TEACHING WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING GUIDED WRITING STRATEGY

Most of the students' problem in writing is that they do not know how to develop ideas in writing. They write based on what is in their mind randomly without any technique that can help them to write ideas directly, because they use limited thinking skills to solve a problem. The guided writing strategy technique was applied to improve students' skills in writing descriptive texts. To apply this technique, a pre-experimental research was conducted at SMK Islam Solalatul Huda, with a population of class X ADM students and a research sample of 38 students. To obtain data showing the effect of the technique, pre-test and post-test were used as instruments, and tests were used as a data collection tool. Based on the results of hypothesis testing and analysis, it is shown that teaching writing descriptive texts has a strong influence on teaching writing descriptive texts at SMK Islam Solalatul Huda. Therefore, this technique is recommended to be applied in teaching writing descriptive text

AN ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTINARY ACT IN DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH REGARDING COVID-19

This research aimed to analyze the categories several illocutionary act that uses by Donald Trumps’ speech, and what is dominant that uses in his speech. This research method is descriptive qualitative  and illocutionary act theory by Searle. The data were taken from the CNN News in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020. There were 75 utterances and the percentage of utterances were Assertive53%, Directive 4%, Commissive 14%, Expressive 17%, and Declarative 0%. The result of this research is the dominant that uses by Donald Trumps’ is Assertive 40 utterance, it can be seen that Trump hoped his audiences would be persuaded to act. And based on the result, Donald Trump does not use declarative illocutionary acts in his speech. Keywords:  Communication, Speech Act, Illocutionary ActÂ

STUDENTS’ RESPONSE TO SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

The purpose of this study was to determine the students' response towards the teaching of reading comprehension using small group discussion. This research involved seventh grade students of a junior high school in Bogor consisting of 28 students. The research used the descriptive qualitative method. To get the data, the researchers used the questionnaire. The assessment of the questionnaire grids were attention, relevance, confidence and satisfaction. The result showed that the average index score was 81.93 based on the interval chart 80% - 100% this score was very good. It could be concluded that students gave positive response to the use of small group discussion technique

WRITING RECOUNT TEXT USING COOPERATIVE SCRIPT: STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES

The objective of the research is to find out the students' difficulties in learning writing recount text using the cooperative script. This research used a qualitative method and the design was descriptive qualitative. The respondents of the research were 15 tenth grade students of Senior High School in Cikadu. The data were obtained from tests and interviews. The results of the research show that the students' difficulties in learning writing recount text using the cooperative script in mechanics, such as punctuation and capital letter. Implies that mechanic aspect tends to be ignored in learning. Keywords:  Cooperative Script, Writing, Students’ Difficultie

THE USE OF MIND MAP IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT X-7 SMA KARTIKA SILIWANGI I BANDUNG)

Mind map is one of the techniques that can increase one’s ability in note taking. It not only includes the key words of information or idea but also implements the use of colours and draws thus the mind mapping project becomes fun and enjoyable. Therefore mind map was considered to be an alternative technique to improve students reading ability in SMA Kartika Siliwangi I Bandung, especially in X-7. From initial observation, it was found that the students’ reading comprehension was poor. In order to reveal the problem, a classroom action research was conducted. This study consisted of three cycles. During the study, observation and reflection sheets, students’ mind maps, and pre and post test scores were used as instruments. The data that had been collected was analysed through scoring technique and descriptive study. Through comparing their pre-test (mean= 50.56) and post-test (mean= 80.12) scores, there is an improvement on students comprehension. It is also found that the students were not realized that they practiced their reading comprehension. Additionally, their creativity developed as well; since the use of colour and draw was also developed. There were no significant difficulties in conducting this technique as long as the teacher was well prepared

