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PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF DAN KEMAMPUAN VERBAL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR ILMU PENGETAHUAN SOSIAL
Authors: Burhanuddin . , Sitompul Harun
Published: May 2019

"> Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui: (1) hasil belajar IPS siswa yang diajardengan menggunakan strategi pembelajaran TGT lebih tinggi daripada hasil belajar siswa yangdiajar dengan menggunakan strategi pembelajaran pendekatan struktural, (2) hasil belajar IPSantara siswa dengan karakteristik kemampuan verbal tinggi lebih tinggi daripada hasil belajarsiswa dengan karakteristik kemampuan verbal rendah, dan (3) interaksi antara strategipembelajaran dan kemampuan verbal terhadap hasil belajar IPS. Teknik analisis adalah Anavadua jalur pada taraf signifikansi  = 0,05 yang dilanjutkan dengan uji Scheffe. Hasil penelitianadalah: (1) rata-rata hasil belajar IPS siswa yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran kooperatifTGT lebih tinggi daripada diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran kooperatif pendekatan strukturaldengan Fhitung = 11,78 > Ftabel = 4,018, (2) rata-rata hasil belajar IPS siswa dengan kemampuanverbal tinggi lebih tinggi daripada kemampuan verbal rendah, dengan Fhitung = 26,82 > Ftabel =4,018, dan (3) terdapat interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dan kemampuan verbal terhadaphasil belajar IPS dengan Fhitung = 17,29 > Ftabel = 4,018.Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran kooperatif, kemampuan verbal, ilmu pengetahuan sosial
PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN DAN LOCUS OF CONTROL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR EKONOMI
Authors: Situmeang Chistina Yantha Sari , Panjaitan Keysar
Published: May 2019

> Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: perbedaan hasil belajar Ekonomi antara siswayang dibelajarkan dengan menggunakan Strategi Genius Learning dan Strategi Ekspositori,mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa yang memiliki Locus of Control Internal dan Locus ofControl Eksternal, interaksi antara penggunaan Strategi pembelajaran dan Locus of Control dalammempengaruhi hasil belajar Ekonomi siswa. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode quasieksperimen dengan disain penelitian faktorial 2x2, sedangkan teknik analisis data menggunakanANAVA dua jalur pada taraf signifikansi α = 0.05. Syarat ANAVA adalah data berdistribusi normaldengan lilifors dan data harus memiliki varians populasi homogen dengan uji bartlett dan uji fisher.Hasil penelitian diperoleh: hasil belajar ekonomi siswa yang belajarkan dengan menggunakanStrategi Pembelajaran Genius Learning lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan Strategi Ekspositori, hasilbelajar ekonomi siswa yang memiliki Locus of Control internal lebih tinggi dibandingkan Locus ofControl eksternal dan terdapat interaksi antara penggunaan Strategi pembelajaran dengan Locusof Control dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar ekonomi.Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran, locus of control, hasil belajar ekonomi
PENGARUH METODE PEMBELAJARAN DAN KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA MATA BIOLOGI
Authors: Br Sagala Dewi Aswida , Saragih Abdul Hasan
Published: May 2019

"> Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) perbedaan hasil belajar biologi kelompoksiswa yang menggunakan metode pembelajaran peta pikiran dengan narasi (2) perbedaan hasilbelajar biologi siswa yang memiliki kemampuan interpersonal tinggi dengan interpersonalrendah. (3) interaksi antara penggunaan metode pembelajaran dengan kemampuan komunikasiinterpersonal terhadap hasil belajar. Metode penelitian eksperimental-semu dengan desainfaktorial 2x2. Teknik analisis deskriptif dengan statistik inferensial ANAVA dua jalur tarafsignifikan α= 0,05 dilanjutkan dengan uji Scheffe. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) hasilbelajar Biologi kelompok siswa yang diajar dengan metode pembelajaran peta pikiran lebih tinggidibandingkan dengan kelompok siswa yang diajar dengan metode pembelajaran narasiFhitung=32,15> Ftabel=4,016. (2) Hasil belajar siswa Biologi kelompok siswa yang memilikikomunikasi interpersonal tinggi lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan kelompok siswa yang memilikikomunikasi interpersonal rendah Fhitung=11,67 > Ftabel=4,016, dan (3) Terdapat interaksi antarametode pembelajaran dan komunikasi interpersonal terhadap hasil belajar Biologi Fhitung=4,77 >Ftabel=4,02 pada taraf signifikan α= 0,05.Kata Kunci: metode pembelajaran, komunikasi interpersonal, biologi
PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN DAN GAYA BELAJAR TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR AL-QUR’AN HADIST
Authors: Hudaibiyah . , Siagian Sahat
Published: May 2019

