JURNAL SMART
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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<![CDATA[COLLEGE POLICY EFFECTS ON STUDENTSâ MOTIVATION IN LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SUPPLEMENTARY SUBJECT ]]>
<![CDATA[Setyawan, Harits]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 3, No 2 (2017) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/464.203X
<![CDATA[Abstract This research aimed to investigate college policy effects on studentsâ motivation in learning English as a supplementary subject. The research was conducted at two colleges which applied different policies in English language teaching as a supplementary subject. There were 2 classes from each of the colleges. The overall samples were 40 college students who were chosen through systematic sampling method. They derived from 4 different classes. Each of the classes consisted of 10 samples. The result showed that there was a significant difference in student attendance at the two colleges. It implies that college policy significantly affects studentsâ motivation in learning English.  Keywords: college policy, studentsâ motivation, English language teaching. ]]>
<![CDATA[TEACHERâS PERCEPTION OF TEACHING WRITING TO YOUNG LEARNERS USING STORY ]]>
<![CDATA[Inawati, Iin]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 2 (2016) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/210.203X
<![CDATA[This study aims to explore the teacherâs perception of teaching writing to young learners using story and to investigate her practice of teaching writing in primary school context. This study utilized a case study research design in which an English teacher became the participant. The data were obtained from interview and documents analysis. Analysis of data showed that the teacher neglect to use story in her writing class because of her perception that story is difficult to be used in teaching writing for young learners. The second finding showed that the teacher had provided various activities in writing development in which the students should use their thinking skill, such as: drawing a school map and writing based on the picture they draw, or open response to a picture.Keywords: writing, young learners, meaningful language, story]]>
<![CDATA[THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTSâ PERCEPTION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ]]>
<![CDATA[Tristiana, Novita Eka]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 3, No 2 (2017) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/469.203X
<![CDATA[Abstract The aim of this research is to know what the English Department studentsâ perceptions are on the entrepreneurship. The research was conducted at the sixth semester of STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu which the participant were the students who studied Entrepreneurship. There were 50 students who were involved in this research. But, in this research, the researcher only took 5 students as the representative of the students since the design of this research was qualitative research design. The data collecting techniques used in this research were think- aloud protocol, interview and observation. In analyzing the data, the researcher did some activities such as; describing, classifying and connecting. The finding of the research showed that the students have positive perception on entrepreneurship and the students also think that entrepreneurship is important seen from the usage perception.Keywords: Perception, Entrepreneurship and English Department students.]]>
<![CDATA[THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ORAL PRESENTATION IN PROMOTING LEARNER AUTONOMY IN CLASS ]]>
<![CDATA[Kayyis, Rahmatika]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 3, No 1 (2017) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/278.203X
<![CDATA[In class of Phonetic phonology, students having confusion about a huge differences of each symbol and its phoneme between Indonesia and English. Only by giving them a lecturer in each meeting would not satisfy their needs. As it simply cannot keep up with it, learners have to be able to process and investigate their curiosity on their own autonomously. Oral presentation is believed as one of implementations to promote learner autonomy in University environment. 32 students in the class divided into 10 groups presented several topics about phonetic and phonology. The data were collected through observation, interview, and questionaire. Then, they were analyzed using the steps in case study research method. The finding shows that oral presentation had given them âfreedomâto discover and autonomy to do their own learning. They also given good response relating of what they had learnt dan investigated during teaching learning in Phonetic and Phonology Class.]]>
<![CDATA[DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY (DR-TA) STRATEGY TO TEACH READING ]]>
<![CDATA[Seftika, Seftika]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 2, No 2 (2016) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/206.203X
<![CDATA[This study aims to investigate the implemetation of Directed Reading Thinking Activity(DR-TA) in enhancing studentsâ reading comprehension. The process of DR-TAincludes predicting, reading, and proving. This study employed quasi experimetaldesign. As the lecturer guides the process, the DRTA teaches students to determine thepurpose for reading and make adjustments to what they think will come next based onthe text. The finding shows that studentsâ reading comprehension increased afterapplying Directed Reading Thinking Activity( DR-TA). By using this strategy studentscan activate their prior knowledge of a topic/content of the text to be read, hypothesizeabout what might be addressed in the text, and establish meaningful purposes forreading the text.Keywords: Directed Reading Thinking Activity strategy, reading, comprehension.]]>
