Video and Mind Mapping for Teaching Hortatory Exposition

Video and Mind Mapping for Teaching Hortatory Exposition

in Developing the Eleventh Grade Students’ Writing Skill

at SMAN 6 Palangka Raya

Retno Deniaty Sari

Graduate Program in English Education

Palangkaraya University

Abstract

            The objective of this study was: to know how the combination of video and mind mapping technique could develop the students’ ability in writing the hortatory exposition text at the eleventh grade of SMAN 6 Palangkaraya in academic year 2012/2013. The subject involved in this study was the eleventh grade of science program of SMAN 6 Palangkaraya. The writer used XI IPA 1 as the subject because in prior observation showed the students in the class had problems in writing.

            The research method that used in this study was classroom action research. While, the data needed in this study were primary data that obtained from the score of students writing abou the hortatory exposition text. Those were taken by using test. Then, the secondary data was gotten from the teacher and students’ activities as the result of observation and also the students’ answer as the result of the questionnaire.

            Furthermore, the implementation of video and mind mapping in teaching hortatory exposition text for developing the eleventh grade of science program students’ writing skill at SMAN 6 Palangkaraya in academic year 2012/2013 got succeed. There where significant result of the students writing ability before and after the implementation of the method. It could be seen that in the 1^st(first) cycle, the result of the pre-test was 44,44% then after implemented the method in 2 (two) cycles, the result of post-test in 2^nd (second) cycle was 81,48%.

                Beside, the implementation of video and mind mapping in teaching hortatory exposition text also could help the students in developing their writing skill. The increase of the students’ writing skill was taken from the average scores of post-test in 2^nd (second) cycle minus the score of pre-test in 1^st (first) cycle. The increase are in grammar 0,48 point,  coherent increased 0,56 point,  readability increased 0,44 points, diction increased 0,94 point, and communicative purpose of                   the text increased 0,69 points.

Keywords: video, mind mapping, SMAN 6 Palangkaraya

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Effects of Pre-questioning and Main Idea Positions on the Reading Comprehension

Effects of Pre-questioning and Main Idea Positions on the Reading Comprehension of Definition Paragraph Performed by the Twelfth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 2 Kahayan Tengah in Academic Year 2012/2013

Helfried

Graduate Program in English Education

Palangka Raya University

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of pre-questioning on reading comprehension of definition paragraph, the effect of main idea positions on reading comprehension of definition paragraph, and the effect of pre-questioning and of main idea positions on reading comprehension of definition paragraph performed by the twelfth grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Kahayan Tengah in academic year 2012/2013. The pre-questionings that used were oral and written pre-questioning. Main idea positions that used were main idea at the beginning and at the end of the paragraph. The population of this study was all classes of the twelfth grade at SMA Negeri 2 Kahayan Tengah. The sample was the whole population.

The writer used quasi-experimental method in this study. The experiment was using randomized post-test only design. The main data was the students’ score that gained from reading test. The data were processed and analyzed according to these steps: taking the data, coding, scoring, tabulating, analyzing by using SPSS version 17, and taking conclusion based on the statistical result. In taking conclusion, the writer also added some information that gained from the supporting data. The supporting data was the questionnaire.

The result of this study showed that the two null hypotheses were rejected and one null hypothesis was accepted. For brief, there were significant effects of pre-questioning on students’ reading comprehension of definition paragraph. There were no significant effects of main idea positions on students’ reading comprehension of definition paragraph. There was interaction effect between pre-questioning and main idea positions on students’ reading comprehension of definition paragraph in this study.

Keywords:     Reading Comprehension, Pre-questioning, Main Idea, Definition Paragraph, Students

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Effects of Information Type and Topic Preference on Reading Comprehension

Effects of Information Type and Topic Preference on Reading Comprehension of Explanation Text Gained by the Eleventh Grade IPS Students of SMA Negeri 1 Bulik in Academic Year 2012/2013

Yuseftu Leluno

Graduate Program in English Education

Palangka Raya University

Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the effects of information type on reading comprehension of explanation text gained by the eleventh grade IPS students of SMA Negeri 1 Bulik in academic year 2012/2013. Besides, this study was also conducted to find out the effects of topic preference on reading comprehension and to find out the interaction effects of information type and topic preference on reading comprehension of explanation text gained by the eleventh grade IPS students of SMA Negeri 1 Bulik.

The population of this study was the eleventh grade of IPS students of SMA Negeri 1 Bulik in academic year 2012/2013. Reading test was used as the instrument in order to collect the data needed. There were two kinds of the text in this study: Explanation Text with Thesis Statement and Explanation Text with Main Idea. 

The research method that used in this study was experimental method. The data were processed and analyzed according to the following steps: giving the treatment, checking and scoring, tabulating, analyzing the data by using Mann Whitney Rank Sum Test and Kruskal Wallis Rank Sum Test processed by SPSS version 15, and taking conclusion based on statistical result.

The result of this study showed that there was no significant effect of thesis statement on reading comprehension. There was significant effect of topic preference on reading comprehension. The interaction effect of information type and topic preference on reading comprehension of  explanation text gained by the eleventh grade IPS students of SMA Negeri 1 Bulik in academic year 2012/2013 could not be proved whether there was significant or not. Since, the data were tested by using nonparametric Mann Whitney Rank Sum Test and Kruskall Wallis Rank Sum Test.

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Developing Instructional Materials

Developing Instructional Materials

Using English for Specific Purpose (ESP) Approach

for the First Year Students of STMIK Palangka Raya

Natalina Asi & Norhayati

Graduate Program in English Education

Palangka Raya University

Abstract

The lecturers of STMIK Palangka Raya were given the autonomy in developing the curriculum and syllabus of English subject so they must use English instructional material that related with the developed curriculum and syllabus. So that, the writer was interested in developing English instructional material and considering English for specific purpose as the approach in developing the material. The topics of the developed English instructional materials were about computer and technology. The subject of this R &D study was the first year students of STMIK Palangka Raya. The research accomplished through the procedures of need analysis, first draft material development, expert validation, materials revision, material try out and final draft of material revision. The instrument used in this study consisted of observation, questionnaire and guided interview for the students, lecturers and also the expert validation. The data obtained were analyzed and described qualitatively. The result of the need analysis showed that the students were in the need of English Instructional Materials which were relevant to their major content course and their level of English proficiency. Related to this condition, the materials taken from some English for computer user books and some related websites. The data of try out showed that the effectiveness of the developed material in teaching learning process during try out, the observation and interview reflected that the students were very interested about the latest English Instructional Materials and they got involve actively in teaching learning process.

Key words:      developing instructional material, English for specific purpose, English for computer user

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