dth: 0px; "> Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa yang diajardengan strategi pembelajaran berbasis Quantum Learning dan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori,(2) mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar Al-Qur’an Hadist antara siswa yang memiliki GayaBelajar Visual dan Gaya Belajar Auditori, (3) mengetahui interaksi antara strategi pembelajarandan gaya belajar dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar Al-Qur’an Hadist siswa. Metode penelitianquasi eksperimen dengan statistik deskriptif menggunakan Anava 2 jalur pada taraf signifikan =0,05, terlebih dahulu dilakukan uji persyaratan analisis data yaitu uji normalitas dengan ujiLilliefors dan uji homogenitas varians dengan uji Bartlett dan Uji Fisher. Hasil penelitianmenunjukkan bahwa: (1) hasil belajar Al-Qur’an Hadist siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategipembelajaran berbasis Quantum Learning lebih tinggi dibandingkan strategi pembelajaranekspositori. Fhitung = 105,78 > Ftabel = 3,95; (2) siswa yang memiliki gaya belajar visualmemperoleh hasil belajar Al-Qur’an Hadist yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan gaya belajar auditori.Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh Fhitung = 5,46 > Ftabel = 3,95, dan (3) terdapat interaksi antara strategipembelajaran dan gaya belajar dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar Al-Qur’an Hadist siswa. Halini ditunjukkan oleh Fhitung = 34,99 > Ftabel = 3,95.Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran, gaya belajar, hasil belajar al-qur’an hadist
PENGARUH PEMBERIAN UMPAN BALIK DAN KEMAMPUAN MOTORIK TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR SHOOTING SISWA SMP NEGERI DIKECAMATAN LANGSA KOTA
Authors: Dewi Cut Cinta , Sitompul Harun
Published: May 2019

Abstrak : Penelitian ini bertujuan : (1) menguji pengaruh pemberian umpan balik dan kemampuan motorik terhadap hasil belajar Shooting. (2). Meningkatkan kemampuan motorik siswa (3). Meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa di kota langsa, penelitian ini menggunakan metode quasi eksperimen dengan disain faktorial 2 x 2. Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa SMP Negeri 1Langsa kelas VII yang berjumlah 77 orang, dan siwa SMP Negeri 7 sampel berjumlah 76 orang yang diperoleh melalui cluster random sampling. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan tes kemampuan motorik dan tes hasil belajar shooting sepakbola. Untuk tes kemampuan motorik digunakan tes motor ability yaitu tes kemampuam motorik terdiri dari ; standing broad jump, Soccer drible, zig-zag run,shutle run dan lari cepat 50 meter Tes hasil belajar shooting sepakbola dikonstruksikan berdasarkan instrumen tes hasil belajar shooting sepakbola yang disesuaikan dengan kurikulum 2013  kelas VII semester I, yang memiliki realibilitas 0.71 Kata Kunci : Pemberian Umpan Balik, dan Kemampuan Motorik, Hasil Belajar Shooting. Abstract : This aimed of  the research deal the effects of presenting the feedback and motoric ability toward the football shooting learning outcome for student on Junior High School 1, amounting to = 77 people and student Junior High school 7, amounting to 76 people. Which obtained through random cluster sampling. The research instrument used motor ability test and test result to learn shooting football to test the ability of the motor used test of motor abilities , namely learning motor skills consist of : Standing broad jump, Football drible, zig-zag run, shuttle run, and sprint 50 yards. Achievement test shooting football curriculum tailored to the first semester of 2013 class VII has a reabilities of =0.71 Keyword : Presenting the feedback and motoric ability, shooting learning out come
PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN DAN GAYA BERPIKIR TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR BIOLOGI SISWA SMP NEGERI 2 GEBANG KABUPATEN LANGKAT
Authors: Simatupang Suparmin , Napitupulu Efendi
Published: May 2019

Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran inkuiri dan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori, (2) untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa biologi yang memiliki gaya berpikir sekuensial abstrak dan gaya berpikir sekuensial konkrit, dan (3) untuk mengetahui interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dan gaya berpikir dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar biologi siswa. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuasi eksperimen. Hipotesis penelitian diuji dengan menggunakan Anava 2 jalur. Sebelum teknik analisis digunakan, 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 biologi siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran inkuiri lebih tinggi dari pada siswa yang dibelajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori, (2) siswa yang memiliki gaya berpikir sekuensial abstrak memperoleh hasil belajar biologi yang lebih tinggi daripada siswa yang memiliki gaya berpikir sekuensial konkrit, dan (3) terdapat interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dan gaya berpikir dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar biologi siswa. Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran, gaya berpikir terhadap hasil belajar biologi Abstract: The purpose of this study were (1) to determine differences in learning outcomes of students who are taught by learning strategies of inquiry and learning strategies expository, (2) to determine differences in learning outcomes of students of biology that has style sequential thought and abstract thinking style sequential concrete, and ( 3) to understand the interaction between the learning strategies and thinking styles in influencing student learning outcomes biology. This study is a quasi-experimental research. The hypothesis was tested using 2-way Anova. Prior to the analytical techniques used, first tested the data analysis requirements that normality test test test Lilliefors and homogeneity of variance with Bartlett's test and test Fisher.Hasil hypothesis testing showed that: (1) the results of studying biology students that learned the strategy of inquiry learning higher of the students that learned with strategies expository, (2) students who have a thinking style sequential abstract obtain the results study biology higher than students whose style sequential thought concrete, and (3) there is no interaction between the learning strategies and style of thinking in influencing biology student learning outcomes. Keywords: learning strategies, thinking style on learning outcomes biology
Kata Pengantar Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan Vol. 9 No. 2
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COHESIVE DEVICES IN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ RESEARCH ARTICLES
Authors: Triana Triana , Saragih Amrin , Debora Marisi
Published: May 2019

This study deals with investigating cohesive devices in English department students’ research articles. This study aims at discovering types of cohesive devices and explaining why they are used in English department students’ research articles. Qualitative content analysis was utilized as a research design in this study. The data were in the form of clauses obtained from introduction part of 5 articles written by English department students. From the data analysis, it was discovered that there are 4 types of cohesive devices found namely reference, substitutions, ellipsis, and conjunction totaling to 593 occurrences with the dominant type is reference totaling to 419 instances (70.66%). The factors affecting the use of cohesive devices are the number of sentences and clauses in the articles. Article with high cohesion tend to have more sentences than the others with middle and low cohesion. The highly cohesive texts employ more cohesive devices because there are more ideas to connect in relation to the number of sentences. Keywords: cohesive devices, research articles, content analysis
The Effect of Guessing Word Game in Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement
Authors: Sri Minda Murni Aprillyani Ginting And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with The Effect of Using Guessing Word GameTechnique on Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension. Theobjective of the study is to find out whether Guessing Word GameTechnique significantly affects students’ achievement in readingcomprehension. The population of the study is the second year students of2011/2012 of SMPN 28 Medan, where there are seven parallel classes withtotally 280 students and the sample which is chosen randomly are twoclasses (40 studends). The sample is divided into two groups, experimentalgroup taught by using Guessing Word Game Technique and control grouptaught by using conventional technique. The data were obtained by usingmultiple choice and analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of theresearch shows that t-observed (1.77) is higher than t-table (1.667) on df 78and the level of significance 0.05. It means that there is a significant effectof using Guessing Word Game Technique in students’ readingcomprehension achievement or in another words the hypothesis is accepted.
IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT IN WITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH MAKE A MATCH METHOD
Authors: Johan Sinulingga Irma Lely Lumban Gaol And
Published: May 2019

This study is concerned with the improving student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text through Make a Match Method. The objective of this study was to discover whether the use of Make a Match Method could significantly improve students’ vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study was students of SMA Negeri 1 Pollung which consisted of 34 students. The instruments for collecting data were descriptive writing test, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet, and diary notes. The techniques for data analysis were quantitative and qualitative. It was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic and interested on writing descriptive text. The result of this study showed that the use of Make a Match Method significantly improved student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text.
IMPROVING GRADE X STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE IN REPORTING A PROCEDURE TEXT BY USING VIDEO
Authors: Tina Mariany Arifin Siti Aulia Febriyanti And
Published: May 2019

This study was carried out to discover students’ speaking competence in reporting a procedure text by using video. It was a Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subject was students of Grade X, State Senior High School (Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri: SMAN) 5 Binjai, which consisted of 42 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments used to collect the data were speaking tests as quantitative data and Observation Sheet, Interview, Questionnaire, and Diary Notes as qualitative data. The results of the speaking tests showed that the students’ score improved in every test. The mean of the students’ score in Orientation test was 51.17, the mean of the students’ score in Cycle I was 69.05, and the mean in Cycle II was 80.31. The mean score in Cycle II was the highest, so it can be said that the students’ speaking competence improved from 51.17 to 80.31. Based on the Observation Sheet, Interview, Questionnaire, and Diary Notes, it was found that the teaching-learning process ran well. The findings of the study indicate that using Video significantly improved the students’ speaking competence. So, English teachers are suggested to use Video in order to improve the students’ speaking competence in reporting a procedure text.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT IN READING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH ANAGRAM TECHNIQUE
Authors: Bachtiar Maimunah And
Published: May 2019

