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<![CDATA[THE USE OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING TO IMPROVE STUDENTSâ SPEAKING SKILL ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Anggraini, Risa]]>
<![CDATA[ JURNAL DIDASCEIN BAHASA Vol 2, No 2 (2017): Mei ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[UNIVERSITAS TRIDINANTI PALEMBANG ]]>
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<![CDATA[ABSTRACT: The use of digital storytelling is a media to increase the studentsâ speaking that involved maximally throughout the students ability to create their own digital storytelling, so they can explore their imagination and active in involving speaking activities. Thus, it is interested in finding out whether there was significant improvement of studentsâ speaking skill by using digital storytelling and whether there was a significant difference in speaking achievement between the tenth grade students who were taught by using digital storytelling and those who were not. This method used was quasi experimental design. The population of the study is the tenth grade students of SMAN 18 Palembang. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample consisting of 72 students on this study. The data were collected by speaking test in the form of monologue. The collected data was analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The results of paired sample t-test showed that the studentsâ speaking skill were improved and The result of independent sample t-test showed that the value of t-obtainis higher (2.142) than the value of t-table (1.994).  The table also showed that the p-output of studentsâ speaking skill in both groups was lower than the level of significant 0.05. The significant (2-tailed) 0.036 < 0.05 and t-obtain 2.142 > t-table 1.994. It can be concluded that there was a significant difference between the students who were taught by using digital storytelling and those who were not.  Key words: Digital storytelling, speaking skill.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTSâ SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Wahyuni, Sri]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2018): English Community Journal ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang ]]>
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<![CDATA[Writing process involves thinking and creative skills. To stimulate the studentsâ thoughts to express their ideas, clustering technique is effective brainstorming activity to help the students explore their ideas and write consistently. Thus, the objective of this study is to find out whether or not there is any significant difference between the students who were taught in writing descriptive paragraph through Clustering Technique and those who were not. The population of this study was all of the eighth grade students of SMP Srijaya Negara Palembang in academic year 2016/2017. There were three classes that consist of 113 students. The samples of this study were VIII C as a control group and VIII B as an experimental group. This study was conducted by using quasi experimental method with nonequivalent control group design. Then, the data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The result of independent sample t-test shows that the value of sig. (2-tailed) was 0.00 < 0.05 in the level of significant 0.05. While, the value of t-obtained was 5.213 higher than the critical value of t-table was 1.665 with degree of freedom 76. It can be concluded that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. It means that there was any significant difference between the students who were taught in writing descriptive paragraph through Clustering Technique and those who were not.]]>
<![CDATA[ENHANCING STUDENTS READING ABILITY THROUGH INQUIRY BASED LEARNING TO EFL STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2017): English Community Journal ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Education Study Program Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang ]]>
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<![CDATA[IBT techniques is series of activities that involved maximally throughout the students ability to search and investigate in a systematic, critical, logical, analytical, so that they can formulate their own discoveries with confidence the search of knowledge and understanding to satisfy curiosity. IBT technique is also supposed to the teachers be creative to set situations. This method used was quasi experimental design. The purposive sampling technique was used on this study. The data were collected by reading test. The collected data was analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The results showed that the students reading ability was improved and there was a significant difference between the students who were taught by using IBT and those who were not. With IBT technique encouraged students to take the initiative to have question the phenomenon, to conduct field observations, to analyze the data, and to draw conclusions. Thus, it is to integrate students and synergize various skills of language and different methods.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Wahyuni, Sri]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 2, No 1 (2018): English Community Journal ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v2i1.1006
<![CDATA[Writing process involves thinking and creative skills. To stimulate the students’ thoughts to express their ideas, clustering technique is effective brainstorming activity to help the students explore their ideas and write consistently. Thus, the objective of this study is to find out whether or not there is any significant difference between the students who were taught in writing descriptive paragraph through Clustering Technique and those who were not. The population of this study was all of the eighth grade students of SMP Srijaya Negara Palembang in academic year 2016/2017. There were three classes that consist of 113 students. The samples of this study were VIII C as a control group and VIII B as an experimental group. This study was conducted by using quasi experimental method with nonequivalent control group design. Then, the data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The result of independent sample t-test shows that the value of sig. (2-tailed) was 0.00 < 0.05 in the level of significant 0.05. While, the value of t-obtained was 5.213 higher than the critical value of t-table was 1.665 with degree of freedom 76. It can be concluded that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. It means that there was any significant difference between the students who were taught in writing descriptive paragraph through Clustering Technique and those who were not.]]>
<![CDATA[ENHANCING STUDENTS READING ABILITY THROUGH INQUIRY BASED LEARNING TO EFL STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 1, No 1 (2017): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v1i1.653
<![CDATA[IBT techniques is series of activities that involved maximally throughout the student's ability to search and investigate in a systematic, critical, logical, analytical, so that they can formulate their own discoveries with confidence the search of knowledge and understanding to satisfy curiosity. IBT technique is also supposed to the teachers be creative to set situations. This method used was quasi experimental design. The purposive sampling technique was used on this study. The data were collected by reading test. The collected data was analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The results showed that the students reading ability was improved and there was a significant difference between the students who were taught by using IBT and those who were not. With IBT technique encouraged students to take the initiative to have question the phenomenon, to conduct field observations, to analyze the data, and to draw conclusions. Thus, it is to integrate students and synergize various skills of language and different methods.]]>
