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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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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