This study concerns with improving students vocabulary achievement in reading recount text through anagram technique. The objective was to investigate improvement of students’ achievement in vocabulary by applying anagram technique. This research was conducted by using action research method. The subject of the study was grade VIII students of SMP SWASTA PEMBANGUNAN GALANG totalling to 29 students. They were taught vocabulary by anagram technique. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data and qualitative data (observation sheet and questionnaire sheet). Based on the test score of quantitative data, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the orientation test the mean was 43, 2, in the cycle I test the mean was 55, 6. In the cycle II test the mean was 67.2. The percentage of orientation test was 10, 34%, cycle I test was 24, 13% and cycle II test was 86, 20%. The finding of the research showed that applying anagram technique significantly improved students’ vocabulary achievement. The qualitative data show that the students were more interested and motivated on vocabulary achievement through anagram. It is suggested that teachers should apply anagram technique as one of methods to improve students’ achievement in vocabulary.
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING THROUGH BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE
Authors: Lince Sihombing Defriyanti Ziraluo And
Published: May 2019

The objective of this study is to find out whether Brainstorming Technique can improve students’ Achievement in speaking. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the second year students of SMA Swasta Katolik Budi Murni 3 Medan. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle was three meetings and the second cycle was two meetings. The instruments for collecting data used speaking test for quantitative data and used diary notes, questionnaires sheet, interview and observation sheet for qualitative data. Based on the speaking test result, the students’ score kept improving in every test. In orientation test, the mean score was 47,8. In the test of cycle 1 the mean score was 59,2 and the mean score in the test of cycle 2 was 70,1. In line with the data, it was found that the Brainstorming technique can improve students’ speaking achievement.
IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE
Authors: Meisuri Eliye Yuli Yenti And
Published: May 2019

This study aims to improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive text through Mind Mapping technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII-1 SMP Negeri 3 Tanjung Beringin which consisted of 30 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments of collecting data were quantitative data (writing tests) and qualitative data (diary notes, observation sheet, and interview sheet). In analyzing the data, the students’ mean was 60.46 for the test I, in the test II was 67.5, and 74.06 in test III. Based on the diary notes, observation sheet, and interview sheet, it was found that teaching-learning process ran well, students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in writing. The research showed that the Mind Mapping Technique significantly improved students’ writing achievement in descriptive text.
IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’CHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING REALIA STRATEGY
Authors: Amrin Saragih Finny Ameliana Br Surbakti And
Published: May 2019

This study attempted to improve students’ writing descriptive textby using Realia Strateg. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII SMP NEGERI 1 SALAPIAN which consisted of 30 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting the data were quantitative data (Writing Test) and qualitative data (diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet). Based on Writing scores, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the test I the mean was 70,36, in the test II the mean was 86.13 . Based on observation sheet and questionnaire, it was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in writing descriptive text. The result of the research showed that applying possible sentence strategy significantly improved students’ writing achievement.
DEVELOPING READING TEXT MATERIALS FOR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Authors: Busmin Gurning Femy Septiani And
Published: May 2019

This study concerns on how reading text materials are developed for vocational school. This study was conducted by using developmental research. The subject of this research was class XII SMK Sandhy Putra 2 Medan consisting of 36 students. Instrumentations for collecting data were questionnaire and interview. After analyzing the data, the writer got the students’ need in learning English in term of vocation that they have. Based on the students’ need analysis, then it was got some basic competences which need to be reached by the students, and based on the basic competences, syllabus can be designed. After syllabus had been designed, developing teaching materials was done. The developed teaching materials were related to the vocation that the students had; it was culinary art. The development of materials followed four stages; those were pre-development/ planning, development, evaluation, and revision.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING DISCUSSION STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Rahmah Saidatul Hanim And
Published: May 2019

