ABSTRACT
This research is conducted to find out the students’ problems in pronouncing English words
which is focused on English vowels, diphthongs, and consonants. This research occupies
qualitative analysis. The subjects are the grade 11 students of STM HKBP Pematangsiantar.
Those students come from Batak Toba cultural background. The data is analyzed by first
transcribing the students’ voice into phonetic transcription, and then comparing them to the
Standard English Pronunciation, after that identifying the students’ problems. The researcher
find out that the interference of students’ mother tongue, namely: Batak Toba language, made
the students difficult to pronounce some English phonemes, such as (1) vowels /ə/, and /ɜː/; (2)
diphthongs /eɪ/, /əʊ/, /eə/, /ɪə/, and /ʊə/; (3) consonants /ð/, /θ/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /ʒ/, /f/, /v/, and /z/; and
(4) suffix –s /z/ or /s/, and suffix–ed /d/ or /t/ or /id/. In conclusion, the cause of the interference
of mother tongue in the students’ pronunciation is the absence of such phonemes in ‘Aksara
Batak’ (Batak’s Script). The researcher suggests English teachers to introduce English
phonemes (consonants, vowels, and diphthongs) and stress to class of beginner, and to be a
good model in teaching pronunciation.
Key Words: Pronunciation, vowels, diphthongs, consonants, mother-tongue
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Minggu, 08 November 2015
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (PBL) APPLICATION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT): ITS EFFECT TO THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING ESSAY
ABSTRACT
This research was designed to find out the effect of PBL (Problem-based Learning)
application to the students’ achievement in essay writing. In analyzing the data, the
researcher occupied quantitative approach. The subjects were the fifth semester (Academic
Year 2014/2015) students of English Department Universitas HKBP Nommensen
Pematangsiantar. The researcher randomly took 40 students for each group (i.e. control and
experimental group) as the sample of research. The instrument of this research was an essay
test. The research finding showed that PBL significantly affected the students’ ability in
writing essay. The t-test (9.38) was higher than t-table (2.68) at the level of significance 0.05.
By applying PBL, the students were easy to organize their ideas.
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This research was designed to find out the effect of PBL (Problem-based Learning)
application to the students’ achievement in essay writing. In analyzing the data, the
researcher occupied quantitative approach. The subjects were the fifth semester (Academic
Year 2014/2015) students of English Department Universitas HKBP Nommensen
Pematangsiantar. The researcher randomly took 40 students for each group (i.e. control and
experimental group) as the sample of research. The instrument of this research was an essay
test. The research finding showed that PBL significantly affected the students’ ability in
writing essay. The t-test (9.38) was higher than t-table (2.68) at the level of significance 0.05.
By applying PBL, the students were easy to organize their ideas.
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STUDENTS’ COMMON DIFFICULTIES IN USING ENGLISH INTONATION AT THE SECONDARY VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF TOURISM
ABSTRACT
The objective of this paper is to show the teachers some common difficulties in using English intonation pattern faced by the students of secondary vocational school of tourism. These difficulties, then, need to be considered as the important points in teaching conversation. A research has been conducted in SMK 2 Pariwisata Y.P HKBP Pematangsiantar by recording the second year students’ conversation when they were practicing productive course, i.e. hotel reservation handling. It was found that the students have incorrect intonation pattern in expressing positive statement, negation, questions, and request.
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The objective of this paper is to show the teachers some common difficulties in using English intonation pattern faced by the students of secondary vocational school of tourism. These difficulties, then, need to be considered as the important points in teaching conversation. A research has been conducted in SMK 2 Pariwisata Y.P HKBP Pematangsiantar by recording the second year students’ conversation when they were practicing productive course, i.e. hotel reservation handling. It was found that the students have incorrect intonation pattern in expressing positive statement, negation, questions, and request.
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Rabu, 01 Juli 2015
Investigating the English Reading Tests of Indonesia’s National Examination for Vocational School (SMK) Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
Abstract: This research article was about identifying and analyzing the cognition levels of
English reading tests in Indonesia’s national examination which refer to Bloom’s taxonomy (1956), such as: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This study was a qualitative research which was conducted by applying documentary analysis. The subjects of this research were the documents of national examination questions for Vocational School (SMK) from year 2005 to 2011. The object of this research was the level of difficulties of reading section questions. The researcher found out that there were only 3 levels that had been tested for reading section in the national examination: comprehension (55,8%), analysis (25%), and knowledge (19,2 %). Other levels such as: application, synthesis, and evaluation are null. This also means that comprehension is the most dominant level of cognition that has been examined in National Examination. This study concluded that reading tests of Indonesia’s National Examination for English subject from year 2005-2011 were not in line with Bloom’s perception.
Keywords: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
English reading tests in Indonesia’s national examination which refer to Bloom’s taxonomy (1956), such as: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This study was a qualitative research which was conducted by applying documentary analysis. The subjects of this research were the documents of national examination questions for Vocational School (SMK) from year 2005 to 2011. The object of this research was the level of difficulties of reading section questions. The researcher found out that there were only 3 levels that had been tested for reading section in the national examination: comprehension (55,8%), analysis (25%), and knowledge (19,2 %). Other levels such as: application, synthesis, and evaluation are null. This also means that comprehension is the most dominant level of cognition that has been examined in National Examination. This study concluded that reading tests of Indonesia’s National Examination for English subject from year 2005-2011 were not in line with Bloom’s perception.
Keywords: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
Kamis, 11 Juni 2015
Error Analysis on Students’ Essay
Abstract: This paper is about a research on the error analysis of writing essay. It deals with the grammar errors analysis of the undergraduate students’ writing. The theoretical framework used in this research refers to the error analysis theories i.e., Lunsford, 2001; James, 1998; Brown, 1980; Richards, 1974; and Corder, 1971. This research is categorized to a case study with a qualitative design. The subjects were the written English essay of undergraduate students at Teacher Training Faculty of HKBP Nommensen University Pematangsiantar (FKIP-UHN PS). The object of the study was the grammar errors committed by the undergraduate students in writing English essay. The technique of the data collection used in this research was documentary method. The technique of the data analysis used in this research referred to the content analysis. The findings show that the undergraduate students commit grammar errors in writing English essay. The descriptions of their errors are: omission, overinclusion, misselection, misordering, and blends. The causes of grammar errors are overgeneralization, ignorance of rule restriction, incomplete application of rules, and false concepts hypothesized.
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The English Teachers’ Perception and Implementation on Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Method
Abstrak: Penelitian ini diterapkan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi guru tentang sebuah metode pembelajaran bahasa Inggris: Pembelajaran Bahasa yang Komunikatif (Communicative Language Teaching), dan juga untuk menyelidiki lebih dalam keterkaitan antara persepsi tersebut terhadap penerapannya di dalam proses pembelajaran bahasa Inggris. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif. Subjek penelitian merupakan 4 orang guru bahasa Inggris di SMA HKBP Pematangsiantar. Hasil yang ditemukan dari penelitian adalah: (1) kurangnya informasi mengenai CLT menyebabkan kesalahpahaman guru terhadap konsep dan prinsip metode CLT, (2) penerapan pengajaran di kelas membuktikan bahwa metode yang mereka gunakan bukanlah CLT melainkan metode tradisional (Grammar-Translation Method). Penelitian ini juga mengungkapkan alasanalasan para guru terkait ketidaksesuaian antara rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran (RPP) mereka dengan praktik mengajar di kelas, yaitu: keterbatasan waktu yang disediakan kurikulum dan akan tejadinya kesalahpahaman dari pihak siswa terhadap materi apabila para guru menerapkan metode CLT.
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