A SPEECH ACT ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN ADVERTISEMENT OF COSMETIC BRAND IN INDONESIA

Advertising is a tool for creating communication and can promote goods or other products to everyone or what customers call using binding language. Every language uses good language to attract customers. The main purpose of advertising is the point of view to promote and promise an item.This study used qualitative research from several cosmetic advertisements. This ad uses 16 types of speech acts, and out of 16 types of speech acts, only 10 brands are taken from cosmetic advertisements to attract or invite products to buy. And advertising results from 10 cosmetic brands in Indonesia only got 7% speech statement, 30% information, 9% claim, 19% suggestion, 9% suggestion, 2% argument, 2% accusation, 2% referral, 16% directive, persuasion 2%, promise 2%. From this result that most cosmetic brands in Indonesia use information, to make it more interesting for buyers to find out more information than other advertisements.  Keyword :A speech act advertisement, cosmetic

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY (DRTA) STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING DISCOVERY LEARNIG

This study aims to find out the implementation of Directed Reading Thingking Actitivty (DRTA) strategy in reading descriptive text. This research used descriptive qualitative methods. The research used seventh-grade of SMP Pasundan 3 Cimahi. The sample of this research was 20 students. To collect the data researcher used observation. The data  was  analyzed by categorized, interpreted and concluded. The result showed that the implementation of teaching reading of descriptive text using discovery learning through DRTA strategy was good. It followed the procedure Discovery learning and DRTA strategy. All procedures were applied in the main activity. The students could understand about the text easily and the learning more enthusiastic in learning descriptive text. The students’ felt braver in expressing their opinions, especially in predicting a text in learning reading descriptive text. Keywords:  DRTA Strategy, Reading, Descriptive Text Â

ANXIETY EFFECTS OF SELF-CONFIDENCE IN EFL SPEAKING SKILL

Speaking sometimes considered as the display of one’s language proficiency, the more proficient s/he speaks the better is his/her language skill. Speaking can be influenced by several aspects of psychology as self-confidence. People who have higher fear and lower of confidence in speaking English have difficulties in performing their speaking skill ability. This study is to investigate the effects of anxiety on self-confidence in English as Foreign Language speaking skill. This study is a qualitative study where the data were obtained from closed-ended questionnaire and open-ended questionnaire. The participants of this research were 35 students aged 20-23 years old. The data result was evaluated descriptively, while the open-ended question questionnaire was processed line by line to produce and build codes and themes. The questionnaires showed that five themes were related to students' anxiety in speaking English, which resulted in a lack of self-confidence; among all are lack of vocabulary, lack of self-esteem, a fear of negative reaction, a fear of judgment from the lecturer, and teacher-centered classroom. Keywords:  Speaking; Foreign language; Anxiety; Self-confidenc

CORRELATION OF USING INSTAGRAM FOR LEARNING WRITING WITH STUDENTS' WRITING MOTIVATION

The aim of the study examines the relationship of using Instagram with students’ writing motivation. This research is quantitative with the correlation method. The population was students of eighth grade at SMP Negeri 3 Cimahi in the academic year 2020/2021. A total of 76 students took part in the two classes, the sample was 38 students. The instruments used to collect data were a test of writing by using Instagram as a learning medium and questionnaires to determine students' writing skills. The results show a correlation greater than zero points (0.702 > 0); meanwhile, the significant of the correlation is  0.01. Furthermore, the correlation is below 0.05 in the positive direction. It can be implied that the correlation of using Instagram for learning writing with students' writing motivation can be concluded as Significant Positive. To conclude teachers of English writing can use Instagram as a medium to improve students’ motivation to write. Keywords:  Instagram; Motivation; Writin

WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING TWO-STAY TWO-STRAY TECHNIQUE: STUDENTS’ RESPONSE

The objective of this research was to investigate the students' responses in learning writing descriptive text through the two-stay two-stray technique. This research used a qualitative method and the design was descriptive qualitative. The respondents of the research were 23 seventh grade students of Junior High School in Cikadu. The data were obtained from questionnaires and interviews. The results of the research revealed that writing descriptive text using the two-stay two-stray technique can motivate students to join learning activities,  can reduce the time to understand the material, and they braver to express their idea. Keywords:  Two-Stay Two-Stray, Writing, Students’ Respons