Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
Transform Journal is an open-access electronic journal that supports research in the field of Linguistics, Literature, and English Language Teaching. The aim of the journal is to publish academic research on applied linguistics relevant to actual issues and to be a publication platform for original research from academics, researchers, and practitioners. Transform journal is issued four times annually, in March, June, September and December. The focus and scope of this journal include areas of analysis: Linguistics Literature English Language Teaching
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH PAIRED STORY TELLING TECHNIQUE
Hafizah - Siregar;
Busmin - Gurning
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1846
Abstract This study attempted to improve students’ reading comprehension achievement in narrative text through paired story telling technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class XI SMA PAB 1 Medan which consisted of 25 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting the data were quantitative data (Reading test) and qualitative data (diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet). Based on reading scores, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the test I the mean was 65.28 in the test II the mean was 71.16. Based on observation sheet it was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in reading. The result of the research showed that applying paired story telling significantly improved students’ reading comprehension achievement. Keywords: Reading comprehension achievement, paired story telling technique, senior High School’s Students
THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING HORTATORY
Fatin Nadifa Tarigan;
Rahmad - Husein
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1842
Abstract This study deals with the effect of Communicative Language Teaching on the students’ achievement in writing hortatory. The objective of this study is to find out whether Communicative Language Teaching significantly affects students’ achievement in writing hortatory. This study was conducted by experimental research. The population of this research was grade XI students of MAN Aek Natas. The sample was class XI-IPA with 36 students. The students were divided into experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught using CLT approach and the control group was taught without using CLT approach. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula to find out the t-observed, which was compared to the t-table in level of 0.05. It is found that the t-observed is higher than t-table (t-observed= 3.855 > t-table =2.102 ; p =0.05) meaning that Communicative Language Teaching has significant effect on the students’ achievement in writing hortatory. Key words: Communicative Language Teaching, Writing, Hortatory.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING SOMATIC AUDITORY VISUAL INTELLECTUAL (SAVI) METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING REPORT TEXT
Harnoi Asrin Lumban Gaol;
Masitowarni - Siregar
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1847
This study deals with the effect of applying Somatic Auditory Visual Intellectual (SAVI) method on students’ achievement in writing report text. The objective of the study is to find out whether SAVI method significantly affects the students’ achievement in writing report text or not. This study was conducted by using experimental design. The population of the study was the students of grade XI of SMA Swasta Bintang Timur 1 Balige in the academic year 2013/2014, where there were 4 classes of XI Science (IA) and there were two classes were selected as the sample by applying random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups. The Experimental group (XI.IA 3) was taught by applying SAVI method, while the control group (XI.IA 2) was taught by applying conventional method. The data of the study were obtained from the students’ score of writing test. To determine the reliability of the test, the writer used Pearson Moment Product formula. Based on the data calculation showed that the coefficient of reliability of the test was 0.96. It showed that the test was reliable and the reliability was high. There were two data used in this study. They were pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by applying t-test formula. After analyzing the data, the result of the study showed that t-observed (5.091) was higher than t-table (1.990) (t-observed ˃ t-table) at the level of significance of α = 0.05 and at the degree of freedom (df) = 82. It can be concluded that applying SAVI method significantly affects on the students’ achievement in writing report text or in other words the hypothesis is accepted. Key Words : Students’ Achievement, Writing, Report Text, SAVI Method.
IMPROVING GRADE VIII STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE
Febrina - Manalu;
Lidiman - Sinaga
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1843
Abstract The objective of this study is to find out whether Brainstorming Technique can improve students’ Achievement in writing. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the second year students of SMP VIII-2 Swasta HKBP Sidorame Medan. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle was three meetings and the second cycle was also three meetings. The instruments for collecting data used writing test for quantitative data and used diary notes, interview sheet and observation sheet for qualitative data and the qualitative data showed that the students were interested in applying Brainstorming technique. Based on the writing test result, the students’ score kept improving in every test. In orientation test, the mean score was 65.50. In the test of cycle 1 the mean score was 73.33 and the mean score in the test of cycle 2 was 79.97. In line with the data, it was found that the Brainstorming technique can improve students’ writing achievement. Keywords: Writing, Writing Assessment, Brainstorming, Classroom Action Research
The Effect of Applying Community Language Learning Method on the Students’ Achievement in Speaking
Ismul - Azam;
Siti Aisah Ginting
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1848
Abstract This study aims to find out the effect of applying community language learning method on the students’ achievement in speaking. The population of the study was the first year student at Man 2 Model Medan. In this study the sample is 50 students where 25 students took as experimental group and 25 students rest was control group. The data of this study was collected by oral test . It was applied in pre test and post test, then the scores were analyzes by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis showed that t-observed value is higher than t-table value ( 3>2.00 ) at the level os significant 0.05 with the degree of freedom 48. It means that there was a effect of applying community language learning method on the students’ achievement in speaking. Keywords: Community Language Learning, Students’ Achievement, Speaking
NATURAL APPROACH
Erbin - Tinambunan;
Siti Aisah Ginting
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1844
ABSTRACT This study deals with improving stuudents’ achievement in reading comprehension through natural approach. The objective of this study is to iinvestigate whether there is any significant improvement of the students’ achievement in reading comprehension when it is taught by using natural approach. The subject of the study was Grade XI students of Nasrani 3 Private Senior High School (Sekolah Menengah Atas Swasta Nasrani 3) Medan. There were thirty one students. They were taught by using Natural Approach. The instrument for data collection were teacher made test, observation sheet and questionaire. The techniques of data analysis applied were quantitative and qualitative. In analysing the data, the students were given three reading tests namely, Orientation Test, Test Cycle I and Test Cycle II. The mean of the students’ score for the first reading test as Orientation test was 51.61 the second reading test as Cycle I test was 66.61 and the third reading test as Cycle II test was 76.61. The total percentage of the improvement from the first reading test to the third was 77.41%. the conclusion is that the procedures of natural approach can improve the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The qualitative data shows that the students were enthusiastic and interested in reading comprehension. It is suggested that teachers should apply Natural Approach as one of the media in improving students’ achievement in reading comprehension. Keywords: Reading, Natural Approach, classroom Action Research.
