Improving the quality of english teaching through constructivist learning design (A Classroom Action Research in SMK Gamaliel 1 Madiun)

ARRI KURNIAWAN. Improving the Quality of English Teaching through Constructivist Learning Design: A Collaborative Action Research in SMK Gamaliel I Madiun. Thesis. Surakarta. English Education Department, Graduate School, Sebelas Maret University, 2008. The objective of this research is to examine whether or not CLD can improve the quality of English teaching. Besides, this research is designed to study the effectiveness of constructivist learning design to improve the quality of English teaching and learning, and the consequences when constructivist learning design is applied. The research was carried out at SMK Gamaliel I Madiun, East Java, from January to July 2008 (employing collaborative action research). The subject of the research is a teacher who teaches at 2 MA of SMK Gamaliel I Madiun. The data were obtained from several techniques including test, collaborative observations, interview, questionnaires, and document analysis. To analyze the quantitative data, the researcher applied descriptive statistics, comprising the following dimensions: highest and the lowest scores, and means. To analyze the qualitative data, the researcher applied constant comparative method as suggested by Glasser. The findings reveal that the application of CLD in improving the quality of English teaching is successful viewed from some dimensions: First, the improvement of students’ motivation and participation increases. Second, the application of CLD improves the teacher’s professional competence. Third, CLD establishes students’ thinking skills. CLD improves social communication among students and teacher and fifth, it improves students’ English competence. The research findings of this study imply that CLD is very important in improving the quality of English teaching. Therefore, it is recommended that: first, the teacher should understand the curriculum by making good preparation of the lesson, material preparation, suitable method, suitable evaluation, and a conducive learning environment. Second, the institution should send the teachers to join in workshop, seminar, and training to upgrade the teachers’ competence. The discussion of new curriculum and its implementation should be maximized in order the understanding of curriculum will be increased. Third, the recommendation is for the students. The students should have motivation to study English. The ability of English competence is a must in globalization era. If they do not provide themselves with English competence, they will be left behind and get difficulty to compete in hard competition. Fourth, the next recommendation is for other researchers who want to apply CLD in other classrooms. Changing the traditional classroom into constructivist classroom will not happen overnight. It is a progressive process that requires doing and reflecting, more doing and reflecting, and then more doing and reflectin

The Implementation of Blended Learning in Teaching Reading Comprehension at the Senior High School

Reading is an important activity for obtaining information. This research tries to investigate the use of blended learning in teaching reading, and the purpose is to describe: the implementation of Blended Learning in teaching reading comprehension, the outcome of using Blended Learning in teaching reading toward the student’s mastery of reading, and the advantages and disadvantages of Blended Learning in teaching reading comprehension. This research employed a qualitative research approach to describe data. This research used a descriptive qualitative type of research. The data collection was done by using observation, interviews, and documentation. The source of data were social situations, participants, and documents, and to take the data uses, purposive sampling. The sample is XC. In addition, the steps of analysis in research are data reduction, data display, and conclusion and verification. The result of this research is there are three procedures of using blended learning: pre-activity, whilst activity, and post-activity. The outcome of implementing blended learning is the student’s achievement better. The advantages are: the students can access the internet to get more information, are more accessible to answer the exercise and translate the reading, be more accessible r to understand the text, and it is more practical and effective. The disadvantages are the internet signal, power outages, the ability to operate the computer application, facility of the computer itself. In addition, there is a suggestion for future research. The researcher invites the other researchers to do another study on blended learning.Keywords: teaching; reading; blended learnin

The effect of vlog media on speaking skills for the elt students during the outbreak covid 19 pandemics

This study aims to investigate the effect of vlog media on speaking skills for the elt students during the outbreak covid 19 pandemics. This is a quasi-experimental study. This research took place at Department of English Education, Universitas PGRI Madiun. The sample of this research is the second semester students. Random sampling was used in this study. There were 64 students involved in this study: 32 of them belonged to the experimental group and the rest belonged to the control group. Test results from the experimental class and the control class' pre- and post-tests were used as the data to be interpreted. The researcher used statistical calculations from the independent t-test (SPSS) to analyze the data from the post-test. Based on the description of the result of the study, it can be stated that the use of vlog media in teaching speaking is very nice and interesting. It can encourage the students to perform their skill in using English language. Future researchers are encouraged to use vlog media with other design of the study

