scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR MASTERY ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN RECOUNT TEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Jamhuri Jamhuri ◽  
Mashadi Said

<p><strong>Abstract</strong>: The research was performed in 9th-grade students of three (3) Private Junior High Schools in South Tangerang City. The method is an explanatory survey with quantitative research through the descriptive method, a method designed to determine if two or more variables are connected. The hypothesis test showed: 1) There are significant effects of vocabulary and grammar mastery jointly towards students’ writing skill in recount text at Private Junior High School in South Tangerang City. It is proved by the Sig = 0.000 &lt; 0.005 and Fo = 57.783. The increasing vocabulary mastery contributes 0.395, and grammar mastery contributes to the contribution 0.240 towards writing skill in recount text. 2) There is a significant effect of vocabulary mastery towards students’ writing skills in recount text at Private Junior High School in South Tangerang City. It is proved by Sig = 0.000 &lt; 0.005 and to 5.169. 3) There is a significant effect of grammar mastery towards students’ writing skills in recount text at Private Junior High School in South Tangerang City. It is proved by Sig = 0.00 &lt; 0.05 and to 4.045 this second independent variable (X2.)<br /><strong>Keywords</strong>: writing skills, recount text, vocabulary, grammar</p>

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Khatrin Khatrin ◽  
Abdurrahman Abdurrahman

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to describe things as follow. First, describes the writing skills of the exposition text of grade VIII Junior High School 31 Padang before using the discovery learning model. Secondly, describes the writing skills of the exposition text of grade VIII Junior High School 31 Padang after using the discovery learning model. Third, analyze the effect of discovery learning models on the exposition writing skills of grade VIII studensts of Junior High School 31 Padang. The type of this research is quantitative research using experimental methods Based on the results of the study, can be concluded three things as follows. First, the writing skills of the exposition text of  grade VIII students of Junior High School 31 Padang before using discovery learning model are in fair qualifications (61,59). Secondly, the writing skills of exposition text of grade VIII students of Junior High School 31 Padang after using discovery learning model are in good qualifications (78,26). Third, there is a significant influence in the use of discovery learning models on the exposition writing skills of grade VIII students of Junior High School 31 Padang, so it can be concluded that H1 is accepted in H0 is rejected because the test results prove that tcount is greater than ttable (2,04>1,70). Kata Kunci: Pengaruh, Model Discovery Learning, Menulis Teks Eksposisi 


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Inayyah Aldrina ◽  
Abdurrahman Abdurrahman

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study consists of three. First, it describes the writing skills of fantasy text for grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman before using the picture and picture models. Secondly, it describes the writing skills of fantasy text of grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman using a picture and picture models. Third, describe the effect of using picture and picture models against writing fantasy text skills grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman. This type of research is quantitative research with experimental methods. The design of this research is one group pretest-posttest design. The results of this study are three. First, the fantasy text writing skills of grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman before using the picture and picture model are in the Almost Enough qualification with an average score of 52.99. Secondly, the skill of writing fantasy text for grade VII Junior High School 7 Pariaman after using the picture and picture model is in the qualification More Than Enough with an average count of 69.53. Third, based on the t-test, the alternative hypothesis (H1) is at a significant level of 95% and the degree of freedom (dk) = n-1 because tcount > t table, which is 4.59 > 1.70. Kata Kunci: pengaruh, model picture and picture, menulis teks cerita fantasi


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Melani Putri Aieny ◽  
Irfani Basri

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to describe things as follows. First, describes the reading skills in understanding of exposition textgrade VIIIJunior High School 34 Padang. Second, it describes the writing skills of expositon textgrade VIIIJunior High School 34 Padang. Third, explain the relationship between the reading skills in understanding of exposition text with writing skills of expositon textgrade VIIIJunior High School 34 Padang. This type of research correlation between the reading skills in understanding of exposition textwith writing skills of exposition text grade VIIIJunior High School 34 Padang is quantitative research with descriptive methods. Based on the reslt of the study, the following three things concluded. First, the reading skills in understanding of exposition text are in good qualification (77.56). Second, the writing skills of exposition  on grade VIIIJunior High school 34 Padang are in good qalification (77.64). Third, there is a significant correlation between the reading skills in understanding of exposition text with the writing skills of exposition text grade VIII Junior High School 34 Padang at n-1 degress freedom and a sicnificant level of 95%. Kata Kunci: Korelasi, Keterampilan Membaca Pemahaman Teks Eksposisi, Keterampilan Menulis Teks Eksposisi