<![CDATA[THE USE OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL IN NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA ETHIKA PALEMBANG ]]>
<![CDATA[Haryanti, Haryanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 3, No 1 (2019): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v3i1.1693
<![CDATA[Objective of this research was to find out significant difference of reading achievement between students The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there was a significant improvement in students' skill in writing narrative texts after they were taught by using Genre-Based Approach. The method of this study was experimental design. The experimental group received a genre-based approach while the control group received the conventional method. The population was the eleventh-grade students of SMA Ethika Palembang. The sample was 60 students which was selected by cluster random technique . The data collection was a writing test. The data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. It indicated that there was a significant difference in writing skill between the students who were taught using GBA and those who were not. Based on the result of data, it was interpreted that all aspects of writing are increased after taught by using GBA Approach. The best-achieved writing aspect was style and quality expression. It assumed the use of words: phrases, sentences, and paragraphs in expressing the ideas were clear and effective in writing style. Further, the study provided evidence for the effectiveness of using the genre-based approach in improving the students' writing skill in narrative text. ]]>
<![CDATA[PRESENT SITUATION ANALYSIS FOR ESP COURSE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS OF TRIDINANTI UNIVERSITY ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Setiawan, Heru]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 4, No 1 (2020): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v4i1.2651
<![CDATA[This paper presents and examines the students’ present situation analysis of mechanical engineering. In order to investigate present situation analysis, the data is collected through questionnaires of present situation analysis are distributed to the students of mechanical engineering study program with the total 111 students. A qualitiative with descriptive research method is adopted for this evaluation study. The results generated by PSA questionnaire is shown that the students learning input including listening input, speaking input, reading input, and writing input. Based on the findings, most of the students’ proficiency levels at beginner category. Regarding listening input, the students’ preferences input for listening used authentic materials and the topic preferences of students were about daily routines. Speaking input, most of the students’ input for speaking preferred monologue and dialogue with new vocabularies list and phonetic transcription with the desired topic for speaking input that was mechanical engineering field. Reading input, students’ preferences for reading input were authentic materials closely related to daily life with the topics desired for reading input was daily routines. Writing input, the students preferred to the explaination of the structures of the text related to the topics with the length of words was 100 – 150 words.]]>
<![CDATA[THE CORRELATION BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE EFL STUDENTS’ READING HABIT AND LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCES ]]>
<![CDATA[Susanta, Mulyana]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>;
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Dianti, Rahma]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 1 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i1.3326
<![CDATA[The aim of this study was to find out whether there was significantly correlation and contribution or not between reading habit and linguistic intelligence.Seventy two students as sample by using intact sampling technique. The method of this study was correlational research. In analyzing the data, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used.It was found that the correlation coefficient or the r-value (0.361) was higher than r-table (0.228). Then, the level of probability (p) significance (sig.2-tailed) was 0.000. It means that p-value (0.002) was lower than 0.05.Inanalyzing the data of regression analysis, it was found that the students’ reading habit contributed students’ linguistic intelligence significantly with tvalue (3.234) was higher than ttable (1.667) with sig.value (0.002) was lower than probability (0.05). It means that students’ reading habit support significant effect in the level of 13% toward linguistic intelligence.Itcanconcluded that there was a significant correlation and contribution between reading habit and linguistic intelligences.]]>
<![CDATA[UTILIZING PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL AND READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EFL STUDENTS ]]>
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>;
<![CDATA[Hendrety, Yuyun]]>;
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 5, No 2 (2021): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v5i2.3478
<![CDATA[This study is aimed at finding out whether or not there was any significant difference on reading comprehension achievement between the students who were taught by using Project Based Learning and those who were not and to find out whether or not there was any significant difference on writing skill between the students who were taught by using Project Based Learning and those who were not. This study used quasi experimental study with the nonequivalent research design. The sample was the third semester students of English Study Program at Tridinanti University selected by using purposive sampling technique. Reading comprehension test and essay writing test were used as the instruments. In order to analyze the data, the researchers used paired and independent sample t-test. Having analyzed the data, the findings revealed that both experimental group and control group perform better on the posttest in writing essays. The two groups made progress, the student were mostly in developing category in pretest but they were then in proficient and basic category in posttest. Even though both groups made progress, it can also be stated that students in experimental group performed more progress on posttest in making more structured essay writing than the control group did. Regarding the findings of reading comprehension achievement, it indicates that the students had no significant difference between the students who were taught by using project-based learning and those were not. Although the experimental group had significant improvement in reading comprehension achievement by using Project based learning.]]>
<![CDATA[AMERICAN AND INDONESIAN IMPERATIVE SENTENCES: POLITENESS IN NEWS MEDIA ]]>
<![CDATA[Tridinanti, Gaya]]>;
<![CDATA[Sari, Farnia]]>
<![CDATA[ English Community Journal Vol 6, No 1 (2022): English Community Journal ]]>
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DOI: 10.32502/ecj.v6i1.4251
<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the differences and similarities in the imperative politeness of American and Indonesian in the news media. Descriptive qualitative research was used. Data were collected from the news column in The Jakarta Post and Kompas. The research used qualitative approach. The results showed that American and Indonesian imperative sentences have differences that are the position of American politeness marker can be at the beginning or at the end of the sentence, while in Indonesian politeness marker can only be placed at the beginning of the sentence. Moreover, American and Indonesian imperative sentences of politeness in news media have similarities that are the use of the basic form of the verb at the beginning of a sentence; a statement about the desire for one's public self-image in the form of involvement and endorsement to get respect from others; and polite statement based on the face compensation amount.]]>
