bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS MASALAH DAN INTERAKSI SOSIAL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SEJARAH SISWA SMA NEGERI 1 PADANG TUALANG KABUPATEN LANGKAT
Authors: Nuh Muhammad , Siagian Sahat
Published: May 2019

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk : (1) mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran berbasis masalah dan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori, (2) mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar Sejarah  antara siswa yang memiliki interaksi  sosial kompetitif  dan interaksi  sosial koperatif , (3) mengetahui interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dan interaksi  sosial dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar Sejarah  siswa. Metode penelitian quasi eksperimen dengan Anava 2 jalur yang sebelumnya, terlebih dahulu dilakukan uji persyaratan analisis data yaitu uji normalitas dengan uji Lilliefors dan uji homogenitas varians dengan uji Bartlett dan Uji Fisher. Hasil pengujian hipotesis menunjukkan bahwa: (1) hasil belajar Sejarah  siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran berbasis masalah lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori; (2) siswa yang memiliki interaksi  sosial kompetitif  memperoleh hasil belajar Sejarah  yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan siswa yang memiliki interaksi  sosial koperatif, dan (3) terdapat interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dan interaksi  sosial dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar Sejarah  siswa. Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran berbasis masalah, interaksi social, hasil belajar sejarah Abstract: This study aimed to: (1) determine differences in learning outcomes of students who are taught by a strategy problem-based learning and learning strategies expository, (2) determine differences in learning outcomes history between students who have social interaction competitive and social interaction co-operative, (3) the interaction between the learning strategies and social interaction in influencing student learning outcomes History. Quasi experimental research methods with Anova 2 previous track, first tested the data analysis requirements that normality test test test Lilliefors and homogeneity of variance with Bartlett's test and Fisher test. Hypothesis testing results show that: (1) The history of student learning outcomes that learned with problem-based learning strategy is higher than students that learned with expository teaching strategy; (2) students who have gained a competitive social interaction learning outcomes Historical higher than students who have social interaction co-operative, and (3) there is no interaction between the learning strategies and social interaction in influencing student learning outcomes History. Keywords: strategy of problem-based learning, social interaction, learning outcomes history
Quasi-Mental Retarded Represented in Speech Act of Forrest’s Utterances in Forrest Gump Movie
Authors: Elisa Betty Manulang Feisal Muhammad And
Published: May 2019

The study entitled Quasi-Mental Retarded Represented in Speech Act of Forrest’s Utterances in Forrest Gump Movie. The objectives of the study were to find out the types of speech acts found in Forrest’s utterances of Forrest Gump Movie and to describe the function speech acts were used by main character that had a mental retardation. The study was conducted by applying descriptive qualitative design. The data of the study were utterances that used by main character in Forrest Gump movie, and there were 620 utterances found in Forrest’s utterances. Yule’s theory deals with types of speech acts were applied to analyze the data. The findings of the study showed that the types of speech acts were realized in Forrest’s utterances with the ratio; Declaration acts were 24 (3,87%), Representative acts were 443 (71,45%), Expressive acts were 44 (7,11%), Directive acts were 85 (13,70%) and Commissive acts were 24 (3,87%). The representative acts was one of speech acts type that most dominant uttered by Forrest in Forrest Gump Movie. It showed that mental retardation disorder wanted to represent a world as they believe.
ASSOCIATIVE MEANING IN HOHO LYRICS OF NIAS TRADITIONAL SONG
Authors: Willem Saragih Devy Kristiana Wau And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with the use of Associative meaning in Hoho lyrics of Nias traditional songs which consisted of 4 songs, they are hoho wangowai dome, hoho famadaya hasijimate, hoho moyo, and hoho faluaya. The objectives of this study were to to find out the types of associative meaning and to describe the types of associative meaning of hoho lyrics. This research used descriptive qualitative research.There were five types of associative meaning applied in hoho lyrics namely, connotative meaning, stylistic meaning, affective meaning, reflected meaning and collocative meaning. The data were taken from the words, phrases or sentences from hoho lyrics. The finding implied that the number of associative meaning was described as follows: connotative meaning 50%, stylistic meaning 16,74%, affective meaning 23,47%, reflected meaning7,05%,and collocative meaning 2,95%. Out of 170 hoho expressions there were 85 expressions which belong to connotative meaning. It indicated that the most dominantly type used was connotative meaning with percentage of  50% due to the song contained with prayer, victory, happiness, honour, wishes or hopes
COHESIVE DEVICES IN RICHARD B. PELZER’S MEMOIR: A BROTHER’S JOURNEY
Authors: Amrin Saragih Fatimah Z. Siregar And
Published: May 2019

