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JURNAL SMART
ISSN : 23562048     EISSN : 2356203X     DOI : -
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SMART: Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics ISSN: 2356-2048, e-ISSN: 2356-203X a peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by Language Centre STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung in collaboration with Asosiasi Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris (APSBI). The journal publishes both conceptual and research-based articles within the fields of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics. Its scope encompasses English language teaching and learning, English language teachers' training and education, Asesment Language, Translation, vocabularies, Curriculum, semantics, syntax, syllabus discourse, english skills, teaching method,structure pragmatics, sociolinguistics, morphology, psycholinguistics. It published biannually in the months of January and August.
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DISTINGUISH ERRORS IN STUDENTS FINAL ORAL TEST OF PHONOLOGY CLASS Syaputri, Wuri
JURNAL SMART Vol 1, No 2 (2015)
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Abstract The objectives of the study were finding the types of errors were made by the students in the final oral testand the causes of the errors. The method was using descriptive approach which concern in descriptive qualitative technique. The data collection method was using observation and interview. The steps of the data analysis were recording the student’s spoken, transcribing, eliminating, identifying, composite report. The result showed that the students gaps of the score because of three errors. They were pre systematic, systematic and post systematic errors. Those errors were affected by three causes. They were interference, intralingual and developmental.  Keywords: Errors, Oral Test, Phonology
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ FREQUENCY OF LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONGS AND THEIR LISTENING ACHIEVEMENT Rosyida M. R., Elvira
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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This study is aimed at investigating whether there is a significant correlation between students’ frequency of listening to English songs and their listening achievement This study was conducted at the first year students of State Senior High School 9 Bandarlampung, Lampung. A descriptive quantitative was employed in this study which used ex-post facto design and the data were taken from questionnaire, semi-structured interview, and listening test. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0. The hypothesis was tested by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The test result showed that there is a significant correlation between students’ frequency of listening to English songs and their listening achievement. From the result of interview, it showed that most of the students believe that by having high frequency of listening to English songs, it helps them in recognizing the spoken language and get high score in listening ability.Keywords: listening to English song, listening ability, frequency of listening
AN ENGLISH SYLLABUS DESIGN FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF TOURISM (HOTEL ACCOMODATION DEPARTEMENT) ., Kurniati
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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The new curriculum of 2013 regulates 90 minutes in a week to learn English at the first year students of vocational school from 270 minutes before. Therefore, the students become have lack of exposure to the language. Besides, the syllabus is still general, it did not focus on vocational school department. Because of that, the researcher conducted this research. The data sources that used in this research are observation, interview, test and documentation. First was interview which given to present and alumni of State Vocational School 57 Jakarta, stakeholders and hotel staffs. Second, observation was conducted at hotel as a real situation of workplace. Third test was given to the students to know the learner lack of language. Fourth, documentation was taken by recording the interviewing data and implementation syllabus process in the class.The result of this research found that new English syllabus related to job field. From implementation of samples unit found that 67.5% the lesson was understandable, 80% interesting, 75% autonomous and 65% satisfactory. Whereas the result did not reach 100% satisfactory, but it proved that the English syllabus designed was successful.Keywords: Autonomous, Designing, Need analysis, Syllabus and Implementation.