The objective of the study is to discover the effect of applying Discussion Strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The study was conducted by using experimental research design. The samples were taken by using random technique through lottery and two out of 7 classes were taken into samples, X-1 as experimental group was taught Discussion Strategy and X-3 as control group was taught Conventional Strategy, each class has 30 students. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. After analyzing the data, it was found that the value of t0 (3,561) with the degree of freedom (df)=58 at the level of significance p (0,05) = 2,004. It means that t0 was considerably higher than tt (3,561 > 2,004). The result showed that Discussion Strategy had a significant effect on students’ writing achievement. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING PQRST METHOD ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION
Authors: Lince Sihombing Herbiana Sipayung And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with the effect of applying PQRST method on students’ reading comprehension. The objective of this study is to find out whether PQRST method significantly effect on students’ reading comprehension or not. This study was conducted by using experimental research design. The population of the study was the students of grade X of SMA Negeri 1 Sidamanik. There were sixty students as the sample of the research. This study conducted with two randomized groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using PQRST method while control group was taught using traditional method. The data of the study were obtain from students’ score of test. To determine the reliability of the test, the writer used the Kuder Richardson formula (KR-21). The result of the study showed that reliability of the test was 0.618. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula, the analysis showed that score students in the experimental group was significantly higher than that of students in the level of control group at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58 the t-observed is 5.333 while t-table is 2.000. It can be concluded that applying PQRST method significantly affects on students’ reading comprehension. It means that the hypothesis is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING THINK-TALK-WRITE STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Lince Sihombing Indah Pratiwi And
Published: May 2019

This study is an attempt to discover the effect of applying Think-Talk-Write strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The objective of this study were to find out whether applying Think-Talk-Write strategy affect the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was an experimental research. In conducting the research, the writer used 60 students of Al-Fattah Senior High School Medan as the sample. The 60 students were taken from two classes and they were divided into two groups namely the experimental group who was taught by using Think-Talk-Write strategy and the control group who was taught without Think-Talk-Write strategy. The data of the test were collected by administering written test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis shows that the value of t-observed is higher than the value of t-table (2,3> 2,00 (α = 0.05)) with the degree of freedom (df) = N-2 = 58. It means that there is significant effect of applying Think-Talk-Write strategy on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. So the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. The conclusion is that applying Think-Talk-Write strategy can encourage and increase the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. Therefore, it is suggested that English teacher should try to apply this strategy.
Improving Students’ Vocabulary Achievement Through Word Webbing Technique
Authors: Yunita Agnes Sianipar Irma Agustini And
Published: May 2019

This study attempts to Improving Students’ Vocabulary achievement Trough Word Webbing Technique. The objective of the study is to discover whether the use of word webbing technique could significantly improving students’ vocabulary. This study conduct by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study of SMPN 4 Takengon, Aceh Tengah which consisted of 40 students. The quantitative data were collected by using observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and diary field. Based on the vocabulary test score, students’ score kept improving in every test. The mean of students’ score cycle (80) was higher than the fist cycle (67,75) and orientation test (55.25). based on observation sheet, questionnaire sheet and diary field, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. The students were more active and more enthusiastic during the teaching learning process in the second cycle than the first one. The result of the research showed that is use of word webbing technique significantly improving students’ vocabulary.
THE EFFECT OF TEAMS “KNOW-WANT-LEARN” STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Sumarsih Putri Sri Rezeki Siregar And
Published: May 2019

The aim of this study is to discover the effect of applying Teams “K-W-L” strategy in reading descriptive text. Experimental research design is used as the research method. This research took place at SMP N 1 SIANTAR NARUMONDA. There were 2 classes chosen as the sample with 30 students in each class. The classes were divided into two groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using Teams “K-W-L” strategy and control group was taught by using conventional method. The instrument was used to collect the data was a set of multiple choice tests, which was divided as pre-test and post-test. The result showed that t-test was higher than t-table (4,53 > 2,00) at the level of significant 0,05 with degree of freedom (df) 58. It means that hypothesis alternative (Ha) is accepted which show that Teams “K-W-L” strategy significantly effected on the students achievement in reading descriptive text. It was proved since mean score of experimental group is 74,83 higher than mean score of control group is 63,33. So, English Teacher are suggested to use Teams” know-want-learn” Strategy in order to improve students’ achievement in reading descriptive text.
THE EFFECT OF APPLYING INTERACTIVE NOTATION SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE READING AND THINKING (INSERT) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT
Authors: Tjut Ernidawati Poppy Priscilia Marbun And
Published: May 2019

This study deals with the Effect of Applying Interactive Notation System forEffective Reading and Thinking (INSERT) Strategy on Students’ Achievement inReading Analytical Exposition Text. The objective of the study is to find outwhether Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading and Thinking(INSERT) Strategy significantly affects the students’ achievement in readinganalytical exposition text. It was an experimental research. The subject of thestudy was the students of eleventh (XI) grade students of SMA Negeri 1 TebingTinggi. The sample was divided into two groups. The Experimental group wastaught by applying Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading andThinking (INSERT) strategy, while the control group was taught by applyingQuestion Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy. Levels of reading comprehensionused in the reading test were literal, interpretative and critical reading. Thepercentages of each level were 35%, 45% and 20%.To obtain the reliability of thetest, the writer applied Kuder Richardson formula (KR-21). The result of thecalculation showed that the reliability of the test was 0.83, which means that thereliability of the test is very high. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula.The analysis showed that tobserved is exceeded than ttable (4.10 > 2.00) at the level ofsignificance of 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58. The findings indicate thatusing Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading and Thinking (INSERT)strategy significantly affected the students’ reading analytical exposition text.
THE EFFECT OF MAGIC-SQUARE GAME IN IMPROVING 10th GRADER STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT
Authors: Tjut Ernidawati Marisa Sitompul And
Published: May 2019