The study deals with the types of cohesive devices in Richard B. Pelzer‟s memoir, A Brother‟s Journey. The objectives of this research were to find out the types of cohesive devices, the dominant type of cohesive devices and to describe the implication of the dominant type of cohesive devices of it. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative design. The data were 538 sentences taken from 18 chapters and first 2 pages from the each page which were collected by applying documentary technique. The five types of cohesive devices occurred in a text of A Brother‟s Journey, namely reference (62, 29%), substitution (0, 94%), ellipsis (2, 07%), conjunction (34, 32%), and lexical cohesion (0, 36 %). The dominant type of cohesive devices was reference. The implication of using reference dominantly in this text was to help the writers to keep the identity of the participants, ideas and things in the story and keep track them through the story. By using reference, the writer had the ability to avoid unnecessary repetition so that the readers easily get the information about an item that indicates the identity of what is being talked about from the text. From those findings, it is concluded that cohesive devices plays an important roles in written.
WOMAN STRUGGLE IN CAHAYA CINTA PESANTREN NOVEL BY IRA MADAN
Authors: Syamsul Bahri Melinda Rahma Lubis And
Published: May 2019

The title of this thesis is Woman Struggle in Cahaya Cinta Pesantren Novel by Ira Madan. This study aims to analyzing how is the woman struggle for her ambition of  Marshila Silalahi  in term of hierarchy of needs that she had faced. The source of the data of the analysis is Cahaya Cinta Pesantren novel and the data are the linguistic features that are formed as sentences by the first woman main character. The writer applies the theories from Maslow (1943) about the hierarchy of needs. Based on its form, Maslow was devided the struggle into 5 stage model, they are (1) Physiological needs, (2) Safety needs, (3) Love and Belonging needs, (4) Esteem needs, (5) Self-actualization. The writer devided the data based on each types of self-actualization by Maslow in Hierarchy of needs. Struggle is related to subconscious mind phychologically, the female character is potrayed to reach her ambition with personal reasons to get something in her struggle. The sources of data of this research are any statements, dialogues and actions that prove or describe the self-actualization of a woman struggle in the novel Cahaya Cinta Pesantren (2014) by Ira Madan. Finally the struggles in each types of selfactualization can be interpreted through Marshila Silalahi sentences of the novel and it is found that hierarchy of needs reflect woman struggle.
Improving Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension Through Learning Together Method
Authors: Ulfa Sundari
Published: May 2019

ABSTRACT This study focuses on improving students’ achievement in reading comprehension by applying the Learning Together Method. This research was conducted with an action research design. The subject of this study was the first year  IPA students at SMA Nur Azizi Tanjung Morawa. The total  number of students was 32 students. This research was performed in two cycles and every cycle consisted of three meetings. The quatitative data was collected through a reading test and the qualitative data through diary notes, observation sheets, and interview. The reading test showed that the score of the students improved continuously from pre test through post test 1 and post test 2. The mean of the students’ score in pre test was 60,5. In post test 1, the mean increased to 69,4 and in post test 2, the score rose to 83. The diary notes, observation sheets, and interview indicated that the students were eager and more active during teaching and learning process in the second cycle than in the first cycle. It was found that teaching reading through the Learning Together Method improved students’ achievement. It is suggested that English teachers apply this method as one alternative in teaching reading comprehension.   Key Words: Learning Together Method, Reading Comprehension, Students’ Achievement.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE
Authors: Elia Masa Ginting Adly Syahputra And
Published: May 2019

Students’ achievement in writing descriptive text is very low, in this study Think Pair Share (TPS) was applied to solve the problem. Action research in conducted for the result and the technique to collect the data, qualitative and quantitative are applied in this research. The subject of this research is grade VIII in Junior High School (SMP Bilang Huluh) Rantau Parapat. In the first evaluation (66,4375) increased to the mean of second evaluation (78,125) and the mean of third evaluation (87,5625). Observation result showed that the students gave their good attitudes and responses during teaching and learning process by applying the application of TPS (Think Pair Share) method. Questionnaire and interview report showed that students agree that the application of TPS (Think Pair Share) method had helped them in writing descriptive text. It can be conclude that the students’ achievement is improved when thay are tought through TPS Method. Key Words: Achievement, Writing, Descriptive Text and Think Pair Share
THE EFFECT OF PQRST METHOD ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Lince Sihombing Lamhot Simatupang And
Published: May 2019