<![CDATA[THE EFFECT OF A COOPERATIVE SCRIPT IN ENHANCING THE STUDENTSâ NARRATIVE WRITING ]]>
<![CDATA[Amrizal, Amrizal]]>;
<![CDATA[Hamdani, Zohri]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 3, No 2 (2017) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/465.203X
<![CDATA[Abstract The objective of this study is to find out and analyze empirically the effectsofcooperative script in enhancing the narrative writing of students The study used experimental method with a control and experimental group. The study of population was 80 students âelectrical Engineering in the second semester at Muhammadiyah Lampung University 2016/2017. The subjects of the study were taken from the seven sections randomly elected by the fishbowl technique. The data collection method used pretest and posttest while data analysis used t-tests in SPSS 16.0 The study of results showed that the mean scores in the pre-test and post-test in both control and experimental groups significantly varied. First, the treatment or the cooperativescript significantly increased the performance of the second semester students in narrative text writing, from good to very good. Second, a significant difference existed in the post-test mean scores of the control and experimental groups. The treatment increased the performance of the second semester students in narrative writing. Third, the use of a cooperativescript significantly affected the performance, particularly of the experimental group. Keywords: Cooperative Script, Writing Skill, Narrative Text]]>
<![CDATA[AN ANALYSIS OF PATTANIâS STUDENTS PRONUNCIATION IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH FRICATIVE CONSONANTS AT UIN LAMPUNG ]]>
<![CDATA[mulyadi, wahyuni wulandary]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 4, No 1 (2018) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/js.511.203X
<![CDATA[This research is aimed to find out common pronunciation errors in pronouncing English fricative thus, to find how many global and local errors in pronouncing English fricative based on Communicative Effect Taxonomy, and to find the causes of pronunciation error made by Pattaniâs students. This research used qualitative research. The result shows that the common error is fricative [ð]. Then, some causes of errors by the subjects according to interlingual and intralingual transfer, such as: first, fricative [θ], [ð], [Æ·] are unshared sounds specific to English, [θ] and [ð] were realized as stop [t] and [d].  Keywords: Pattaniâs Students, Pronunciation, Fricative Consonants.]]>
<![CDATA[ASSERTIVE UTTERANCE USED IN READERSâ FORUM ON JAKARTA POST NEWSPAPER ]]>
<![CDATA[Zulianti, Hajjah]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 4, No 1 (2018) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/js.519.203X
<![CDATA[This research aims to describe the forms, the types and the focus of assertive utterance used in readersâ forum on Jakarta post newspaper. This research is descriptive qualitative research. In collecting assertive utterances, the researcher uses observation method combined with noting technique. In analyzing the data, the researcher uses descriptive qualitative method. The result of analysis shows there are two forms of assertive namely direct and indirect assertive. The types of assertive are categorized into five; asserting, reporting, explaining, showing something, and suggesting. They focus on information, truth-value of utterance, speakerâs commitment in what is reported, and focus on aspect.]]>
<![CDATA[Implementing an Integrated and Communicative Approach In EFL Poetry Classroom ]]>
<![CDATA[sutarno, sutarno]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 4, No 1 (2018) ]]>
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DOI: 10.26638/js.573.203X
<![CDATA[This study intends to describe the implementation of integrated and communicative approach to teaching poetry. Integrated and communicated approach consist three main activities; pre, while and post activities. This study employed qualitative method with case study approach. The subject of the research is the students of STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu who joined poetry class. The finding shows the integrated and communicative approach could be use in teaching poem in EFL class since it is enable the students to comprehend as well as to read aloud and create of poem easier. Moreover, it is also help the students understand the text deep in conceptually and linguistically.]]>
<![CDATA[OPTIMALIZING YOU TUBE VIDEOS TO IMPROVE STUDENTSâ TRANSLATION SKILL ]]>
<![CDATA[-, Humaira]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL SMART Vol 4, No 1 (2018) ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study attempts to formulate the issues of YouTube in teaching translation courses of improving studentsâ skill. This research used classroom action research. The study was conducted at the VIII semester students in English education program FKIP-UM Mataram with total respondents were 25 students. The results showed a significant improvement related to the ability of studentsâ translation. It can be seen from the increase of the average value obtained by students at each stage. In try out, their average score is 5.6, then in cycle 1 increased to 6.75 and in cycle 2, the average student score increased to 7.3.]]>