This Study was an experimental research. The objective was to discover thesignificance of using magic square game in improving 10th grader students’speaking achievement. Twenty students were taken as the sample: 10 students forthe experimental group and 10 students for the control group. The students in theexperimental group were given magic square game as the media to practice theirspeaking skill. The magic square game was used to improve students’achievement in speaking, while the control group were taught without the magicsquare game. They only use textbooks. The students’ performance were evaluatedby using Fulcher’s (2003) Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Weighting Table. Thescoring was done by the English teacher and the researcher. The research findingsshows that the reliability of the test was high, i.e. 0,99, whereas the T-observedvalue at the level of significance 0,05 is 20 and it was lower than the T-critic(22).Therefore, the alternative hypothesis was accepted. It can be concluded that thestudents’ speaking achievement taught by using magic square game wassignificantly higher than those whom taught without using magic square game. So,English teacher are suggested to use magic square game in practicing the students’speaking achievement.Key words: Magic-Square game, Speaking Achievement
THE EFFECT OF GROUP INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUE ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS
Authors: Johan Sinulingga Fahrunnisa Mariyam And
Published: May 2019

This is an attempt to discover the effect of applying the Group Investigation Technique on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive texts. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The population of this research was the second (VIII) grade students of SMPS Dharma Patra Pangkalan Berandan. There were one- hundred and ninety students involved as the population. Which consists of five parallel classes, two classes out of five classes was chosen as the sample by using lottery technique namely experimental and control group. The result was class VIII-A consisted of 15 students became the experimental group and class VIII-B consisted of 15 students became the control group. The experimental group was taught by using Group Investigation Technique while the control group was taught by do not using the 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 (5,85) is higher than the value of t-table (2.048) ( α = 0.05 ) with the degree of freedom (df) = 28. It means that there is a significant effect of applying Group Investigation Technique on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive texts. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT
Authors: Sri Minda Murni Phupuh Citra Dewi And
Published: May 2019

This study attempts to discover the effect of using Team Games Tournament Technique on students’ achievement in reading report text. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The population of this research was the eleventh (XI) grade students of SMA Hang Tuah Belawan which consists of 4 parallel classes with the total number of students is 120. The samples of this research were taken by random sampling through lottery technique. The result was class XI1 consisted of 30 students became the experimental group and class XI3 consisted of 30 students became the control group. The experimental group was taught by Team Games Tournament Technique while the control group was taught by using lecture technique. The instrument was used to collect the data was reading report text. After the data were analyzed, it was found that the value of t-test was 5,50 with the degree of freedom (df) = 58 at the level significance 0.05. it means that t-test was higher than t-table (5,50 > 2,000. Therefore, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the hypothesis alternative (Ha) is accepted.
THE EFFECT OF ACROSTIC TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Indra Hartoyo Rafika Azmi And
Published: May 2019

This research aimed to finding out whether students’ achievement taught by usingAcrostic Technique has significant effect than that was taught by GroupInvestigation Method in Writing Descriptive Text. The research was conducted byExperimental research using two groups. They are Experimental groupthat usedAcrostic Technique and Control group that used Group Discussion Method. Thepopulation of this research was the tenth grade students of SMA Swasta KesumaBangsa Londut. There were three parallel classes which consist of 30 students foreach class. The data was taken from writing test. After analyzing the data, it wasfound that the value of tobserved was 4.511 with degree of freedom (df) 28 at thelevel of significance p (0.05) = 2.048. It means that tobserved (4.511) is higher thanttable (2.048). It was found that students’ achievement in Writing Descriptive Texttaught by Acrostic Technique has significant effect.
THE EFFECT OF MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Sortha Silitonga Triana Sari And
Published: May 2019

