English Edu: Journal of English Teaching and Learning

The Effectiveness of Duolingo Application in Vocabulary Mastery for English for Young Learners in MIN 1 Malang

Elma Diana Novitasari — 2024-03-08

English has been used as the mother tongue in several countries. Learning English for young learners is especially necessary because we will understand the meaning of English sentences by learning vocabulary. English is also a complex language to learn, therefore the teacher must think of something that can change students' views on learning English. In learning EYL, the teacher must consider engaging learning that keeps students from getting bored, such as learning English vocabulary using media. One example of an application or technology-based learning media is the Duolingo application. Duolingo is a learning medium in the form of a practical application for learning vocabulary. It is an application that can attract students' interest in learning. This study aims at determining how suitable the Duolingo application is for young English learners. This study used Quasi Experimental quantitative research with 22 students in class 5G as the experimental class and 22 students in class 5H as the control class subjects. Researcher choose this Quasi-Experimental because she want to know the difference before and after. Students were given treatment three times using the Duolingo application and provided a pre-test before treatment and a post-test after treatment. The results showed significant differences between the pre-test and post-test of each class. The test results were tested by T-Test: Two-sample assuming equal variances, done with Microsoft Excel. The results of the statistical test showed that the t-value was 0.394, which could be concluded to be less than the t-table, which was 2.080. These results indicate that the Duolingo application is practical for students' vocabulary mastery.

APPLICATION OF DISCOVERY LEARNING LEARNING MODEL IN IMPROVING ENGLISH LEARNING OUTCOMES IN GRADE VIII B STUDENTS OF MTS ISLAMIYAH SUKOPURO

krisnawati krisnawati — 2024-03-08

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a student response of the effect of the application of the Discovery Learning models in improving English learning outcomes in the daily test of class VIII B MTs Islamiyah Sukopuro. This type of search in classroom action research which is conducted face-to-face {offline} in the classroom. The subjects of this study were class students VIII B Islamiyah Sukopuro add smester for the academic year 2022-2023. The object of this research is the results of daily tests. This study uses two cycles to improve the abilityto analyze the results of daily tests through four stages of activities, namely planning, action, evaluation, and reflection. The collection technique in this study used the test and observation method. The results showed that {1} the application of the Discovery Learning model was able to improve students’ ability to understand the material. { 2}the results of students responses to the application of the Discovery Learning model were quite successful, especially when viewed from the results of daily tests in understanding the material.

THE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ HABIT OF WATCHING ENGLISH ANIMATED COMEDY MOVIES AND STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY OF EIGHTH GRADERS IN SMPN 1 NGANTANG

Muhamad Reza Farkhi — 2024-03-08

This study explores the correlation between students' habits of watching English animated comedy movies and their English vocabulary proficiency among Eighth Graders at SMPN 1 Ngantang. The research involved 45 randomly selected students, and data collection employed questionnaires and vocabulary tests. The collected data underwent analysis using the Pearson Product Moment correlation. The findings indicate a significant but low negative correlation (r = -0.294) between students' movie-watching habits and their English vocabulary mastery. This correlation coefficient was smaller than the critical value at a 5% significance level. The two-tailed significance level (sig. = 0.05) further confirms a significant relationship between the variables. In conclusion, Eighth Graders at SMPN 1 Ngantang exhibit a significant but low negative correlation between their habits of watching English animated comedy movies and their English vocabulary mastery.

Teaching Speaking with the Communicative Approach in a Bilingual Junior High School: Strategies and Challenges

Ilhamuddin Muhammad — 2024-03-08

English is one of the languages used as a lingua franca by the majority of the world’s citizens. One of the essential abilities of mastering a language is the ability to speak, so the ability to speak English is increasingly needed. The communicative approach is based on the idea that communicating or speaking with real meaning is necessary for successful language learning. This study aims to: (1) find what are the strategies that teachers used to implement a communicative approach in teaching speaking, and (2) how teachers face challenges in the classroom when teaching English speaking using a communicative approach at the junior high school educational level. This study uses a qualitative case study and using observation and semi-structured interviews with six English teachers the data were gathered. The findings show that: (1) From teachers observed and interviewed, a few teaching strategies that can be applied to carry out the communicative approach such as Telling a Story, Listen and Repeat, Short Conversation & Guided Speaking, and Group Discussion & Presentation. (2) Each teacher encounters different challenges from the strategies they apply to carry out a communicative approach in teaching speaking such as passive student issues, understanding student’s sentence structure, the teacher’s voice running out, and lack of motivation and enthusiasm. This research is limited to one junior high school that has English teachers to study. For future research, it can use more subjects and has a wider scope with various educational institutions, especially at the junior high school educational level. The data can be collected using closed-ended questions to make it easier to collect data from subjects and filter data.

An Analysis of Students’ Reading Comprehension on Report Text Through QAR Strategy

Muhammad Zidane Baihaqi — 2024-03-08

This research is a classroom action research that conducted on IX grade students of Bani
Hasyim Singosari Islamic Junior High School as research subjects. The object of this
research is the students' understanding of English, students’ reading literation, and the
QAR learning strategy. This research was carried out in one cycle, and each cycle
consisted of 4 stages, namely, planning, action, observation, and reflection. In this study,
researchers used observation and tests as data collection methods and qualitative
descriptive analysis as data analysis methods. Data on student learning outcomes was
obtained by conducting pre-test and post-test. The criteria for success set out in this study
are the minimum grade point average equivalent to KKM = 75 and the minimum student
motivation is high. The results showed 1. The students' reading comprehension and
English reading literacy increased with the criteria of at least good, 2. The ability and
skills of teachers in English increased with the criteria of at least good, 3. 90% of the
eighth grade students of SMP Islam Bani Hasyim already have individual mastery in the
ability to understand reading (reading comprehension) in English