JADEs Journal of Academia in English Education

The Effect of Using Environmental Observation Strategy on Students Writing Skills in Descriptive Text

2024-02-02T15:36:16+07:00

The Environmental Observation Strategy is the approach that separating students into groups and having them observe a specific topic for 10-15 minutes before putting to their ideas. Afterward, groups merge their thoughts to create a descriptive paragraph. This research study aims to investigate the significant effectiveness of utilizing the Environmental Observation strategy in enhancing the writing skills of seventh-grade students in the descriptive text at SMPN 10 Pontianak. Employing a pre-experimental research design with a one-group pre-test and post-test approach, the study selected a sample of 32 students through cluster sampling as the sampling technique. Data collection involved administering pre-tests and post-tests in descriptive writing assessments. Statistical analysis comprised t-tests and effect size calculations. The results unequivocally demonstrate the significant impact of the Environmental Observation Strategy on students' descriptive writing skills. The t-test analysis (8.244) surpassed the critical value (2.0395) with df = 31, indicating a strong effect (effect size = 1.428). These findings underscore the pivotal role of implementing the Environmental Observation Strategy to enhance descriptive writing skills, thereby warranting its recommendation for seventh-grade students. By providing students with opportunities to observe and engage with their environment, educators can foster a deeper understanding of descriptive language and encourage students to effectively communicate their observations and experiences through writing.

The Digital Picture as Tools for Teaching Young Learners

2024-03-13T11:17:41+07:00

Teaching for young learners is more challenging since the characteristics of young learners are quite different from adults. Younger learners are growing up by technology and it has been integrated with their lives. They feel comfortable and confident on using it. The purpose of this study is to examine the teachers’ perception on learning English through technology and to identify the challenges. This study used qualitative descriptive research to perceive the use of technology in teaching young learner including the challenges and to obtain more conclusions, the researcher made an depth interview with a teacher in one of primary school. The results of the research showed that the teachers are mostly agreeing to teach English for young learners by using technology, including digital picture, games, and songs. For the challenges, the teachers faced the lack of students’ concentration and difficulties in saying some words because of mother tongue. This is happened because the students are lack of exposure to English outside classroom. To overcome these challenges, the teacher should be creative making a pleasant classroom atmosphere, actively engaging students to speak English in the classroom and do self-reflection.

The The Representation of Anger in The Main Character of The Watcher Series

2023-12-31T16:02:08+07:00

The majority of this research was verbal anger which occurred most frequently. It can be seen in the main character more often using high tones and speaking harshly in speaking. This proves that anger that comes from feeling threatened tends to trigger angry emotions. This is followed by another finding which amounted to the second most in this finding is the uncontrol type of anger impulsivity. The third is the externalization type of anger locus. Then the reflection type of anger direction, and the punitive of anger objective. This research aims to discover the types of anger and analyze the causes of anger represented in the dialogue of the main character in the TV series The Watcher. This research used a qualitative descriptive method, to classify, and analyze data. The data of this research were the dialogue representation of anger in The Watcher series. The representation of anger in the dialogue with the main character was analyzed using Fernandez's six dimensions.

An Analysis of Formal Language Style in The American President Movie

2024-01-06T20:15:33+07:00

Language style serves as a supplementary instrument for individuals to partake in dialogue, drawing upon their speaking proficiency to align with the context and subject matter of the discourse. Using Martin Joss’s theory (1967), this research aims to find out the characteristics of formal language style that occur in the utterances in the American President movie. Descriptive qualitative method was used as the research design to analyze the characteristics of formal language style in the American President movie. The results of this research found 195 data which are presented in three points. The respectful tone (11), polite tone (21), avoid contraction of level grammar (22), avoid run-on sentence of level grammar (7), efficient words of level grammar (8), complete sentence of level grammar (113), and formal modal of level grammar (13). This means that the complete sentence of level grammar is prominently proved to be used in communication withing formal language style used in American President movie. based in the result of the research, it is fruitful to suggest the students of English Department to do further analysis about the five language styles used in other resources like movies, novels, or article that contain about the politics.

The Contributing Factors of Students' Speaking Anxiety in EFL Classroom Presentation

2023-12-31T16:47:05+07:00

The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of students who experience anxiety in speaking English in the presentation class and to analyze the external factors that cause students' speaking anxiety in the presentation class at SMA Negeri 51 Jakarta class XI IPS 4. This study used a thematic qualitative descriptive analysis. by using the theory of Rogers (2008) in analyzing the characteristics of anxiety and Tanveer (2007) in analyzing the external factors that cause anxiety. The first data was obtained from the results of observations which were carried out once by documenting class presentation activities then the researcher analyzed them, and the second data was obtained through interviews conducted online using WhatsApp chat which were conducted outside school hours. In the first data, the researcher found that there were characteristics of anxiety in class XI IPS 4 students which could be seen from three aspects, namely physical aspects, emotional aspects, and psychological aspects. Meanwhile, the second data found that external factors causing students' speaking anxiety in class XI IPS 4 in the presentation class were caused by two components, namely the audience component and the material component.

