The Art of Teaching English as a Foreign Language

The Effect of Fly Swatter Game Toward Students’ Vocabulary Mastery

Kadek Krisna A. Suhendra — 2023-11-28

Vocabulary mastery is a crucial foundation for elementary students studying any language, including English. The typical problems that cause students to lack vocabulary are that they easily become bored when the teacher explains things, that they believe acquiring language only entails understanding its meaning, and that they exclusively acquire vocabulary from their textbooks. On the other hand, many studies show that using games can improve vocabulary mastery, but most studies on this teaching method are not conducted with elementary students, especially considering that previously, English was not a compulsory subject in the elementary school curriculum as far as the Indonesian EFL context is concerned. To fill this gap, this study examines whether the use of this method has an impact on the vocabulary mastery of elementary students. The study was an-experiment study involving 26 students from a state elementary school in Tabanan Regency, Bali. Using descriptive and inferential (paired t-test) statistics, this study concluded that the use of the fly swatter game had a significant effect on the students' vocabulary mastery which was indicated by a significant increase in student scores after being given the teaching treatment using the fly swatter game. Regarding this result, it is suggested that elementary school teachers consider using the fly swatter game when teaching vocabulary to their students.

Movie in Classroom: Effect of Implementation in EFL Setting

I Luh Tika Sulesa Witri — 2023-11-28

This study aims to examine the effect of using Movie learning media on students’ speaking skills. The research design used in this study was Post-Test Only Control Group Design. The population in this study was the tenth-grade students of SMK TI BALI GLOBAL SINGARAJA with the sample of 25 students collected by using Cluster Random Sampling. Fifteen students of X PPLG class were assigned as the experimental group taught by using Movie learning media, and ten students of X TJKT class as the control group taught without using Movie learning media. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics analysis and inferential statistics analysis. The result showed that, in control group, the students’ mean score is 79.96, the standard deviation is 3.409, the maximum score is 86 the minimum score is 76. In experiment group, the students’ mean score is 85.12, the standard deviation is 3.479, the maximum score is 90, the minimum score is 79. The outcomes demonstrated that Movie learning media is statistically very significant and quite effective in student speaking skills. This study found that the use of Movie learning media is effective in teaching speaking. Therefore, teachers are advised to use this media when speaking so that students can easily learn and also have more opportunities to practice and develop their speaking skills.

The Implementation of Quizziz as Assessment for Learning in English as A Foreign Language: The Teacher’s Perspective

I Agus Rudi Sanjaya — 2023-11-28

This research aims to (1) describe the implementation of Quizizz as an English Language Learning Assessment for Teachers at SMP 1 Nusa Penida. (2) identify the Teacher problem in implementing Quizizz as Assessment for Learning English at SMP 1 Nusa Penida. (3) investigate what EFL Teacher at SMP 1 Nusa Penida overcome the problems that they faced in implementing Quizizz as Assessment for Learning English at SMP 1 Nusa Penida. The method of this study was a descriptive qualitative. The subject of this study is one English teacher at SMPN 1 Nusa Penida. This study concluded that the implementation of Quizizz as Assessment for Learning in English learning process in seventh grade especially about the characteristic of Assessment for Learning runs according to the theory used as a reference. The indicators used to test the problems faced are theory about the characteristic of Assessment for Learning by Tetahuhu o te Matauranga. This study also concluded that there were several strategies found used to solve several problems faced by teachers when implementing Quizizz as Assessment for Learning in English learning process.

Parent’s Involvement in Children’s English Literacy Skills

Made Diana Ayu Hemas — 2023-11-28

The current study aimed at investigating parental involvement in developing children’ English literacy skill. This study was a descriptive qualitative conducted in Aura Sukma Insani school Bali. To conduct the study, questionnaire, interview and observation were employed. The results showed that the parental involvement programs in Aura Sukma Insani Bilingual Kindergarten were parents conference, parents’ interview, final report, and eco-enzyme. The specific programs which involved parents applied four out of six parental involvement frameworks proposed by Epstein et al., (2002). Parenting was applied through giving parents’ guidance book about the learning process. Then, decision making was applied through asking parents’ decision about learning which will be applied. During the implementation of parental involvement programs, A number of problematic challenges exist in the parents' involvement implementation at Aura Sukma Insani Kindergarten. According to the interpretation level of the teacher's perspective, decision-making and collaborating with the community had the most problematic Challenges. Overall, the teachers faced at least one to two challenges in every type of involvement. The problems mostly came from fewer responses obtained due to the less effective activities. This imperfection could be fixed if these two pasties, the parents and the school, recognized their interchangeable roles were important.

The Effectiveness of Picture Series in Teaching Speaking

Komang Bela Pradnya Sari — 2023-11-28

Speaking is one of the activities of conveying ideas into a few words that are spoken. Many students get bored easily in dealing with English, especially in speaking. Picture series are expected to help students in speaking. The research design was quantitative experimental. This study used class tenth students at SMK TI Bali Global as the population. The researcher used two classes as samples, namely X Akuntansi and X Multimedia, each class consisting of 14 students. There were four meetings for the control class and the experimental class. This study analyzed data with SPSS. In the paired sample t-test was 0.000 with a significance of 0.05 must be less than 0.05. In the words, there was a significant difference in speaking skills between students who are taught before treatment and after treatment. This means that “Ho” was rejected and “Ha” was accepted. The answer to the research problem was picture series is effective in teaching speaking for the tenth grade of SMK TI Bali Global. This study encourages teachers to apply effective strategy such as using picture series in teaching speaking.

Improving Students Grammar Competence through Discovery Learning for Islamic Education Program

Ahmad Darussalam — 2023-11-28

This research aims to improve students’ grammar competence by using Discovery Learning for student of Islamic education program at STIT Ibnu Rusyd Tanah Grogot. Discovery learning is one of learning model of student-centered learning approach. The research method is classroom action research (CAR). This research applied two cycles. From the pre-test, the mean score got 60,45. The first cycle, the mean score got 70,5 and second cycle got 80,1. It showed the significant improvement from pre-test and post-test. This method is an endeavor that goes beyond merely addressing issues, simultaneously seeking scientific evidence to underpin problem-solving. This outcome demonstrated the positive impact of discovery learning on enhancing the grammar proficiency of students in the Islamic education program. Discovery learning enhances students' foundational knowledge of grammar, fosters their motivation to learn grammar, sparks their grammar curiosity, nurtures their grammar creativity, facilitates the acquisition of both factual information and an in-depth understanding of grammar analysis, and boosts students' self-confidence to use grammar perfectly. The authors recommend to search more and more about discovery learning for the learning and teaching English grammar. Further studies are still needed to complete the conclusions in this research. The development of teaching materials in adapting this teaching model is very necessary to add to the repertoire in developing grammar teaching materials.