Biosfer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ade Suryanda ◽  
Eka Putri Azrai ◽  
Nares Wari

The analytical thinking skill is a part of the higher order thinking process. The analytical thinking skill is needed to solve a problem in learning process. The analytical thinking has 5 process, there are matching, classifying, analyzing errors, generalizing, and specifying. Group Investigation (GI) model is applied in learning to improve the analytical thinking skill of students in environmental pollution. This research aimed to determine the influence of applying Group Investigation (GI) model on student analytical thinking skill in environmental pollution. This research was held  on second semester of academic year 2015/2016 on April until May 2016 in Labschool Kebayoran Junior High School. The kind of this research is a quantitative research with quasi experiment methods. The subject of this research is students in Class VII-B and VII-F Labschool Kebayoran Junior High School.  The instrument which used are essay post-test with 15 questions and carried out-learning observations sheet. Based on the result of research, obtained the mean of the analytical thinking skills score test in experiment class is higher than control class, that is 78,46 > 69,43. The prerequisite test shows that data normally distributed and class groups derived from a homogenous population. The hypothesis test uses t-test on 0,05 significant level  shows that there is an influence of applying Group Investigation (GI) model on student analytical thinking skill in environmental pollution.  


2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-114
Author(s):  
Nur Hidayanto Pancoro

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan rintisan bank soal Bahasa Inggris SMP kelas VIII pada tingkat provinsi dengan memperhatikan (1) karakteristik soal Ulangan Kenaikan Kelas (UKK); (2) karakteristik butir-butir soal; (3) jumlah butir soal yang memenuhi standar. Metode yang digunakan adalah pengembangan dengan pendekatan kuantitatif deskriptif. Sam-pel sebanyak 6554 respon siswa (lembar jawab). Perangkat tes dianalisis kesesuaian indikatornya dengan Standar Kompetensi (SK) dan Kompetensi Dasar (KD) yang telah ditentukan, serta ditelaah secara kualitatif oleh ahli berdasarkan kriteria kons-truksi, bahasa dan materi. Respons siswa dianalisis secara kuantitatif dengan Iteman 3.00, dan Bilog MG 3.0 3 PL untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang tingkat kesulitan, daya beda, pseudoguessing, serta informasi butir. Bank soal yang dihasilkan masuk kategori baik dilihat dari (1) Hasil analisis kualitatif dari 150 butir soal, sebanyak 105 butir soal (70%) dinyatakan baik. (2) Hasil analisis kuantitatif dengan program Iteman 3.00 diperoleh 115 butir soal tergolong baik. (3) Analisis dengan Bilog MG 3 PL 77 butir soal (66,96%) masuk kategori baik.Kata kunci: bank soal, tingkat kesulitan, daya beda, pseudo guessing, expert judgment, informasi butir dan tes______________________________________________________________ THE ITEM CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FINAL SEMESTER TEST AS A PREPARATION FOR ENGLISH ITEM BANKAbstract This research aims at developing a pilot english test item bank of the 2nd grade junior high school based on: (1) the characterisctics of test items for final semester test; (2) the total number of test items for the 2nd grade junior high school in Yogyakarta Special Province. This descriptive quantitative research used 6554 samples of students’ answer sheets in 2009 and also employs expert judgment to review the construct, language, as well as the materials of the questions. Students’ responses were also analyzed by using Iteman 3.00, Bilog MG 3.0 3 PL. The result of qualitative analysis with expert judgment which shows that 105 out of the 150 test items are categorized as “good”, and the other are “bad”. The quantitative analysis with Iteman 3.00 shows that 115 out of the 150 test items are categorized as “good” and the quantitative analysis with Bilog MG 3.00 3 PL shows that 67% test items are categorized as good. Keywords: item bank, level of difficulty, discrimination index, pseudoguessing, expert judgment, item and test information function


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.13) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Raheni Suhita ◽  
Herman J. Waluyo ◽  
Budhi Setiawan

