilities and infrastructure, while others barely have a school building. So, to apply and expect the same standard from all of them is harsh and unrealistic. This study would like to analyze the questions in National Examination. The writer takes English test for science students as the primary data to answer the questions. The writer focuses on the principle of language assessment implemented in construction of English test in National Examination and the appropriateness of English test questions in National Examination based on the standardize of language assessment. The result shows that National examination in this case English test has been designed accordance to the principle of assessment. For standardized test of national examination, there are some types of test items are hardly to be found in the test. In terms of reading test items, multiple choices which are indicating to find reference words, phrase or sentence are not given in English test. It is dominated by finding out the detail or specific information about the text, implicit and general description about the text. Overall the English test in national examination has been design according to the standardized test. Only for several things need to be improved in term of test items variety in reading skill.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEBATE TECHNIQUE TOWARD THE STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN SPEAKING SKILL AT XI GRADE OF SMKN 2 TEMBILAHAN Malasari, Lorika; Purwanti, Sri Erma
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 2 No 2 (2018): Wiralodra English Journal
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Confidence is an important thing in speaking because without it speaking skill can not be well and it became one of some problems in speaking skill which faced by the students of SMK Negeri 2 Tembilahan. To solve the problem, the reseacher conducted the experimental research is that quasy experimental design by applying the debate technique. The aim of this research is to know the effectiveness of debate technique on students? confidence in speaking skill. The data collection technique in this research is questionnaire that consists of 20 Close Ended statements using Likert Scale type. The sample of this research is 33 students of XI grade of SMK Negeri 2 Tembilahan as control and experimental class. After getting the data using questionnaire, the reseacher find that debate technique is effective toward students? confidence in speaking skill with the result t-observed is 15,84 while t-table is 2,04 from 5% and 2,75 from 1%. The tobserved score is higher than t-table. Based on the result, H0 (null hypothesis) is rejected and Ha (alternative hypothesis) is accepted. It also means that debate technique is effective toward students? confidence in speaking skill at XI grad of SMK Negeri 2 Tembilahan in academic years 2017/2018.

THE TRANSLATION PROCEDURE IN CHILDREN NOVEL â€“ SPIDERWICK CHRONICLE Larasaty, Gina
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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This research aims to find translation procedures from English to Indonesian which are used in translating Spiderwick Chronicles novel. The translator translates from source language (English) to target language (Indonesia). The researcher used the descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data, relates to the aim of this research is to find out the categories of translation procedure in Spiderwick Chronicle Novel. The researcher used the translation procedure (Newmark, 1988:82-91) framework by Peter Newmark for examining the data. Based on the result from the analysis showed that the total number Newmark?s translation procedure applied in Spiderwick Novel is 59 .  The most translation procedure applied is shift or transposition  with 20  (33,9%),  and the least of translation procedure applied  are Cultural equivalent , synonymy and functional  equivalent with the total frequency  1 (1,7%).  The translator used modulations as the second most translation procedure applied in the Spiderwick novel with 14 (23,7%). .

INVESTIGATING THE EFL TEACHERSâ€™ ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INTEGRATION OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN TEACHING ENGLISH AT ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS supiani, supiani
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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The purposes of this study are to investigate EFL teachers? attitudes toward the integration of Web   2.0 tools in teaching English at Islamic   Boarding   Schools and to examine the extent of using Web 2.0 tools in teaching English at Islamic Boarding Schools. There were 18 EFL teachers from Islamic Boarding Schools in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia participated in this study.   The data were taken from the EFL teachers were gathered by using the questionnaire, analyzed using descriptive statistics and followed up in the interview. The results of the study indicated that most EFL teachers have positive attitudes toward the integration of Web 2.0 tools in teaching English and percentages of their attitudes were high, with 75%. The findings also showed that almost all of the EFL teachers strongly agreed that Web 2.0 tools made them more efficient and interesting in the teaching and learning process at the class. The majority of EFL teachers that integrated towards Web 2.0 tools in teaching English used tools such as YouTube, Google Sites, blogs, and wikis. However, there were the barriers that were faced by the EFL namely lack of technological equipment in school, limited time at the class to explore the technology and the students were not allowed to bring communication tools at the class, so Web 2.0 tools have not been fully explored at the English class. Keywords: EFL teachers attitudes, The integration of Web 2.0 tools, Teaching English

EXPLORING YOUNG LEARNERS TEACHERS COMPETENCY AND CHALLENGES IN TEACHING ENGLISH Anggrarini, Natalia
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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Competency is a set of knowledge, skill and experience necessary for the future, which manifest in their activity (White, 1959). Teaching competency reflects how teacher?s ability in teaching and learning activity. Regarding to English teaching and learning to foreign learners, young learners are also exposed to have this language mastery. But Indonesian Government (see 2013 Curriculum of Elementary School) limits the subjects in Elementary School into six subjects and English is excluded. For some elementary schools, English is not give, but some others English is put as Local Content. The decision of local content here is based on the need of society, and it is happened in some elementary school in Indramayu. Thus, an English teacher for young learners in some elementary schools should reflect their competency in teaching English. She/he should be occupied with knowledge, skill and experience that needed to teach English to young learners so the purpose can meet the need. The aim of this research is to find out teaching competence of English teacher in teaching English to young learners. By conducting qualitative descriptive, this research uncovered the competency of teacher in planning the lesson, media and the implementation so it can be a consideration to put back English subject as one of main subjects in Elementary School. From the finding, it can be seen that some English teachers had made their efforts on performing good ability in teaching English such as in lesson planning, teaching media, teaching and learning activity and teaching assessment. While the challenges in teaching English to young learners were from students? behavior. The students? unawareness, unwillingness and laziness to study were the challenges of teaching English for young learners.  

