Journal of Applied Linguistics

The Use of Jigsaw Strategy on Students’ Speaking Ability in Expressing Gratitude and Appreciation

2023-07-31T08:57:15+00:00

The purpose of this research was to identify the effectiveness of jigsaw strategy on students' speaking ability in expressing gratitude and appreciation. This study employed a quantitative research design and involved two groups of students: the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was taught using the Jigsaw Strategy, while the control group received instruction without jigsaw strategy. The population of the research consisted of 60 students from the second grade of SMP Singosari Delitua, and a purposive sample technique was applied where 30 students was selected as control group and another 30 students were selected as experimental group. Speaking tests, including pre-tests and post-tests, were used to collect the data for both groups. In the control group, the mean deviation was 8.87, indicating a low level of improvement. This group was taught without the Jigsaw Strategy. On the other hand, the experimental group taught using the Jigsaw Strategy, had a mean deviation of 23.03, showing a higher level of improvement. As a result, it was concluded that the Jigsaw Strategy had a significant impact on students' speaking achievement in expressing gratitude and appreciation. Based on the information provided, this research can be considered an effective approach to the teaching and learning process.

Keywords: Speaking, Appreciation, Gratitude, Jigsaw Strategy

The Grammatical Interference of Indonesian Students in Learning English

2023-06-06T02:00:22+00:00

Interference is one of many factors that can damage a language system. It frequently happens in langauge learning process. The interference happened due to the tendency to adapt the feature of one language to another without considering the similarities and differences between the languages. Language interference can take part either in phonological, lexical, or grammatical aspects. The current paper aims to reveal the most frequent grammatical interference made by the students in learning English. To get broader insight, the library research is carried out. It relies on other articles under the same concers of students’ grammatical interference in learning English as the main objective. Six researches were taken to be referred as the primary sources which were published within the last 5 years. The results of each study were explored to get more comprehension for the inquiries of this paper. Based on the analysis, the results showed that the students’ grammatical interference in learning English were made in the form of morphological and syntactical structure. The most frequent syntactical interference deals with word order. While the morphological interference was dominated by the use of tense, be form, subject-verb agreement, singular and plural form.

Keywords : Grammatical Interference, Indonesian, English Learning

The Implementation of Multimodal Approach to Teaching English Online in The Covid – 19

2023-06-08T01:50:31+00:00

The advent of COVID-19 and the subsequent national lockdown has catapulted higher education institutions into emergency remote teaching. It is make the students must study from home. Multimodality is an emergent phenomenon that may influence how digital learning is designed. By the Multimodal the teacher and the students can study well, eventhough they are at home. Multimodal employed in highly interactive and immersive learning environments. In this research, the author investigates and analyzes the multimodal theory and proposes an effective way to teach English in higher education under the multimodal vision. This study aims to analyze the multimodal approach theory and proposes an effective way to teach English in higher education under the multimodal vision. The instrument used by the writer in this research is a questioner and interview. The interview was made after administering the questionnaires to verify the students’ responses. The questioner is sent by G-form. From the data and analysis that have been completed from the results of the questionnaire regarding the students’ interest in learning English. There are 47 respondents. The respondents or 93.7 % were attracted to learn English by Multimodal Approach. It means that the Multimodal Approach help to improve the quality of English language teaching in higher education institutions. The students can understand through a multimodal approach to teaching English Online in Higher Education during the covid-19.

Keywords: Multimodal Approach, Online Learning, Teaching and Learning

Person Deixis in Joko Widodo’s Speech : A Pragmatic Analysis

2023-06-21T09:28:12+00:00

One of the speeches that was quite interesting during the COVID-19 pandemic was President Joko Widodo's speech at the plenary meeting at the Istana Negara Republik Indonesia in 2020. In that speech, President Joko Widodo scolded the ministers for their ineffective performance. Therefore, this study investigates the use of deixis in President Joko Widodo's speech at the Istana Republic Indonesia. This study was conducted by applying a qualitative descriptive method. The data from this study are videos taken from the Kompas TV YouTube channel. In the process of data analysis, the researcher conducted transcription in order to strengthen the accuracy of the data analysis and its suitability with the video. The results of data analysis indicate that in the speech of President Joko Widodo, there were 101 utterances that contained deixis. In addition, there are 5 types of deixis found in this study, namely; person, place, time, discourse, and social deixis.

Keywords: Pragmatics, Deixis

Students’ Learning Style in Speaking Skill

2023-07-03T09:51:05+00:00

This study was a descriptive qualitative study. Students' Learning Styles in Speaking Skill was the subject of this study. The goal of this study was to find out how students' learning styles affected their speaking skills. In this study, the sample consisted of one English teacher and 23 second-year students from SMPN 3 Rambah Hilir. Questionnaires (15 statements) and interviews (3 questions) were utilized by the researcher to collect data. The data was examined using the Guttman scale to determine which learning styles students preferred. According to the findings of the study, there were 22% visual learners, 69 percent auditory learners, and 9% kinesthetic learners. The major learning type was determined to be auditory. The researcher learns from the interview's results that the students use two different learning styles: visual and auditory.

Keywords: Learning Style, Speaking skill