This study aimed to determine the factors affecting writing skill quality and the level of their contribution to help language teachers to formulate more effective strategies using CAT to enhance writing skill. The correlating factors discussed in this research were students’ reading comprehension skill, vocabulary mastery, and attitude toward language.  The study applied quantitative approach with simple and multiple correlation and regression techniques. The samples of the study were 100 students taken using stratified random sampling technique from a population of 2000 junior high school students in Surakarta City. The data were collected using multiple choice test for students’ reading comprehension skills and vocabulary mastery, writing assignments, and questionnaires for their attitudes toward the Indonesian language. The findings showed that there are positive correlations between the independent variables, either individually or simultaneously, with writing skill. The individual contribution levels is 44.75% of reading comprehension skill, 27.70% of vocabulary mastery, and 28.5% of attitude toward language. As for the simultaneous correlation of the three determining factors make up to 45.16%. contribution level to writing skill quality. Thus it can be concluded that reading comprehension has the most contribution to writing skill compared to vocabulary mastery and attitude toward language. The identified levels of contribution can be taken into consideration in formulating teaching strategies and materials to enhance writing skill quality.  


LOKABASA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Susi Budiwati

Penelitian ini membahas kemampuan guru bahasa Sunda di SMP Piloting Project Kurikulum 2013 dalam merencanakan, melaksanakan dan menilai kemampuan mendongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013 pada tahun pelajaran 2015-2016. Latar belakang penelitian ini adalah (1) perkembangan Kurikulum 2013 yang sangat dinamis dan; (2) pedoman pelaksanaannya yang terus berubah, sehingga muncul pertanyaan apakah perubahan ini sampai kepada guru bahasa Sunda. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui kemampuan guru dalam merencanakan, melaksanakan, dan menilai pembelajaran khususnya materi dongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013. Metode penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Populasi sekaligus sampel penelitian ini adalah guru bahasa Sunda kelas VII, dengan teknik observasi dan study dokumenter. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah lembar observasi. Kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian ini adalah: (1) guru bahasa Sunda mampu merencanakan pengajaran dongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013; (2) dalam proses pembelajarannya perlu ditingkatkan dan; (3) guru bahasa Sunda mampu menilai pengajaran dongeng berdasarkan Kurikulum 2013. ABSTRACTThis article discusses the ability of Sundanese teachers in junior high school Piloting Project Curriculum 2013 in planning, implementing, and assessing the ability of storytelling based on Curriculum 2013 in the academic year 2015-2016. The backgrounds of this study were (1) the development of Curriculum 2013, which is very dynamic and; (2) the implementation guidance that is constantly changing, so the question arises whether this change reaches the teachers. The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of teachers to plan, implement, and assess fairytale learning materials based on curriculum 2013. This research employed descriptive method with qualitative approach. The population and sample is Sundanese language teacher of Grade VII. It used observation and documentary study. The instrument was the observation sheet. The conclusion of this study are that (1) the Sundanese teacher is able to plan teaching fairytale based on Curriculum 2013; (2) the learning process needs to be improved; and (3) the Sundanese teacher is able to assess fairytale learning based on the Curriculum 2013. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Yosefin Candra Erladini

Abstract-The present study was motivated by the author’s eagerness to investigate the effectiveness about  techniques of puzzle games in understanding the concept when learning social sciene at Junior High School of 40 Bandung. This research was aimed to explain the ability of understanding the concept when learning social sciene before and after applying the techniques of puzzle games, explaining the effect from techniques of puzzle games when learning social sciene, and showing the effectiveness from techniques of puzzle games when learning social sciene. The study employed quasi experimental study with the design of pretest-posttest control group. According to hypothesis test showed the difference between the ability of understanding the concept social sciene at experimental class and the capability at controlled class, after the experimental class being given techniques of puzzle games treatment when learning social sciene. Consequently, it can be conclude that implementing the techniques of puzzle games was really effective to be used in understanding the concept when learning social sciene.Keywords: Techniques of puzzle games, The understanding of concept, Sosial sciene.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khothibhatul Ummah

Grammar is one of the most difficult capabilities found in English. Grammar difficulty will affect other English skills such as reading, speaking, listening, and writing. Tenses belong to one part of grammar. Most students still struggle to use tenses well. Tenses contained in this grammar material need to be studied so that students can distinguish the time of conversation and the meaning of a sentence and how to make a sentence in accordance with the tenses that have been studied. This research was designed in the form of qualitative research, especially in descriptive method. It meant that the researcher would like to investigate the use of tenses (especially past, present, future, continous, and present perfect) and to identify the grammatical errors in using tense (especially past, present, future, continous,  and present perfect) in students junior high school of seventh grade with close task.


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