This study was aimed to find out the effect of PQRST Method on students’ reading comprehension. There were sixty students, then they divided into two groups namely experimental and control group. The control was taught by conventional method while experimental group was taught by PQRST Method. The researcher used Kuder-Richardson (KR-21) formula to obtain the reliability of the test.. The calculation showed the reliability was 0.91 (high). The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation showed t-observed (2.80) is higher than t-table (2.000) at the level of significance (µ) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. Therefore, null hypothesis (ha) is accepted. It means that PQRST Method has significantly affects students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text.   Key words: PQRST Method, Reading Comprehension.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION ( FGD )
Authors: Busmin Gurning Wenny Sasmita And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with the improvement of students’ writing achievement through focus group discussion method. The objective of this study is to find out whether students’ writing achievement will be improved through focus group discussion method. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was class VIII-4 SMPN. 2 Tanjung Pura. The number of the students was 36 students which consist of 18 male students and 18 female students. The research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted three meetings. The instrument for collecting the data were quantitative data (writing test ) and qualitative data ( observation sheet, interview and field note). Based on the analysis, students’ achievement kept improving in every test.   Key Words : Writing, Recount, Focus Group Discussion.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING SQ3R METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION
Authors: Masitowarni Siregar Pranata Royganda Sihaloho And
Published: May 2019

The aim of this study is to discover the effect of applying SQ3R method inreading comprehension. Experimental research design is used as the research method.This research took place at SMA Nasrani 2Medan. There were 2 classes chosen as thesample with 30 students in each class. The classes were divided into two groups namelyexperimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using SQ3Rmethod and the control group was taught by using conventional method. The instrumentused to collect the data was a set of multiple choice tests, which divided as pre test andpost test. The result of the research was analyzed by using t-test formula. The resultshowed that t-test was higher than t-table (4,23>2,00) at the level of significant 0,05with degree of freedom (df) 58. It means that hypothesis alternative (Ha) is acceptedwhich shows that SQ3R method significantly improves the student’s readingcomprehension.
The Effect of Think Pair Share on the Students’ in Reading Comprehension
Authors: Anni Holila Pulungan David Gultom And
Published: May 2019

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of Think Pair Share technique on Grade VIII students’ reading comprehension. It was an experimental research. The population of this study were the students of SMP Negeri 5 Medan, which consisted of 60 students. The research is divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The instrument used to collect the data was reading comprehension test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the writer applied SPSS 17. From the result, it can be concluded that the experimental group’ score in posttest (M=54.33, SE=1.511). The paired sample correlation shows that the correlation is 0. 662. It means that it had strong correlation between pre-test and posttest in the experimental group. The calculation on effect size should be performed to find out how successful the treatment and how significant the improvement was and the findings indicated that using Think Pair Share significantly affected the students’ reading comprehension. So, English teachers were suggested to apply Think Pair Share in order to improve students’ reading comprehension.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING FOUR SQUARE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Siti Aisyah Ginting Henny Andriani And
Published: May 2019

This study aims to discover the effect of applying Four Square Graphic Organizeron students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by usingexperimental research design. The population of this research was the seventh(VII) grade students of SMP Sultan Iskandar Muda Medan with four parallelclasses. The samples of the research were two classes divided into two groups,experimental and control group which were chosen by using random samplingtechnique. Fifty students were taken as the samples. The experimental group wastaught by using Four Square Graphic Organizer, while the control group wastaught by using freewriting technique. The instrument for collecting the data was awriting test. Pearson Product Moment formula was applied to obtain the reliabilityof the test. Based on the calculation, it shows that the reliability of the test was0,84 categorized as high reliability. Then, after analyzing the data, it was foundthat the value of tobserved was 3,66 with the degree of freedom (df)=48 at the levelof significance p(0,05) = 2,01. It means that tobserved is higher than ttable (3,66 >2,01). The result of this study shows that Four Square Graphic Organizer has asignificant effect on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NEWS ITEM TEXT THROUGH COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) TECHNIQUE
Authors: Rahmah Paramita And
Published: May 2019

