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JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching)
ISSN : -     EISSN : 25491806     DOI : https://doi.org/10.30631/jr-elt
Core Subject : Education,
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching), (e-ISSN: 25491806) is a peer-reviewed journal on English Language Teaching. This journal is published by the English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Islam Negeri Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. Editors welcome researchers and practitioners of English Education around the world to submit scholarly articles to be published through this journal. All articles will be reviewed by experts before accepted for publication. Each author is solely responsible for the content of published articles. This journal encompasses original research articles, review articles, and short communications, including: Teaching English as a Foreign Language Language Teaching Method Applied Linguistics Evaluation and Language Teaching and Learning
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Communication Strategies Employed by The ELT Students in Speaking Class Edi Rozal
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v1i1.3

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This study was aimed at identifying the communication strategies employed by the students in Speaking class and their reasons in employing communication strategies. The design of the research was descriptive case study. The result of the study shows that the students employed twelve communication strategies, namely, approximation strategy which was employed by the students 65 times, stalling for time-gaining 44 times, appeal for help 19 times, literal translation 15 times, code switching 13 times, message abandonment 10 times, topic voidance 7 times, word coinage twice, foreignizing once, use of non-linguistic signals once, repetition 25 times, and self-correction 5 times. Based on the data obtained from the interview, the researcher found that the students who used communication strategies said that they used communication strategies because of their nervousness, lack of vocabulary, lack of language structures, the influence of their L1. Moreover, the students said that they wanted to avoid the silence of speaking, to make the word clear to the listener and to correct their own mistakes.
English as a Solely Instructional Medium: Its Effectiveness on Students’ Responses and English Proficiency Akhmad Habibi; Muhammad Sofwan
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v1i1.4

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This research examined the effectiveness of English as the solely instructional medium in one informal educational institution. In the first English class, an English-only rule was strictly ruled whereas in the second English class, the use of Bahasa Jambi as the students’ local language was permitted. The research is appropriately undertaken as a mix method research with quantitative and qualitative approach. The site of the research is an established informal English institution in Indonesia. The authors used three kinds of instruments in collecting the data; questionnaires, tests (pre-test and post-test), and interviews. Participants of the research are the students of intermediate classes of an informal education institution in Jambi. The results show that 1) the students of the first class have stronger preferences to learn English than the students of the second class 2) the students’ English proficiency improvement of the first English class “under the strict rule of the use of English” is slightly higher than that of the second class “the local language permitted”. Suggestions and recommendations are offered for the betterment of English teaching and learning in Indonesia.
The Strategies of English Lecturers’ in Teaching Speaking Sri Marmoah
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v1i1.5

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One of the responsibilities a lecturer should concern while teaching the students is to create a communicative environment, instead of worrying about the process of teaching and put no regard on the students’ language ability. This research aimed to find out the kinds of strategy in teaching speaking of English Education Study Program and to know the application of those strategies in the classroom. The research designed in this study was a descriptive qualitative to describe the status of things in the present or in the past. It meant that the data gathered were not analyzed in term of number statistical accounting but were analyzed in the qualitative form which is more than more numbers or frequencies. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the most lecturers’ teaching strategy that used in teaching speaking are using recording & transcripts, dialogues, discussion, classroom conversation, and casual chat. Lecturers’ used that technique because it is based on the handbook and it is easy to practice. Some other strategy sometimes used by lecturers’, but the frequency is very rare. The most used are dialogues and conversation and chat and jokes. Based on the discussion, most students like the strategy that used by the teacher. They followed lecturers’ instruction.
An Analysis on Students’ Difficulties in Translating Business Text Tri Saswandi
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v1i1.6

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This research attempts to find out students’ difficulties, their translation quality and the causes of such difficulties in translating business text. The type of this research is a descriptive research. The research data were obtained from translation test and the analysis of students’ translations. The result showed that the students have difficulties in the level of lexical, grammatical, contextual, textual and cultural problems. It was employed two raters from English lecturers to assess the test and describe the students’ translation quality objectively and two lecturers of Bahasa to validate the target language. The result also showed that the qualities of students’ translation were classified into bad quality. The analysis of students’ translation moreover showed that the causes of students’ difficulties were lack of translation competencies; lack of language competence, textual competence, subject competence, cultural competence and transfer competence. Dealing with text in certain discipline especially business text, it should be separately instructed in teaching learning process or the text should be analyzed and comprehended by students before going to transfer the whole message into target text. Also, translation process and strategies should be taught in the same time with the practice of translation.
The Correlation Between Students’ Learning Styles and Their Speaking Performance at the Third Semester Students of English Education Study Program of IAIN STS Jambi Wahyuni Fitria; Luqman Hakim
JR-ELT (Journal of Research in English Language Teaching) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): Journal of Research in English Language Teaching
Publisher : English Language Education Program, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30631/jr-elt.v1i1.7

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The purpose of this research was: 1) To determine the learning styles of students, 2) to know the correlation between students’ learning style and their speaking performance, and 3) to know the contribution of learning styles toward speaking performance. This research was descriptive quantitative research with statistical analysis techniques using Pearson Product Moment. The collection of data obtained through questionnaires and speaking performance rubric. The results showed the overall look that learning styles at Third Semester of English Education Program of IAIN STS Jambi is a visual 14 students (43.75%), audiovisual 10 students (31.25%), kinesthetic 8 students (25%). And based on the Pearson Product Moment Correlation test, it was known that there was very high correlation between learning style and speaking performance with Pearson Correlation value 0.842 with a significance value 0.000 <0.005 so it can be concluded that there is a significant correlation between learning style and speaking performance. Then, based on the simple linear regression test showed that learning style contributed as much as 7,1% (R Square 0,071) on the speaking performance.

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