ENJEL: English Journal of Education and Literature

STUDENTS SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES IN ENGLISH PRESENTATIONS AT SMA PUJER

2024-12-31T10:00:38+00:00

Students prefer their native language over English in everyday communication. While initial conversations in English go smoothly, difficulties arise as the conversation progresses. Especially, during presentation students often find it is difficult. This study set out to discover students speaking difficulties in English presentation. A qualitative method was used to summarize the data that was obtained from the outcome. The primary data in this research will take from that will be given for students at SMA Pujer in academic year 2022/2023. The data obtained from questionnaire that distributed to all students. The data obtained from the questionnaire was analyzed by using descriptive statistic.Those difficulties were categorized into several groups, namely: Speaking anxiety, topic and vocabulary, time management, grammar mastery and keeping the audience.Most of the students who had problems noted that giving an oral presentation was particularly tough because of their fear and lack of confidence. Students can overcome their challenges by bringing a note with them during presentations, memorising the material, and avoiding eye contact.

The Effectiveness of Graphic Organizer Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension in Eleventh Grade Students at SMA Pancasila Ambulu

2024-12-31T10:51:47+00:00

Reading comprehension is an important point that needs to be considered in reading activities, namely the ability of students to understand the meaning of the contents of a reading text a whole. Graphic organizer strategy, namely as a graphic diagram or chart that represents the relationship directed by the verb thinking skills associated with the importance of students' reading comprehension. This strategy is effective to help students achieve their reading competence because using graphic organizers that focus on critical and creative thinking elements can help students better grasp the meaning of a text. This study followed a simple research design called pre-experimental research, specifically a static group comparison design. The participants were students from SMA Pancasila Ambulu, with 24 students from 11th Science A and 27 students from 11th Science B. The results revealed that the post-test scores of both the experimental and control groups were significantly different, with a level of significance of ≤0.05. This led to rejecting the null hypothesis (Ho) and accepting the alternative hypothesis (Ha). The experimental group scored 90.41 on the post-test, while the control group scored 37.37. This shows a significant difference in reading comprehension levels between students who learned using interactive graphic organizers and those who were taught with student worksheets.

The The Influence Of Visual Literacy In Improving Reading Comprehension Of Grade 8 Students At SMPN 01 Buay Madang

2024-12-31T11:09:13+00:00

Visual literacy is important in understanding a language text. One of the characteristics that might improve students' comprehension of reading materials is visual literacy, which includes the capacity to comprehend and interpret visual features like pictures, graphs, and diagrams in text. The use of visual literacy media has become an increasingly important topic in education, especially in the context of students' reading comprehension at the junior high school level. This article aims to find out how visual literacy affects 8th grade reading comprehension at SMPN 01 Buay Madang. This research method uses qualitative methods by using a qualitative descriptive approach and data collection tools in the form of observation, and documentation. The results showed that: (1) there is a significant difference between students who use visual literacy media and those who do not; (2) visual literacy media can help students understand texts more easily and quickly because of the visual elements included in the text that explain the information; and (3) students who use visual literacy media have better comprehension skills and are more adept at applying information when compared to students who only use text without any visual elements. This suggests that visual literacy can be an effective strategy to increase comprehension, especially in digital learning contexts where visual aids are more prevalent. This study offers recommendations for a curriculum that focuses more on the use of visual literacy in classroom instruction with the aim of helping students understand the material more thoroughly and raising the standard of instruction in schools.

An Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in the "Alice in Wonderland" Novel by Lewis Carroll

2024-12-31T11:36:20+00:00

The title of this study is An Analysis of Lexical Cohesion in the Novel Alice in Wonderland. The purpose of this study is to explore the type and amount of lexical cohesion in Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland. The method that the writer used is descriptive qualitative method. The technique of data collection used in this study involves several steps such as reading the novel searching for lexical cohesion in the novel and make a note of lexical cohesion in the novel. The source of data for this study is Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland. The lexical cohesion that is the focus of this research are repetition, synonym, superordinate, and general noun. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found as much as 103 data. They were 64 findings (62%) of repetition, 11 findings (10,5%) of synonym, 24 findings (23,5%) of superordinate and 4 findings (4%) of general noun. From the finding above it can be seen that the most domineering is Repetition with 64 data findings with a percentage of 62 %.

The EFFECT OF ANAGRAM GAME TO STUDENT VOCABULARY AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2024-12-31T11:57:16+00:00

This research search is based on a preliminary study that I have researched about THE EFFECT OF ANAGRAM GAME TO STUDENT VOCABULARY AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using the Anagram Game to improve vocabulary mastery of Grade 7 students at SMPN 02 Bondowoso in the 2022/2023 academic year. Researchers design grids that already exist in the curriculum, conduct treatments in class using anagram games, and provide questions so that we know the results that have been obtained when giving treatment to students. The research subject that I conducted was in grade 7 students at SMPN 02 Bondowoso, in the 2022/2023 academic year. The research that I did followed the existing procedures, namely planning in research, observing at school, conducting treatment, and collecting student data. To collect data, researchers used observation and test instruments. The data obtained is presented quantitatively. This study shows that Vocabulary Learning in the classroom with the Anagram Game method can increase students' vocabulary. This can be seen in the increase after each cycle. Prior to the research, none of the students scored above the KKM. In the first cycle, only a few students scored above the KKM. Whereas in the second cycle after conducting treatment using the Anagram Game, 14 out of 32 students scored above the KKM. That is, students give a positive response to the application of this method

Innovative Media to Increase Student's Speaking Skills by Using Cake Application

2024-12-31T12:21:19+00:00

The aim of this investigation is to assess the discernible variance between students who receive instruction prior to utilizing the Cake application as an innovative educational tool and those who are instructed subsequent to employing the Cake application in an educational context. The study adopts a quantitative research approach through an experimental design, specifically employing a pre-experimental design involving a single group of students subjected to both pre-test and post-test evaluations. This design entails assessing a solitary group without the inclusion of a control or comparative group. The data analysis entails the utilization of paired sample t-test, comparing students' pre-test and post-test scores. The results of the paired sample t-test indicate that the calculated t-value exceeds the critical t-value (19.151 > 1.684) at a significance level of α 0.05 in a one-tailed test, with degrees of freedom (df) calculated as (n-2) (33-2), resulting in 31. Consequently, the Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. This implies that the innovative use of the Cake application demonstrates a statistically significant enhancement in students' speaking skills, particularly in the context of daily conversations.