This study focuses on improving students’ achievement in writing News Item text through Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the grade X students of SMA Mitra Inalum. Twenty four students were taken as the sample. The research was conducted in two cycles. First cycle was conducted in four meetings. The second cycle was conducted in two meetings. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data (writing test) and qualitative data (observation sheet, diary note, and questionnaire sheet). Based on the data analysis, students’ score kept improving in every test. The mean of the students’ score in the first competence test was 38.4, in the second competence test was 75.4 and in the third competence test was 81.9. The result showed that Cooperative Integrated and Reading Composition (CIRC) technique improved students’ achievement in writing news item text.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT BY APPLYING TIC-TAC-TOE GAME
Authors: Zainuddin Rini Susanti And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with improving the students’ vocabulary achievement byapplying Tic-tac-toe Game. The subject of this study was grade VIII1 2012/2013students of SMP Negeri 1 Payung, desa Batukarang. The total number of the classis 36 students. This study applied classroom action research which consisted oftwo cycles. Three meetings were for first cycle and two meeting for second cycle.The data were collected qualitatively and quantitatively. The data werequalitatively collected from questionnaires sheet and observation sheet, whilequantitatively from the scores of vocabulary tests; orientation test, test I, and testII. After analyzing the data, it was found that there was an improvement ofstudents’ vocabulary achievement. It was proven by the increasing of the meanscore of the students’ vocabulary scores in each test where mean score of the firsttest was 56.94, the second test (test I) was 69.30 and the third test (test II) was80.14.
IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH “MAKE A MATCH METHOD”
Authors: Sortha Silitonga Ade Iriyani And
Published: May 2019

The objective of the study is to find out if the students’ vocabulary achievement improved through Make a Match Method. The research of this study was conducted by using action research. The subjects of this study were the second year students of MTs Swasta Al-Badar Tanjungbalai class VIII consisted of 31 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consisted of three meetings. Quantitative and qualitative instruments were used to gather the data. Quantitative data was taken from the students’ score in vocabulary mastery, while qualitative data was taken from diary notes, observation sheets and questionnaire sheets. Based on the data, the students’ scores got improvement in every cycle. In test I, the mean of the students’ score was 59 while test II, the mean of the students’ score was 70.5 and in test III the mean of the students’ score was 77.3. It was found that the teaching vocabulary through Make a Match Method improve the students’ vocabulary Achievement. It is suggested that English teacher use Make a Match Method as one of alternatives method in teaching vocabulary.
THE EFFECT OF USING NOTING INTERACTING SUMMARIZING AND PRIORITIZING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION
Authors: Berlin Sibarani Maruh Sianturi And
Published: May 2019

This study was aimed at finding out the effect of using Noting, Interacting, Summarizing, and Prioritizing Strategy on Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension. This study was designed with the experimental design. The population of this study was the first year students at academic 2013/2012 of SMA swasta YP St. Paulus Martubung, Medan. There were fourty students taken as the sample of the research. The sample was divided into two groups: the first group (20 students) as the experimental group and the second group (20 students) as the control group. The experimental group was taught by Using Noting, Interacting, Summarizing, and Prioritizing Strategy, while the control group was taught by using conventional method. The instrument for collecting the data was multiple choices which consisted of 40 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder -Richardson (KR-21) formula. The calculation showed that the reliability of the test was 0.75. The data were calculated by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis shows that t-observed (4.98) was higher than t-table (2.025) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) 38. Therefore, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It meant that teaching reading comprehension by using Noting, Interacting, Summarizing, and Prioritizing Strategy significantly affects reading comprehension.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT IN AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT EXPRESSIONS BY USING PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY AT GRADE VIII SMP SWASTA HKBP SIDORAME MEDAN
Authors: Sri Minda Murni Angelina Sitohang And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with the improving students’ speaking achievement in agreement and disagreement expressions by using problem solving strategy. The objective of this study is to find out whether students’ speaking achievement in expressing agreement and disagreement improved by problem solving strategy. The effectiveness of problem solving strategy are to make the students able to help them in solving their own and friends’ problems, especially classmates’ problem by expressing agree or disagree to the solution made and students be more active in the classroom. The findings of this study are important and useful for English teachers to improve students’ interest and ability in speaking by problem solving strategy and the researcher who wants to conduct the research related to this study. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the second grade of SMP Swasta HKBP Sidorame Medan which consisted of 38 students. The research was conducted in two cycles, namely cycle I and cycle II. Each cycle consisted of the four steps of an action research: planning, action, observation and reflection. The instruments for collecting data used speaking test by interview and for the quantitative data and used diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet for qualitative data. Based on the speaking test result, the students score kept improving in every test. In the orientation test the mean of the students’ score was 22.3. In the post test cycle I the mean of the students’ score was 56.3 and in the post test cycle II the mean of the students’ score was 85. Based on the observation sheet, diary notes and interview sheet, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. The conclusion is that Problem Solving Strategy improves students’ speaking achievement.
THE APPLICATION OF PREVIEW, READ, WRITE, AND RECITE (PRWR) METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT IN READING RECOUNT TEXT
Authors: Rahmah Rahmat Nasution And
Published: May 2019