PRE SERVICE TEACHERSâ€™ UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH wati, atikah
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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This study investigated the implementation of scientific approach in apprenticeship program. It is aimed to describe and capture how pre service teachers implement scientific approach which consists of observing, questioning, exploring, associating and communicating in their teaching practice. What problems they faced during their teaching practice and how pre service teachers solve those problems. This study used a qualitative research design. The subjects of this study were three students of English Department of Wiralodra University who were doing apprenticeship program. Observation and questionnaire were used to validate the data. The findings showed that the three pre service teachers had implemented scientific approach in their teaching speaking although there still a lot of imperfectness and it can be concluded that between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teacher candidates, the 3rd was the best to implement the scientific approach. The three pre service teachers also found problems in their teaching such in the process of questioning stage. However, both teacher candidates were able to solve the problem by  not ask too many questions to the students, but have to guide the students to ask questions to help the students do the activity independently

THE EFFECT OF ESTAFET WRITING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTSâ€™ ABILITY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT yulianawati, ida
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 1 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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This study aimed to know the effect of estafet writing to improve students?s ability in writing procedur text. Writing is one of the most important skill that should be mastered by students. But, sometimes the students have difficulties to express their writing because of many factors. The problem that faced by the students in writing are the students have problem in spelling, grammar, punctuation, uninterested media, do not have enough vocabulary so the students repeating the same words, and they often made grammatical errors. Estafet Writing is one of the active learning technique and also an innovative learning model in which one the students starts writing which is continued again one after another. It?s one of the techniques that is easy to learn and can be effective way to teach writing procedure text. To achieve the aim of the study, one class of a junior high school in Indramayu with 33 students was taken as the sample of the research. To help students to write procedur texts, estafet writing was used in the classroom. The data were obtained from pre-test and post-test. The result of this research showed that the students? mean score in the pre test is 61.93 and the students? mean score in post test is 81.78.  This study shows that there is improvement of students? ability in writing procedure text and the students give positive responses after being taught by using Estafet Writing Technique.

DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA MATERIAL TEXT RECOUNT ORAL AND WRITE ABOUT SIMPLE EXPERIENCES FOR EFL STUDENTS purwo
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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The aims of research are: (1) to describe the condition and potency of current learning on the basic material text recount, (2) to produce teaching-learning materials Compact Disc (CD) interactive multimedia which is integrated with basic competence in the form of procedural text with manuals and tips and it was conducted at one semester students EFL Data were collected through observation, questionnaires, and tests. Analyze data uses descriptive and Gain test. The conclusions of research are; (1) EFL has the potency of using IT, tools and infrastructure of computer, teaching material to support the teaching process, (2) the process produced the product through Lectora program, (3) The teaching and learning process utilizing interactive multimedia teaching material is more effective, shown by N-Gain score 0.71, (4) after using interactive multimedia, the teaching and learning process can save 90 minutes compared to the previous lesson, (5) learning using interactive multimedia interesting, in organizing strategy (87.00%), in terms of delivery (84,97%), and in terms of program management strategies to obtain optimal learning results (85.04%).

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COOPERATIVE SCRIPT METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTSâ€™ READING COMPREHENSION ON RECOUNT TEXT OF 8THGRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N KEWAPANTE, MAUMERE IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/ 2018 Janggo, Wandelinus Oscar
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 2 No 2 (2018): Wiralodra English Journal
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This research is entitled ?The Effectiveness of Using Cooperative Script Method to Improve Students? Reading Comprehension on Recount Text of 8th Grade Students of SMP N Kewapante, Maumere in Academic Year 2017/ 2018?. The objective of this research is to investigate and to find out whether the use of cooperative script method effective to improve students? reading comprehension on recount text. The method of this research is experimental research especially quasi experimental research. In analyzing the data, the researcher combined both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. In qualitative data analysis, the researcher used interview technique in order to get information about students? perceptions in reading, while in quantitative data analysis, the researcher used SPSS version 16. The result of the research showed that the implementation of Cooperative Script Method in experimental class was more effective to help the students in reading comprehension on recount text compared to the use of the conventional method in control class of the eighth grade students of SMP N Kewapante, Maumere. It is also found that cooperative script method positively contributed to improve students? reading comprehension. Therefore ,the researcher  suggests the teachers to use cooperative script method in order to improve students reading comprehension Additionally, cooperative script method can also motivate students to be more active, relax and enthusiastic to comprehend reading texts.

STUDENTSâ€™ MASTERY OF PARTS OF SPEECH IN ENGLISH WRITING Fakhruddin, Afief
Wiralodra English Journal Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Wiralodra English Journal
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The research is entitled ?students? mastery of parts of speech (noun, pronoun, and verb) in English writing. The purposes of this research are (1) to find out the students? mastery of parts of speech (noun, pronoun and verb), (2) to find out the most and least understood parts of speech among noun, pronoun and verb often found in English writing, (3) to find out the common problems faced by the  students,(4). To find out workable solutions to these problems so as to increase the students? mastery in using parts of speech (noun, pronoun and verb) in English writing. The data collections are done by giving questionnaire, test in completion item and simple English writing. The conclusion of this research are: (1) the students? mastery of parts of speech is fair (60,30), (2) the most understood parts of speech is Noun (21,66% error) and the least understood parts of speech is Verb (49,46% error), (3) common problems happened in constructing countable and uncountable noun, using possessive pronoun and pronoun  function as object, and using full verb and to be in constructing continuous and future tense. (4) The workable solutions that can be used are by using game, and quiz.

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