THE ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

Abstract : This article aims at describing students’ ability in writing recount text. Writing a good text in English as a foreign language is a problem. The difficulties in writing a text in English is due to the fact that English is not their mother tongue. In Senior High School at SMAN Arjasa Jember, there were many problems in writing such as: organization, grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, content, and organization. However, there haven’t been any records telling/showing exactly the students’ ability in writing covering those aspects. Therefore, the research on the students’ ability in writing recount text was conducted in attempt to records students’ writing ability with the hope that it can shed light on the problems of writing recount text in future. Key Words : writing ability,  recount text, describ

IMPROVING CLASS VII A STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY BY USING THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD AT SMP NEGERI 7 JEMBER IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract. Based on the literature reviews, Think Pair Share Technique is an effective technique in teaching speaking. Mostly, the students have difficulties in speaking English. The research was carried out to improve the students’ speaking ability and active participation by using Think Pair Share Technique. Classroom observation was used to get the data about the students’ participation in the teaching and learning process. While, speaking test was implemented to test the students’ speaking ability by using Think Pair Share Technique. The results revealed that the students could improve their speaking ability and active participation by using Think Pair Share Technique. In that, they have shown better achievement in speaking English. This is likely due to the implementation of Think Pair Share Technique which facilitates the students to construct ideas and performing their ability especially in speaking. Key Words : speaking ability, students’ active participation, Think Pair Share Technique

IMPROVING THE VIII C CLASS STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY BY USING ROLE-PLAY TECHNIQUE AT SMP NEGERI 11 JEMBER IN THE 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract : This article is intended to describe the research result on the use of Role-play in improving the VIII C class students’ speaking ability and students’ active participation in teaching learning activity. The research problem was the students’ experienced difficulties in speaking. It is hard for students to express their ideas orally. To solve this problem, the role-play technique was used to improve students’ active participation and their speaking ability achievement. The research design was classroom action research and the primary data were collected by using reading comprehension test and observation. The result of the research showed that the use of role-play could improve the students’ active participation and their reading comprehension achievement. Key Words: role-play, and speaking achievement

THE EFFECT OF USING ENGLISH AUTHENTIC READING MATERIALS ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT AT SMP NEGERI 1 TEMPUREJO

Abstract : Reading is one of many ways to acquire information, where people can find it from television and internet. As reading dominates all activities in the English subject, the language components,namely pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary should also be learnt to support the language skills.  Based on the English teacher interview result that authentic reading materials have never been used by the teachers, reading comprehension on the eighth grade students of junior high school of SMPN 1 Tempurejo Jember, so it was necessary to conduct a research in this school. The research design was quasi experimental. It began from conducting homogeneity test, deciding the experimental class and the control class, giving activities to the control class using the common technique and material usually applied by the English teacher and treatments to the experimental class that was using authentic materials in teaching reading, then giving the same post-test to both classes, and the last analyzing the results of the post test by using t-test. The result of this research The analysis of the post test results showed that there was a significant effect of using English authentic that of reading materials the experimental class got higher mean score than the control class (65, 1>57, 5) of the students’ reading achievement. Then, the result of data analysis using SPSS showed that the t-test value (2-tailed) 0.000, was less than 0.05.is expected to provide useful information for the English teacher to use interesting materials, that is, authentic materials in the English teaching learning process, especially in teaching reading comprehension, since the authentic materials have never been used at SMPN 1 Tempurejo Jember. Key Words : Authentic Materials, reading, comprehension

THE EFFECT OF USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS ON THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT AT MA ISLAMIYAH SYAFI’IYAH SUMBERANYAR-PAITON IN THE 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract: Reading is an activity that can be considered as a crucial aspect of one’s language ability because this skill deals with information and communication. Almost all of the teaching learning processes involve reading in the activities. Though reading is regarded as an important skill, many students experience difficulties in comprehending the reading text. Those difficulties appeared because the students had low motivation and posses limited vocabulary. The use of authentic materials in teaching reading is appropriate since they relate directly to the real world. This research applied a quasi-experimental with non-equivalent pretest-posttest design. The research was conducted at MA Islamiyah Syafi’iyah Sumberanyar-Paiton with the tenth graders as the research population. Two classes were chosen as the research sample by using lottery. Class XB which had 28 students was the experimental class and class XC which consisted of 20 students as the control class. The students’ pretest and posttest scores from experimental class and control class were calculated by using ANCOVA (Analysis of Covariance) through SPSS (Statistical Packages for Social Science). The result of ANCOVA showed that the use of authentic materials had a significant effect on the students reading comprehension achievement. Key Words: Reading comprehension achievement, authentic materials, ANCOVA

IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH SMALL GROUP WORKING TECHNIQUE AT SMAN 1 SRONO

Abstract. This article is intended to describe the research result on the use of implementing Small Group Working Technique in improving tenth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement. The research problem was the students’ difficulties in comprehending English text and poor of vocabularies. To solve this problem, implementing Small Group Working Technique was used to improve students’ active participation and their reading comprehension achievement. The research design was classroom action research and the primary data were collected by using reading comprehension test and observation. The result of the research showed that Small Group Working Technique could improve the students’ active participation and their reading comprehension. Key Words : Small Group Working Technique, Reading Comprehension, Active Participatio

THE EFFECT OF USING OUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE IN COOPERATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING ON TENSES ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 JENGGAWAH IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract.An English tense is one of the language components of English that is very important in learning English. It cannot be ignored because it is needed by the students to master four language skills, namely: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Though English tenses are very important for the students to master four language skills, many students experience difficulties in learning English tenses. There are many reasons that cause this problem. One of the reasons is the students do not have motivation in learning English tenses. Many students are bored when they learn English tenses in the same situation, such as the the lecturing method. The use of Roundtable Technique in Cooperative Language Learning in teaching English tenses can be an appropriate technique since it can increase the students’ enthusiasm in learning English tenses. This research applied a pre-experimental with non-equivalent posttest only design. This research was conducted at SMPN 1 Jenggawah with the eighth year students as the population. Two classes were taken by using lottery since the result of homogeneity test was homogeneous. Class 8H which consisted of 38 was students as the experimental group and class 8E which consisted of 37 was students as the control group. The students’ posttest scores were analyzed by using Independent Sample T-test which was available on SPSS. The result of the Independent Sample T-test showed that the use of Roundtable Technique had a significant effect on the students’ tenses achievement. Key Words:Tenses achievement, Roundtable Technique, Independent Sample T-tes

Performance analysis of flood control buildings Mati river watershed area

The problem of flooding is a classic problem that befalls almost all regions in Indonesia. Likewise, the area in the Mati river watershed is experiencing problems that are not much different. Moreover, with the existing developments, almost all areas in the Mati River watershed have developed into urban settlement areas which have led to land conversion from agricultural land and green open land to other built-up land. The middle and downstream areas in the Mati River watershed are the main tourism areas in Bali such as Seminyak, Legian, Kuta and parts of the West Denpasar District, Denpasar City. These areas are dense settlements which contribute to increased surface runoff in almost all watershed areas. Several areas in the Mati River watershed are flood-prone areas, namely the Padangsambian area, Jalan Pura Demak area, Monang-Maning, Jalan Dewi Sri and areas in East Kuta. Several river improvements have been made to reduce the impact of flooding, namely changing the permanent weir to a mobile weir, normalizing the channel and building a pumping station which aims to reduce the effects of flooding and stagnant water during the rainy season