The objective of this research is to find out whether the application Preview, Read,Write, and Recite (PRWR) method improve student’s achievement in readingrecount text. This research applied classroom action research model. This studywas done in six meetings. The subject of this study was first year of SMAN 1Delitua. Primary data were collected by giving 20 questions of multiple-choicetest, the aspects contained in the tests focused on generic structure, main ideas,factual information, and Secondary data were collected by (interview, observationsheet, and questionnaire sheet. Based on analysis data, it was found that thestudent’s achievement improved. It could be seen from the comparison of result inthe orientation test and the cycle test I and II. There were only 9 students who hadpassed minimum criteria KKM in orientation test (75). The improvement showedthat in cycle I and II, based on the total average score it was 16 (42,4%) up to 26(78,7%) in cycle II, The secondary data gathered from interview, observationsheet, and questionnaire sheet, showed that students’ expression and enthusiasticalso improved. Thus, it was found that the applications of Preview, Read, Write,and Recite (PRWR) method in process of teaching improved students’achievement in reading recount text. It is suggested that English teachers applyPRWR method in teaching reading recount text.
IMPROVING STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NEWS ITEM TEXT BY USING VIDEO
Authors: Tjut Ernidawati Ahmad Rifa’i Ritonga And
Published: May 2019

This study focuses on improving students’ achievement in writing news item textby using video as a media. This study was conducted by using classroom actionresearch. The subject of this research was the grade X students of MAN 2 ModelMedan. Thirty students were taken as the sample. The research was conducted intwo cycles. The first cycle was conducted in three meetings, and the second cyclewas also conducted in three meetings. The instruments for collecting data werequantitative data (essay test) and qualitative data (observation sheet, diary note,and questionnaire sheet). Based on the data analysis, students’ score keptimproving in every test. The mean of the students’ score in the first competencewas 71.37, the second competence test was 75.74, and the third competence testwas 82.4. The result showed that video improved students’ achievement in writingnews item text.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT BY APLLYING INDEX CARD MATCH STRATEGY
Authors: Masitowarni Siregar Amelia Sri Rizky Sitepu And
Published: May 2019

The objective of this study is to find out whether the application of Index Card Match Strategy can improve students’achievement in writing procedure text. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the grade elevent students of SMA N 1 Lau Baleng. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle consisted of three meetings and the second cycle consisted of two meetings. The instruments for collecting data used writing test for quantitative data and as the quantitaive data used diary notes, questionnaires sheet, interview and observation sheet. Based on the writing tests result, the students score improved in every test. In orientation test, the mean score was 50,28. In cycle 1 the mean score was 64,96 and the mean score cycle II was 77,35. Based on the diary notes and observation sheet, students shown their progress in learning writing English by the application of Index Card Match Strategy and the classroom action research. Students enjoyed the process of learning writing English concluded from the interview sheet. In line with the data, it was found that the index card match strategy can improve students’achievement in writing pocedure text.
An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in Smart Fm’s Radio Talk Shows
Authors: Sumarsih Irma B. Pakpahan And
Published: May 2019

The objectives of this research were to find out the two types of conversational implicature, namely: generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature and the dominant one used in Smart FM’s Radio talk shows. This research was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. It took fifty eight conversations taken from Smart FM’s Radio talk shows which were on air from April 3rd until 24th 2012. The result of analyzing found two types of conversational implicature were used in the talk shows in Smart FM, they were: generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature. The findings of data analysis showed that the total numbers of conversational implicature from the two types were: 25 (62,5%) generalized conversational implicature and 15 (37,5%) particularized conversational implicature. It means that generalized conversational implicature is the most dominant type of conversational implicature used in Smart FM’s Radio talk shows. It is 62,5%. Generalized conversational implicature is dominant because it indicates that when the interviewees answer the question, they usually used the clear answer to make their partner and listeners understand what he/she talked about. It can be concluded that the dominant conversational implicature that occured in the four editions of Smart FM’s Radio Talk Shows was Generalized Conversational Implicature. It shows that the interviewee gave a strong and clear implicit meaning.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THINK-TALK-WRITE STRATEGYON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT
Authors: Rahmah Irna Junita And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with The Effect of Applying Think-Talk-Write Strategy on the Students’ Achievement in Writing Analytical ExpositionText. The method of the research was quasi experimental design. The population of the research was grade XI of SMA Swasta Al-Fattah Medan. There were two classes namely XI IPA 1 and XI IPA 2 and each class consist of 30 students with the total number 60 students. This study uses total sample which these two classes were chosen as sampling.XI IPA 1 as the experimental group and XI IPA 2as the control group. The experimental group was taught by applying Think-Talk-Write Strategy and the control group without applying Think-Talk-Write Strategy. The data were acquired by administrated the pre – test and the post – test. The mean score of the experimental group in pre – test = 57.7, Control Group = 57.53. In the post – test, mean score of the experimental group = 67.53 , while the control group = 63.7
THE EFFECT OF GUIDED WRITING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Tjut Ernidawati Fandy Raymond Napitupulu And
Published: May 2019

