This study was conducted to develop English reading material for midwifery student in Madura Islamic University. The aim was to help students to enrich their experience, build their knowledge, and construct their reading comprehension especially in midwifery context. The procedures of doing the development of this research ( R and D ) were include of need analysis, material development, expert validation, revision, field testing and final product. To collect the relevant information, the instrument used in this study was need analysis that consist of questionnaires, and interview guide. The information that was gotten from need analysis becomes a basis for developing the reading material. Moreover, Contextual Teaching and Learning strategy was used by the researchers in developing reading material, then the expert validators was carry out to evaluate the material. After revising based on the experts’ suggestion, the next step was field testing, it was done to know the applicability of material development. Finally, the final product of this study consists of ten chapters about reading material which is suitable for the midwifery context.
Teaching speaking is an important part of language learning so that the English teacher should use some strategies to improve the students" speaking skill. At the tenth grade of MA AL-ABROR Blumbungan Pamekasan, the English teacher used questioning strategy to encourage the students to be better in speaking.That is why the researchers want to describe the phenomena further in the research entitled the implementation of questioning strategy in teaching speaking for the tenth grade in MA AL-ABROR Blumbungan Pamekasan. The aim of this research was to find out how was the implementation of questioning strategy for the tenth grade in MA AL-ABROR Blumbungan Pamekasan, what types of the question were used by the teacher in the implementation of questioning strategy for the tenth grade in MA AL-ABROR Blumbungan Pamekasan,and how did the responses of thestudents in the implementation of questioning strategy for the tenth grade in MA AL-ABROR Blumbungan Pamekasan. The instruments used by the researchers answer observation, interview and documentation in collecting the data.The results were 1. the teacher used questioning strategy by using some steps in teaching speaking, the first step is deciding the topic related with the students" environment, then He give some vocabullaries related to the topic. Then teacher choose some students who have low ability and medium or high ability in speaking to treat them in giving them both the convergent questions and divergent questions. The last The teacher use increasing wait-time when the students need time to think about the questions, 2.The teacher used convergent and divergent questions, it was done to make the students have better understanding in speaking and the students can be easy in answering the question given by the teacher. 3. The student"s responses in implementing of questioning strategy are various , they were comfort, nervous, afraid but They could enjoy it because the topic relate with their environment.
Grammar learning in the class is not delivered attractively so that it can cause students to have low enthusiasm for learning. Besides, monotonous learning makes students easily get bored. After understanding the importance of grammar in learning English, it is needed to have learning media that can solve students' problems in class. Researchers offer instructional media in the form of authentic material that is a movie segment to be applied in learning grammar. The purpose of this research is to find out how the movie segment can improve the grammar mastery of fourth-semester students. The use of authentic material in the classroom can create a pleasant atmosphere because it can reduce anxiety levels and provide examples of English applications in the real world. Movie Segment is one type of authentic material in the form of video clips that are used to teach grammar. It is also equipped with worksheets, exercises, and answer keys so that it can facilitate the teacher to use the appropriate material and create a pleasant atmosphere in the classroom. The research design used is Classroom Action Research. Meanwhile, The criterion for success in this study is 75% of students achieve 75 in learning Grammar (Simple Past tense). The results of this study indicate that the mean value on the pre-test was 65.2 and the average value of the post-test in cycle 1 increased to 72.8. Then, the post-test mean score in cycle 2 increased to 78.8. The percentage of students who reached above or equal to KKM is 75 increased from 32% to 60% in cycle 1 and 80% in cycle 2. Therefore, this study proves that the use of movie segments can improve grammar understanding and can be used as one of alternative techniques in teaching grammar (past tense).
This study is a classroom action research (CAR). This study proposed example non example technique to teach English for second grade students at state junior high school 1 Larangan Pamekasan to solve the students’ problems on speaking skill. The result of the preliminary study indicated that the problem of the students toward their speaking skill is the average speaking score is lower than the minimum standard of learning (KKM). Based on the pre-test, the students who got score more or equals to 75 are 7 students and 33 students got less 75. Then the researchers collaborated with the teachers try to solve the problem using example non-example technique using classroom action approach. The results showed that the instruction through example non-example technique in the Cycle I and Cycle II, there was improvement of students’ speaking ability at second grade of state junior high school 1 Larangan Pamekasan. The students were more imaginative and feel free to show their understanding about the pictures. It made they motivate to learn and they could improve their speaking ability.
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