Abstract This study aims to find out the effect of applying community language learning method on the students’ achievement in speaking. The population of the study was the first year student at Man 2 Model Medan. In this study the sample is 50 students w
Fenti - Triartha;
Siti Aisah Ginting
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1849
This study aims to find out the effect of applying community language learning method on the students’ achievement in speaking. The population of the study was the first year student at Man 2 Model Medan. In this study the sample is 50 students where 25 students took as experimental group and 25 students rest was control group. The data of this study was collected by oral test . It was applied in pre test and post test, then the scores were analyzes by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis showed that t-observed value is higher than t-table value ( 3>2.00 ) at the level os significant 0.05 with the degree of freedom 48. It means that there was a effect of applying community language learning method on the students’ achievement in speaking. Keywords: Community Language Learning, Students’ Achievement, Speaking
THE EFFECT OF BRAINSTORMING TEACHING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH
Ernawati - Gultom;
Busmin - Gurning
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1840
ABSTRACT This study aims to discover the effect of using Brainstorming Teaching Technique on students’ achievement in writing narrative paragraph. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The population of this research was the second grade students of SMA Swasta Raksana Medan. The samples of the research were two classes which consisted of experimental and control group which were chosen by using random sampling technique. Twenty one students were taken as the samples in each class. The experimental group was taught by using Brainstorming Teaching Technique, while the control group was taught by using lecturing technique. The instrument was used to collect the data by asking the students to write a narrative text. After analyzing the data, it was found that the value of t-observed was 5.51 with the degree of freedom (df) = 40 at the level of significance p(0.05)= 1.684. It means that t-observed was higher than t-table (5.51>1.684). The result of this study showed that teaching by using Brainstorming Teaching Technique was higher than that taught by using Lecturing Technique. Key Words : Brainstorming Teaching Technique, Writing Narrative * A graduate of English Language and Literature Department of UNIMED ** A lecturer of English Language and Literature Department of UNIMED
A STUDY OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN STAND-UP COMEDY
Giel Utami Putri;
Sri Minda Murni
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1845
ABSTRACT This research was conducted to discover the types of illocutionary acts, the most dominant type of illocutionary acts, the implication of the dominant type of illocutionary acts, and which utterances show the function of stand-up comedy in stand-up comedy performances in Indonesia. It was based on descriptive design by applying both quantitative and qualitative method. This study took ten performances of stand-up comedy which is taken randomly from the internet and there were 1378 illocutionary acts in ten stand-up comedy selected. The findings show that all types of illocutionary acts were used in stand-up comedy and the percentages were: 55.9% of representatives, 22.9% of directives, 16.2% of expressives, 3% of declaratives and 2% of commissives. There was another function of stand-up comedy in addition to entertaining, informing, and criticizing, which is insinuating. The most dominant illocutionary acts type found was representatives. It means, in delivering their material, the comics dominantly convey their belief that some proposition is true and they also indirectly provoke the audience to believe their words. Keywords: Illocutionary Acts, Stand-Up Comedy.
TRANSITIVITY SYSTEM IN READING PASSAGE OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Fathur Rizqi Arifiani;
Meisuri - -
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 3, No 4 (2014)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan
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DOI: 10.24114/tj.v3i4.1841
ABSTRACT This study is concerned with transitivity system used in reading passage for junior high school. The objectives of this research were to find out the process type of transitivity system, the most dominant process type and to describe the implication of the most dominant process type used in Reading Passage of English Textbook for Junior High School. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative design. There were six types of process in 182 clauses. The result of data analysis showed that the numbers in types of process were: material (45,1%), mental (16,5%), relational (26,9%), behavioral (2,7%), verbal (7,7%), and existential (1,1%). The most dominant process type used is Material process. That means that many reading passages in English textbook for junior high school contain action, or happened physicaly. So the process used in reading passages indicated action, doing things or what is done. Keywords: types of process, reading passage