AN ANALYSIS OF “WORK OF MIRACLES IN HELEN KELLER” FROM SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND MORAL VALUE ., Ardayati
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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This study was carried out based on the problems faced by the writer as a English teacher. Most of students have no motivation when they found difficulties especially in learning English. Furthermore, the reasons why the researcher used The Miracle worker film to be investigated: Firstly, this movie was made based on the true story. Secondly, it transferred moral values. Thirdly, it told efforts of a teacher, Annie Sullivan. The research problems were “What are social perspective of Helen Keller and what are moral values found in The Miracle Worker film?” The study employed a qualitative research which was intended to analyze Helen Keller’s social life, social life at the society illustrated in that movie, and moral values found in the movie. The research instrument was investigator triangulation which referred to the use of more than one audience in the field to gather and interpret data. In conclusion the Miracle Worker was an inspirational movie because it told about a blind deaf woman to reach her goals. It delivered Helen Keller’s experience detailing her early life. Moral values of the film were motivation, kindness, responsibility, honestly, empathy, and respect.Key words: Social perspective, the Miracle worker, moral value
THE INFLUENCE OF VOCABULARY JOURNAL IN TEACHING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY Rakhmawati, Dian
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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The aims of this research is to find out the influence of vocabulary journal as media in teaching student vocabulary at the eighth grade students of SMP Al-Fajar. The quantitative method was conducted and this research is a population research, because all the member of population is taken as sample, which consisted of 30 students of eighth grade. To collect the data, the writer used pre-test and post-test, then the vocabulary test was used as the research instrument. To know whether there is an influence, the writer analyzed the data by using paired-sample T-test.The result shows that there is significant influence of vocabulary journal in teaching students’ vocabulary mastery.Keywords: Influence, vocabulary journal, students’ vocabulary mastery
STUDENTS’ ABILITY FOR USING ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN SENTENCES Ramasari, Maria
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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Grammar is a fundamental thing in a language. The researcher assumes based on her observation that the hardest part of making and writing sentence is to arrange the words in a good sentence. Students are still confused when they are going to arrange the words in right grammar. In mastering grammar, students need time, opportunity, exercise and good teaching of grammar. Unfortunately, grammar skill is still lack attention in teaching and learning process. This research is intended to investigate and describe students’ ability for using elliptical construction in sentences. In this research, the researcher used descriptive method. The data was evaluated and analyzed to find out students’ ability for using elliptical construction in sentences by using percentage formula. There were 34 of 73 students who were in very low category with percentage 46.5%. The result of this research showed that students’ ability for using elliptical construction in sentences to the fourth semester students of English Study Program at Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu was very low. It meant that the fourth semester English students still had lack knowledge and understanding about grammar: elliptical construction.Keywords: Students’ Ability, Elliptical Construction,and Sentences.
IMPROVING THE SKILL AND THE INTEREST OF WRITING ADVERTISEMENTS AND POSTERS THROUGH ESA SEQUENCE Yuniarti, Fatma
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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The action reserach aims at improving the students’ writing skill especially to write advertsements and posters. Both are the short functional texts to be learned at the first semester of the ninth grade. According to the data on pre cycle, the students of class IXA Junior High School Swadhipa Natar, South Lampung got difficulties in writing advertisements and posters. A treatment was necessary to help the students overcome their problem. To consider the related literature, the writer decided to implement ESA sequence in the class. The elements of teaching in ESA Sequence are Engage (to arouse the students’ interests), Study (learn the language focus), and Activate (use the language freely and communicatively).The data were taken from the test of the linguistic competence mastery, the students writing, and the questionnaire. The result shows ESA Sequence can improve the students’ ability in writing advertisements and posters.Key words : ESA (Engange Study Activate), advertisement, poster.
THE USE OF ENGLISH MOVIE IN TEACHING AUSTIN’S ACT Kayyis, Rahmatika
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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The purpose of this research is to investigate and describe the finding about the use of English movie in teaching Austin’s act in the fifth semester. This research is categorized as descriptive qualitative research. It means that the writer would describe the data gain as naturally as possible. The writer used this method in order to get specific, factual, and meaningful data. In this research, the writer used observation, interview, and documentation to collect the data. The population of the research was the students of fifth semester of STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung in the academic year of 2014/2015. The writer could conclude that the use of English movie in teaching Austin’s act has good response. the use of movie in teaching Austin’s act based on attention and particioation reached “good” scale.Keywords: Austin’s act, English movie, descriptive qualitative
THE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ TEXT IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON THE STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXT MASTERY Wulandari, Fitri
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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This study investigated the effects of students’ text in cooperative learning on students’ recount text mastery, and on their perfomance in their fisrt year classes at college. Seventy first year students of English Education Department STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung (STKIP-MPL) in the academic of year 2014/2015 and a lecturer in the English Education Department of STKIP-MPL participated in this study. The data of this study came from two sources: a structured questionnaire and a set of semi-structured interviews. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis of the data coming from the questionnaire. Results indicated that students’ text in cooperative learning has some positive effects on students’ reading comprehension and on their perfomance in their first year classes at college.Keywords: students’ text, cooperative learning, recount text, reading comprehension
AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT POLITENESS EXPRESSION IN SHOWING APOLOGIZING ., Humaira; Lamusiah, Siti
JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 1 (2016)
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This study supposes to know the different expression of the students when they showing apologizing and also analyze more deeply about their culture background. It is affected their apologizing expression or not. It analyzed by descriptive qualitative approach with 19 students from different culture as participant in Postgraduate State University of Semarang. The results of analysis are; every culture differs from each other in their politeness of showing apologizing even though not really significant. Different background of culture is one of the important things that make people differ in particular expression.Key words: politeness, apologizing, expression, and expressive speech act.