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of Mind Mapping Technique on Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of Grade VIII, Junior High School (SekolahMenengahPertama:SMP), which consisted of 207 students. The research was divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. The instrument used to collect the data was writing descriptive text. To obtain the reliability of the test, the writer applied William Knight formula. The result of the reliability was 0.95, and it was found that the test was reliable. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant μ= 0.05 with the degree of freedom (Df) 72, t-observed value 3.510 > t-table value 1.9932. The findings indicate that using Mind Mapping Technique significantly affected the students’ writing achievement. So, English teachers are suggested to use Mind Mapping Technique in order to improve students’ writing achievement.
THE EFFECT OF USING WORDLESS PICTURE BOOK ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT
Authors: Johan Sinulingga Sirikit Karola Br Sembiring And
Published: May 2019

This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of Using Wordless Picture Book on students’ achievement in writing recount text. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of Grade VIII, SMP Negeri 1 Stabat. Two classes from five parallel classes were taken by lottery technique which divided into two groups, 30 students as control group and 30 students as experimental group. The instrument used in this research is to find quantitative data. The analysis in were showed that the scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the control group at the level of significant  = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 58, t-observed value 3.006 > t-table value > 2.000. The findings indicate that using Wordless Picture Book significantly affected the students’ writing achievement. So, English teachers are suggested to use Wordless Picture Book in order to improve students’ achievement in writing recount text.
DEVELOPING READING MATERIALS FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BASED ON CONTENT AREA
Authors: Rafika Dewi Nasution Anggita Kasanra Lubis And
Published: May 2019

Reading is the basic in learning every subject. The more understanding the text, the more information students can gain. However, the reading materials that the students use is not appropriate based on syllabus. Therefore, the reading materials should be developed to fulfil the syllabus and the students' needs also. Because English is included Content Area Reading, so the development of reading materials is based on content area which focus on strengthen the vocabularies, specifically the unfamiliar ones, by giving glossary and related pictures. The developed text is only focus in the first semester which is descriptive and recount text. The research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Medan. The data was taken from interviewing the English teacher and distributing questionnaires for 30 students in grade VIII-4. The data showed that students need materials which is related to their environment and constructed by familiar vocabularies. Based on the result of the study, conclusion and suggestion are directed to the English teacher who is teaching in that school to provide reading materials based on syllabus and students' needs regularly.
DEVELOPING ENGLISH LISTENING MATERIALS FOR THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MUSIC PERFORMING ART VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Authors: Rita Suswati Boy Atlaliust Simangunsong And
Published: May 2019

The aim of this study was to find out an appropriate English listening materials forthe Grade X students of music performing art vocational school. SekolahMenengah Kejuruan (SMK) or Vocational School is an institution where studentsare prepared to be work-ready after finishing their education in specific major.Music Performing Art is one of the major provided in Indonesia’s vocationalschool. By the fact that listening activities are often ignored by teachers and thatlistening is one of the test in the National Examination, then listening activities areconsidered important in English learning activity. However, the finding ofmaterials that provided for the Grade X students of Music Performing Art major atSMK Negeri 11 Medan shows that the listening materials provided in the textbookare not related to the students’ major, instead the materials are rather general andmore suitable for other major. Therefore, it is needed to develop the Englishlistening materials for the tenth grader of music performing art major. Small-ScaleResearch and Development (R&D) is the suitable method in developing thematerials. Based on the students’ needs analysis obtained from the questionnaireswhich responded by 64 students and interviews which involved 4 students, theresearcher found that 78.13% of the respondents assumed that the existingmaterials provided by the teachers are general, and further 93.75% expect amajor-related English listening materials. The materials are developed by addingsome musical terms, like music instruments, and topics related to musical field,like popular singer’s profile, as a step to meet the students’ needs. The experts’validation shows that the materials are appropriate and recommended to be used.Based on the result of the study, conclusion and suggestions are directed to theEnglish teachers in SMK Negeri 11 Medan, especially, and in other music majorvocational school, generally, who are expected to provide materials which arerelated to the students’ major, by doing so the students might have motivation inlearning English and to support their knowledge to be a professional musicians.
THE EFFECT OF VISUAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT
Authors: Rafika Dewi Nasution Arie Dwiutami And
Published: May 2019

This study focused on finding out the effect of Visual media on students’ achievement in writing procedure text. This study was conducted in experimental design. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Stabat. There are 60 students of seventh grade as sample of the research. This study was conducted by using random sampling. The sample was divided into two groups, experimental group and control group. The experimental group was taught by using Visual media (picture), while the control group was taught by using Video. The instrument of collecting the data was a written test. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used scoring rubrics. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The calculation shown that t-observed is higher than t-table (3.52 > 2.00) at the level signivicance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom 58 (df = N-2). It means that there was a significant effect of using Visual media on students’ achievement in writing procedure text. So, the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted.
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF COLLOCATION IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE X IN THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Authors: Zainuddin Chairunnisa Lubis And
Published: May 2019