This study is an attempt to discover the effect of applying Guided Writing Strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The Population of this research was the eighth (VIII) grade students of SMP Tri Sakti Lubuk Pakam which has three parallel classes. The samples of this research were taken by through lottery. They were class VIII 3 became the experimental group and class VIII 2 became the control group. The experimental group was taught by using Guided Writing Strategy while the control group without treatment. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result shows that the value of t­-observed is higher than the value of t-table. (5.56 > 1.67 (α = 0.05)) with the degree of freedom (df) = 70. It means that there is a significant effect of applying Guided Writing Strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT
Authors: Elia Masa Gintings Dyan Yosephin Hutagalung And
Published: May 2019

This research deals with the effect of problem based learning on students’ recount text writing achievement. The population of this research was the students of VIII SMP of SMP Negeri 18 Medan in Academic Year 2015 / 2016. This research was conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental group and control group. The experimental group was taught by using problem based learning strategy and the control group was taught without using problem based learning. The researcher collected the data by giving essay test in the written test form. In order to know the reliability of the test, the researcher used inter-rater formula. The result of the reliability was 0, 93. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the mean scores of the students in the experimental group was significantly higher than the mean scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant α= 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 70 with tobserved value 7,327 > ttable value 1,994. Therefore, null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. The finding indicated that problem based learning significantly affected the students’ achievement in writing recount text.
THE EFFECT OF THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING
Authors: Sumarsih Dessy Putri Utami And
Published: May 2019

This study aims to find out whether students’ achievement taught by using ThinkPair Share Technique has significant effect than taught Dictation Technique inSpeaking. The research was conducted by Experimental research using in twogroups. They are experimental used Think Pair Share Technique and Control usedDictation Technique. The subject of this were the students of SMAN 6 Medanclass X-2 and X-3 consisted of 38 students for each class. The data was takenfrom Speaking test. After analyzing the data, it was found that the value of t-obswas 3.982 with degree of freedom (df) 38 at the level of significance p (0.05) =2.024. It means that t-obs is higher than t-table. It was found that studentsachievement in Speaking taught by Think Pair Share Technique has significanteffect than Dictation Technique.
DEVELOPING ENGLISH SUMMATIVE TEST BASED ON REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
Authors: Indra Hartoyo Theresia Manalu And
Published: May 2019

This was a research and development (R&D) study which aimed to evaluate the English summative test items based on revised Bloom’s taxonomy for grade VIII. This study focused on the developing the English summative test items according to the cognitive level of revised Bloom’s taxonomy for grade VIII at SMP Negeri 3 Tebing Tinggi. The data consist of the existing English summative test items which were directly collected from the English teacher due to analyze the proportion of cognitive level according to revised Bloom’s taxonomy. Based on the data analysis, the existing English summative test had not fulfilled the proportion of cognitive level according to revised Bloom’s taxonomy regulated by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The inappropriate English summative test items were then developed according to the proportion demand and suitability to the syllabus and indicators. The results of the study are 30 developed English summative test items which had been validated by the experts and tested to 20 students due to get the reliability scores.
THE EFFECT OF DEBATE TECHNIQUE ON GRADE XI STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING
Authors: Sri Minda Murni Daud Hamonangan Hasibuan And
Published: May 2019

This study aims to discover the effect of debate technique on grade XI students’ speaking achievement. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The population of this research was the elepent ( XI ) grade students of MA Swasta Robitotul Istiqomah Huristak. The samples of the research were two classes which consisted of experimental and control group which were chosen by using random sampling technique. They are consist of 57 students. The experimental group was taught by using Debate Technique, while the control group was taught without using Debate Technique. After analyzing the data, it was found that the value of tobserved was 0,13 with the degree of freedom (df)=55 at the level of significance a(0,05) = 2,004. It means that tobserved was lower than ttable (0,13>2,004). The result of this study showed that Debate Technique was not significantly affect on students’ speaking achievement.
THE READABILITY OF READING TEXTS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN MEDAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2015/2016
Authors: Meisuri Barli Kifli And
Published: May 2019