The Relationship between Students’ Speaking Skill and Students’ Self-Esteem of Mover F Class of NCL Madiun

The purpose of this study is to know "The Relationship between Students' Speaking Skills and Students' Self-Esteem of NCL Madiun's Mover F Class." This study's problem formulation is whether there is a relationship between students' speaking skills and NCL Madiun's mover class students' self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a relationship between students' speaking ability and self-esteem in the NCL Madiun mover class. Mover F class NCL Madiun students took part in this study. There are 180 students in the NCL Madiun Mover class, which is divided into ten classes. The purposeful sampling technique was used in this study, and the sample consisted of 19 students from Mover F class, with 12 boys and 9 girls. The type of data used is quantitative data. Data were gathered using speaking tests and self-esteem questionnaires. According to the findings, the average score for speaking skills was 73.53, while the average value for self-esteem was 72. Pearson's product-moment correlation produces 797 results and a sig value of less than 0.05, corresponding to 0.0001. The researcher comes to the conclusion that H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected, implying that there is a relationship between students' speaking abilities and self-esteem in the NCL Madiun Mover F class. Students who have high self-esteem outperform students who have low self-esteem

The Effect of YouTube Videos in Teaching Speaking Skills for The Eighth Grade Students

The goal of this research is to investigate the effect of YouTube videos as a learning medium on the speaking skills of eighth grade students. A quasi-experimental design is used in the experimental research. There were two groups in this study: experimental and control. This is done to see which group is the most effective at assisting students with their speaking skills. This study's participants were eighth-grade students at SMPN 2 Geger. The speaking test was assigned to both groups. The data was analyzed using the Independent t-test. The study's findings show a significant difference between students who used YouTube videos to teach and students who did not. Students who were taught using YouTube outperformed students who were not. It follows that using YouTube videos to teach speaking is recommendable to assisting students to enhance their speaking skill

IBM (IPTEKS BAGI MASYARAKAT) PENDIDIKAN BERBASIS MASYARAKAT MELALUI MUSHOLA PINTAR DI DESA MOJOPURNO KECAMATAN WUNGU KABUPATEN MADIUN

Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dari program mushola pintar ini sebagai berikut yaitu 1) membentuk sebuah media dan sarana pembentukan kepribadian bagi anak-anak usia sekolah sebagai bentuk pendidikan berbasis masyarakat dan 2) membentuk sebuah media dan sarana peningkatan prestasi belajar bagi anak-anak usia sekolah sebagai bentuk pendidikan berbasis masyarakat. Luaran yang diharapkan dari program ini adalah terbentuknya sebuah Mushola Pintar yang kegiatannya meliputi: 1) terbentuknya Taman Pendidikan Al Quran yang dilaksanakan secara rutin 4 kali seminggu di Mushola Nurul Rohmah mulai jam 15.00 – 16.00 WIB. Staf pengajar untuk TPA ini berasal dari warga masyarakat, 2) Kelompok Belajar yang memiliki Jadwal Belajar pukul 16.30 – 17.30 WIB. Materi Pembelajaran meliputi semua Pelajaran SD (Bahasa Indonesia, Matematika, dan Bahasa Inggris). Tutor untuk kegiatan ini adalah kolaborasi dosen pengusul dan warga masyarakat, dan 3) ruang baca yang memiliki koleksi buku mencakup semua materi sekolah dasar, pengetahuan umum, dan pengetahuan agama Islam dengan pengelola yakni Takmir Mushol

TEACHING READING BY USING GIST STRATEGY VIEWED FROM THE STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE ASPECT ON THE EXTENSIVE LEVEL OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS IKIP PGRI MADIUN

This research aimed at (1) describing the implementation of GIST strategy in the process of teaching reading viewed from the cognitif aspect having by the students; (2) finding the positif aspects of the implementation of GIST strategy; (3) knowing the weaknesses of the implementation of GIST strategy in the process of teaching reading viewed from the cognitive aspect. The method in this research was descriptive qualitative. In doing the research, there were some steps to be implemented to collect the data. They were observation, interview, and documentation. Then, analyzing data was done by reducing the data, presenting the data and drawing conclusion or verification.       The result of the research showed that (1) GIST has been implemented maximally by the lecture based on the characteristics of this teaching strategy. To dig up the students’ cognitive aspects, the lecture provide the specific worksheet which represents the students’ cognitive level for higher order thinking skill, (2) GIST creates the students’ character in a good manner, such as; active, responsible and confident.They also learn how to work in a team; (3) Some weaknesses found in this research are; It needs a long time to create the instrument  to support  the implementation of GIST and Evaluation must be done by combining both cognitif level and  the level of reading ability