This study aims to analyze the use of collocation in English Textbook forGrade X in The Senior High School. The objective of this study was to identify thetypes of collocation which used in the textbook and how it was used in the Englishtextbook. The source of the data was English Textbook for Grade X in The SeniorHigh School from Book of Matters Centre of Ministry of Education. The data werecollected after read whole textbook. The data took from ll genre in reading text. In thetextbook, there were 5 genre of reading text. They were Narrative, Recount,Descriptive, Procedure and News Item. The results of this study were 6 types ofcollocation which used in the etxtbook. They were Adjective and Nouns, Verbs andNouns, Noun + noun, Verbs and expression of preposition, Verbs and adverbs,Adverbs and adjectives. The most dominant type of collocation was Verb and Nounscollocation.
LEXICAL DENSITY AND GRAMMATICAL INTRICACY IN THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TEXTBOOK OF GRADE XI VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Authors: Siti Aisah Ginting Nanda Aulia Putri And
Published: May 2019

The study analyzes about lexical density and grammatical intricacy which aim to construe the lexical density index and the grammatical intricacy index of the texts of English textbooks for eleventh grade of vocational school, to find out the highest level of lexical density and grammatical intricacy which formed in the reading texts and then both are classified based on the categories which is conducted in this study. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The data of this study were English reading texts in Get Along with English textbook for grade eleventh vocational school published by Erlangga.The results are: there are eleven reading texts which are classified into five genres of texts; they are report text, recount text, procedure text, descriptive text and discussion text. There are seven reading texts which are classified into medium level of frequency. In addition, there are four reading texts are classified into low level of lexical density after having counted by conducting Halliday’s theory, whereas to classify grammatical intricacy index, the results are all of reading texts are included into low level of frequency by using scale zero to ten. The results imply that the reading texts may be quite comprehended by eleventh grade of vocational school students because most of reading texts are classified into medium level category with the highest indices are: (1) the LD is 4.65; (2) the GI is 4.66. It is suggested that further textbook writers to concern with the lexical density of the reading texts, and for the teachers also have to adjust the teaching materials with the genre of texts which being taught so that the students can achieve the goal of the study.
DEVELOPING REALIA IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Authors: Neni Afrida Sari Harahap Supra Cipto And
Published: May 2019

This research is aimed to develop a good realia as a media, easy to be learnt, and can be used for teaching writing descriptive text. This study is developmental research uses Sugiyono’s model. The evaluator of the media are three experts. This instruments employed in this study is a questionnaire, interview, and Test (Pre-test and Post-test). The finding of the study is the quality of the developed realia media viewed from the experts is very good (87,2 %). The final product of this realia media is continued with effectiveness exam. The study takes place in MTs. Swasta Al-Jam’iyatul Wasliyah Tembung to the studens of VIII class, academic year 2016-2017. The samples are 40 students which is given a miniature of SIB monument and National monument as realia. Pre-test and Post-test were administrated to measure students’ ability in writing descriptive text before and after using realia. The scoring system was based on five aspects; they are content, organization, vocabulary, language use, mechanics. The result shows that there is an increase of students’ ability in writing descriptive text by using realia as a media. Therefore, the writer suggest to English teacher to develop realia as one of the alternative ways to increase the students’ descriptive text writing ability.
STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN PREDICTING INFORMATION THROUGH PICTURE ON READING TEXT AT GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Authors: Rita Suswati Putri Widya Ningsih And
Published: May 2019

This study is aimed to find out whether students pay more attention to picture, get information from picture and understanding the content of the text. It was conducted by using descriptive quantitative research. The source of the data was taken from the textbook entitled English in Focus published by Nur Ilmu, Yudhistira and students’ grade VIII of SMPN 3 Percut Sei Tuan. There are 9 classes of grade VIII which consists of 325 students, and VIII-1 was taken as the sample of this research. The data of this study were obtained from the students’ score of reading test. Based on the result of data analysis, it was found that the competence in predicting information through picture is very good. From 38 sample students, there were 21 students (55,3%) got very good score or can predict more than 5 details of information from the text, 15 students (39.5%) got good score or can predict less than 5 details of information from the text and only 2 students (5.2%) got bad score or predict less than 2 information. As well as their reading comprehension of the text with mean score 82.37 which is higher than the Minimal Completeness Criteria (KKM) of reading applied by SMPN 3 Percut Sei Tuan. It can be concluded that The result of this research is appropriate to the theory which claim that pictures are useful for getting students to predict what is coming next in a lesson and help the students comprehend the text easily.