This study focused on the readability of reading texts in English textbooks for grade VIII students in Medan in the academic year of 2015/2016. This study attempted to find out whether the English reading texts were appropriate or not in terms of the readability level for the target students. This study was categorized as descriptive qualitative research. The source of the data were six reading texts which consist of descriptive, recount and narrative texts selected from three English textbooks entitled English for Junior High School VIII published by Mediatama, English on Sky 2 published by Erlangga, and English in Focus published by Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, for grade VIII in Medan which were designed under guidance of Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP). The Dale and Chall original formula was used to analyze the data from the textbooks. The findings of the study showed that the average readability score of the six texts in English in Focus textbook was 6.0. It indicated that the reading texts in English in Focus textbook is appropriate for the eighth grade students since it’s level is for the seventh and eighth grade. The average readability score of reading texts in English on Sky and English for Junior High School VIII textbook were 5.7 and 5.5. The scores indicated that the reading texts in both English on Sky and English for Junior High School VIII textbook were too easy for the eighth grade students since the textbooks’ level was for the fifth and sixth grade.
THE EFFECT OF POW+TREE STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT
Authors: Isli Iriani Indiah Pane Permadi Pasaribu And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with the effect of POW+TREE Strategy on students’ ability inwriting hortatory exposition text.. The problem of the study is to find out whetherPOW+TREE Strategy significantly affects students’ ability in writing hortatoryexposition text or not. This study was conducted by using experimental design.The population of the study was the students of eleventh grade of SMA Methodist8 Medan in the academic year 2015/2016, there were 3 parallel classes of gradeXI. There were two classes selected to be sample. The Experimental group (XIIPA-2) was taught by applying POW+TREE Strategy, while the Control group(XI IPA-3) was taught by applying conventional strategy. The data of the studywas obtained from the students’ scores of writing test. There were two kinds oftest used in this study. They were pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzedby applying t-test formula. After analyzing the data, the result of the study showedthat t-observed (2.338) was higher than t-table (1.994) (t-observed > t-table) at thelevel of significance of p=0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) = 68. It can beconcluded that applying POW+TREE strategy significantly affects students’ability in writing hortatory exposition text, or in other words, the null hypothesisis rejected , therefore the alternative hypothesis is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF SENTENCE COMBINING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT
Authors: Sumarsih Desy Mita Rahmani And
Published: May 2019

This is an attempt to discover the effect of applying Sentence Combining Technique on Students’ Achievement in Writing Recount Text. It was conducted by using experimental research. The population of this research was the eighth (VIII) grade students of SMP Budi Satrya which consists of five parallel classes with the total number of sampling through lottery technique. The result was class VIII-1 consisted of 30 students became the experimental group and class VIII-3 consisted of 30 students became the control group. The experimental group was taught by using Sentence Combining Technique while the control group was taught by using Picture Word Inductive Model. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result shows that the value of t-observed (2.75) is higher than the value of t-table (2.004) ( α = 0.05 ) with the degree of freedom (df) = 58. It means that there is a significant effect of applying Sentence Combining Technique on the students’ achievement in writing Recount texts. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING ANIMAL CARTOON PICTURES ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT
Authors: Masitowarni Siregar Hasanul Arifin Zul And
Published: May 2019

This thesis is focused on the investigation of the effect of applying animal cartoon pictures on students’ achievement in writing narrative text. This study aims to find whether applying animal cartoon pictures significantly affect the students’ writing achievement or not. The data in this study were obtained by administering a written test. The population was the 2015/2016 first year (grade XI) of SMA Swasta Nusantara Lubuk Pakam and 66 students were taken as the sample by using random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups, experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught by applying animal cartoon pictures while the control group without animal cartoon pictures (x = lecturing). The data were taken the scores from the pre-test and post-test to both experimental and control groups. These data were analyzed by using t-test. The result of computing the t-test obviously showed that t-observed is higher than t-table (5.21 >1,67) with the degree of freedom 64 (df =N-2) at the level significance 0,05 one tail test. It showed that the application of animal cartoon pictures significantly affected the students of SMA Swasta Nusantara Lubuk Pakam achievement in writing narrative text.
READABILITY IN TALK ACTIVE 2 TEXTBOOK FOR THE ELEVENTH GRADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Authors: Anggraini Thesisia Saragih Hera Fitra Lubis And
Published: May 2019