TEACHING READING BY USING GIST STRATEGY VIEWED FROM THE STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE ASPECT ON THE EXTENSIVE LEVEL OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS IKIP PGRI MADIUN

This research aimed at (1) describing the implementation of GIST strategy in the process of teaching reading viewed from the cognitive aspect having by the students; (2) finding the positive aspects of the implementation of GIST strategy; (3) knowing the weaknesses of the implementation of GIST strategy in the process of teaching reading viewed from the cognitive aspect. The method in this research was descriptive qualitative. In doing the research, there were some steps to be implemented to collect the data. They were observation, interview, and documentation. Then, analyzing data was done by reducing the data, presenting the data and drawing conclusion or verification. The result of the research showed that (1) GIST has been implemented maximally by the lecture based on the characteristics of this teaching strategy. To dig up the students’ cognitive aspects, the lecture provide the specific worksheet which represents the students’ cognitive level for higher order thinking skill, (2) GIST creates the students’ character in a good manner, such as; active, responsible and confidence. They also learn how to work in a team; (3) Some weaknesses found in this research are; It needs a long time to create the instrument  to support  the implementation of GIST and Evaluation must be done by combining both cognitive level and  the level of reading ability

EFEKTIFITAS TEKNIK PAPER SEMINAR UNTUK MENGAJAR MENULIS DITINJAU DARI AKTUALISASI DIRI MAHASISWA

Orientation: Using technique in teaching is used to improve students' cerativity and ability in writing that help students in process of prewriting, writing, editing phase, revising, and evaluatin. Researcher tried to campare in using teaching technique based on students' self-actualization. Research purpose: This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) Paper Seminar technique is moreeffective than Peer Editing Technique to teach writing skill; (2) the students having high selfactualization have better writing skill than those having low self-actualization; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students' self-actualization in teaching writing to the third semester students of English Department, IKIP PGRI Madiun in the academic year of 2013/2014.Research design: The research method was an experimental study. The researcher used cluster random sampling to get the sample. There were two classes used as sample. One class consisted of 30 students who were experimental class taught by Paper Seminar technique and the other 30 students were as control class taught by Peer Editing technique. The instruments of collecting data are writing test and questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of variance 2x2. Then, it was analyzed by using Tukey test. Main Finding: The research findings show that: (1) Paper Seminartechnique is more effective than Peer Editing technique; (2) The students having high selfactualization have better writing skill than those having low self-actualization; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching techniques and students' self-actualization in teaching writing. Based on the research findings, in general it can be concluded that Paper Seminar technique is an effectivetechnique to teach writing. Therefore, the teacher is suggested to apply Paper Seminar technique for teaching writing

The effect of crossword puzzle on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text at SMPN 1 Barat Magetan

The objective of this experimental research is to know whether or not there is an effect of using Crossword Puzzle on the Eighth grade students’ Reading Comprehension of Descriptive texts at SMP Negeri 1 Barat. The researcher uses design True-experimental research in sub design The Randomized Posttest-Only Control Group Design.  This research uses random sampling. The data collection method is test.  The researcher uses primary data consisted of the students’ scores collected by a Reading Comprehension. The researcher uses Pair-Sample t-test to know the result whether it was statistically significant. In research procedure the researcher uses planning, application, and reporting. The results of the research are that: (1) the procedures of teaching reading by using Crossword Puzzle consists of preparation and teaching and learning process. In preparation activities, the researcher prepares the material of descriptive text and RPP or lesson plan. In teaching and learning process, the researcher does three activities in two meetings. The first meeting, teaching a reading by using a conventional technique and the second meeting, by using a Crossword Puzzle. (2) The effect of using a Crossword Puzzle on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension of the descriptive text at SMP Negeri 1 Barat is significant. It can be seen from the significant value (2-tailed) of  that is 0.000.  It is lower than 0.05. It means that the mean score of one class is different. The mean score of pretest is 55.7813 while the mean score of the post test is 96.7188. It means that a crossword puzzle is effective to teach a reading comprehension.