Student’s Speaking Anxiety and Motivation in EFL Learning Process at Vocational High Schools in North Bintan

2023-12-31T16:47:02+07:00

The research aims at exploring the relationship between speaking anxiety and motivation among vocational high school students in EFL learning in Bintan Islands. In conducting this research, the method used is descriptive analysis. There are 60 samples taken from four vocational high schools with 15 samples from each school. Those are SMKN 1 Bintan Utara, SMKN 1 Seri Kuala Lobam, SMK Perkapalan, and SMK Muhammadiyah. The data collected were in the form of questionnaire and interview. The results of this research found that there are some factors that influence students’ EFL learning process such as anxiety about mispronouncing, making mistakes, and regarding teacher interruption for mistake correction, the lack of vocabulary, and the less attractive and interactive teaching style in the classroom. Those factors cause the low motivational issue in speaking English matters.

An Error Analysis of 4th Semester College Students’ Translation By Using ATA Standardize Error Making Theory

2024-02-22T23:09:26+07:00

This research aims to find out the errors occur in students’ translation product, this is a qualitative research and the object of the research is 4th- semester college students. The data was analyzed by using an error category by ATA’s standardized error making. The analysis reveals that the most errors occured on students’ translation are literalness: 258 occurrences (30,71%), misunderstanding: 221 occurrences (26,31%), terminology: 111 occurrences (13,21%), the last omission: 88 occurrences (10,48%), faithfulness: 73 occurrences (8,69%), then the next is grammar: 40 occurrences (4,76%), cohesion: 38 occurrences (4,52%) and the last is syntax: 11 occurrences (1,31%). Based on the research result it can be concluded that students’ knowledge of translation techniques is very limited, that caused errors in translating the text. In translating process, they must master translation techniques to translate certain text. This research will probably give some literature about the errors made by students, so it can be used by the teacher of translation material to give more lesson of translation techniques and give them more exercise in translating certain text. Then for the students, this research can be used as guidance to be more aware of errors that occur in translation process, for another researcher should conduct other research with another point of view.

Teaching Irregular Verbs through Crossword Puzzle in the Second Semester of the Seventh Grade Students of East Lampung Junior High

2023-12-31T16:46:54+07:00

This research investigated the process of teaching irregular verbs using crossword puzzles to second-semester eleventh-grade students of SMP N 1 Gunung Pelindung Lampung Timur in the 2022/2023 academic year. The researcher believed that this technique could help students learn irregular verbs more effectively. The research was descriptive qualitative research, and the population was the second-semester seventh-grade students of SMP N 1 Gunung Pelindung Lampung Timur. The researcher used purposive sampling to select the sample, choosing class VII C, which consisted of 28 students and 1 English teacher. Data collection techniques included observation, interviews, and questionnaires. The data analysis showed that the teaching and learning process using crossword puzzles ran well. It was a good technique that could be implemented in the process of teaching and learning English vocabulary, especially irregular verbs. Moreover, crossword puzzles were not only easy for teachers and students to implement, but they could also increase student motivation and participation in the teaching and learning process. In conclusion, the research found that using crossword puzzles to teach irregular verbs was an effective and efficient method. It was a fun and engaging activity that could help students learn and remember irregular verbs more easily.

Translating English for Specific Purposes (ESP) : A Strategy Analysis

2023-12-31T16:46:48+07:00

This study is about translation strategies for translating English for Specific Purposes (ESP). The strategies applied refer to Vinay and Dalbenet Theory, which consists of Direct (Borrowing, Calque, Literal, and Transposition) and Oblique methods (Modulation, Equivalent, and Adaptation). This study aims to determine the strategies students apply when translating ESP texts and how the students' educational backgrounds impact this process. Descriptive qualitative was applied as the methodology using tests and interviews to collect the data. The result showed that 6 of 7 translation strategies are implemented by translators. To implement direct translation, it has applied all strategies: borrowing, calque, literal translation, and transposition strategies. Thus, oblique strategies are used in equivalent and adaptation strategies, but modulation strategies did not exist from the target language. The next issue is that the background significantly influences the accuracy of word choice in the target language. Some translators acknowledge needing help translating vocabulary that seems more common than some terminology they frequently encounter when taking the classes.

Beyond the Theory: Symbolic Interactionism and EAP Practitioners' Professional Identity Construction

2023-12-31T16:46:44+07:00

This article examined the construction of professional identity among TESOL graduate students who are preparing to teach English. The study investigated the meanings that these students associate with professionalism and the challenges they encounter in the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) profession. Even though the EAP field has received significant research attention, few studies have focused on the construction of professional identity among practitioners themselves. This research employs in-depth interviews with 7 alumni of the English Education Department at IAIN Langsa, Kota Langsa to comprehend how EAP practitioners develop their professional identity. The study utilizes key theories from Symbolic Interactionism to create a theoretical framework on EAP identity. The study's results demonstrate that EAP practitioners perceive themselves as effective teachers, but they encounter tensions around positioning, marginalization, and recognition. These tensions often create fragmented identities that may correspond to academic or support service roles. The study emphasizes the need for a shared understanding of EAP practitioner identity to decrease professional disarticulation