This research aimed to analyze and describe the readability of reading texts in atextbook entitled Talk Active 2 for the Eleventh Grade Senior High School. Thisresearch concerned on measuring six reading texts in the textbook which wereselected by using random sampling. The measurements used in this research wereFlesch Reading Ease Formula and Cloze Test. The test was distributed to the 40eleventh grade students at SMA Swasta Galih Agung. Furthermore, the writerused descriptive method. From the analysis by using Flesch Reading EaseFormula, it was found that 3 of 6 texts are readable for the eleventh gradestudents. The three texts are the third text Emperor Penguin (57.06), fifth textShould Parents Censor Their Children’s Reading Material? (63.59) and sixth textDewi Sartika (53.47). But, only the third text and sixth text are appropriate for theeleventh grade students because the scores are between 50 to 60 (Fairly Difficult)which estimated for 10th-12th grade. The average readability score of the six textsby using Flesch Reading Ease Formula is 51.35 (Fairly Difficult) which isappropriate for 10th-12th grade. Moreover, the results by using cloze test showedthat text 6 has score 78.80% (Independent Level) which is predicted to be quiteeasy and the students can read the text independently. Meanwhile, text 1 to 5 havescore between 40% to 60% (Instructional Level). The average score of six texts is59.7% (Instructional Level) which predicted to be appropriate difficulty and it canbe concluded that the reading texts are appropriate for the eleventh grade studentsand the students need teacher’s assistance to comprehend the texts.
The Taxonomy of Thinking in Reading Questions in “Look Ahead an English Course for Senior High School Level 1, 2, & 3”
Authors: Rahmad Husein Beny Septian Panjaitan And
Published: May 2019

This study aimed at analyzing the cognitive dimension based on Revised BloomTaxonomy in reading questions in Look Ahead an English Course for Senior HighSchool Level 1, 2, & 3. This study used quantitative research design. The sampleswere 141 reading questions which taken by using random sampling technique byusing Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. in Look Aheadan English Course for Senior High School Level 1, 2, & 3. The data were analyzedby using Table analysis of cognitive dimension of Revised Bloom Taxonomy. Theanalysis showed that the most dominant cognitive dimension of Revised BloomTaxonomy in remembering dimension (57.45%). The second dominant cognitivedimension is understanding dimension (26.24%). The third dominant cognitivedimension is evaluating dimension (10.64%). The fourth dominant cognitivedimension is creating dimension (3.55%). The fifth dominant cognitive dimension isanalyzing dimension (2.13%). There was no cognitive dimension of applyingdimension that applied in reading question of the textbooks.
THE CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT OF READINGMATERIALS IN ENGLISH ALIVE TEXTBOOK BASED ON SYLLABUS INDICATORS OF KTSP FOR THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS
Authors: Masitowarni Siregar Syarifah Fitriani And
Published: May 2019

The Objective of this study was to describe clearly about the conformityAssessment of reading materials in English Alive textbook for eleventh gradestudents of Senior High School with the requirements in the school-basedcurriculum (KTSP). The research method was document analysis. The data weregathered from English Alive textbook and the syllabus of English subject for theeleventh grade students of Senior High School. After obtaining the data, theresearcher analyzed the data from the reading material contents in the textbookwith the requirements specified in the KTSP by calculating the score of the datafrom the analysis. The findings of this research state that 85.7% of text types inthe textbook meet the text types specified in the KTSP, 93,7% of the readingindicators meet the indicators specified in the KTSP,100% of generic structuresmeet the requirements specified in the KTSP. The total score for the all of aspectsin reading material are 93,2%. It shows very good as the criteria of conformitylevel. Based on the results,the reading indicators, reading text types, and featuresof reading text types (generic structures) in English Alive textbook are alreadydeveloped in accordance with the requirements specified in the School-BasedCurriculum (KTSP).
THE EFFECT OF STORY MAPPING STRATEGY ON GRADE VIII STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT
Authors: Isli Iriani Indiah Pane Aryadi Manuel Gultom And
Published: May 2019

This research aims at investigating the effect of story mapping strategy on grade VIII students’ achievement in writing narrative text. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The Population of this research was the eighth (VIII) grade students of St. Thomas 1 Junior High School Medan. There were two classes as the sample. The first class (VIII-F) as the experimental group, while the second class (VIII-B) as the control group. The experimental group was taught by using story mapping strategy while control group was taught by using lecturing strategy. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the score of students in the experimental group by using story mapping strategy was higher than the score of students in the control group by using lecturing strategy, at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 38, the t-observed was 2,818 while the t-table was 2,024. Therefore, the applying of story mapping strategy significantly affected the students’ achievement in writing narrative text.