English Language Teaching Prima Journal (ELT)

ANALISIS PENERAPAN TOTAL QUALITY MANAJEMENT di SMA NURCAHAYA MEDAN

Roy Dedi Ansarika Ginting, Alfan Hertama Milala — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tujuan dari penelitian yang dilakukan adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa efektif implementasi dari Total Quality Management yang dierapkan di SMA Nurcahaya Medan. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara kualitatif dan berbasis pemahaman tentang metodologi penelitian dan fenomena sosial dan gejala sosial. Studi kasus adalah jenis penelitian yang tepat untuk digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan, ditemukan bahwa SMA Nurcahaya sudah secara maksimal melakukan TQM pada sekolah dengan melakukan inovasi dan pengembangan dalam proses belajar mengajar untuk menghasilkan lulusan yang berkualitas tinggi. Selain itu, SMA Nurcahaya Medan terus berupaya memberikan dan meningkatkan layanan. Implementasi TQM diwujudkan pada beberapa aspek yakni akses sekolah, layanan terhadap stakeholders, Kepemimpinan Kepala Sekolah, fasilitas gedung dan kelas, proses pembelajaran, Fasilitas Siswa, pegawai dan kemitraan.

GENDER DIFFERENCES ON COMMUNICATION IN TRADITIONAL MARKET OF MEDAN

Afrida Fitriyani Sipahutar — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This paper deals with gender differences on communication. The aim of this paper is to analyse how female buyer and male seller communicate and different characteristics of female buyer and male seller in the market especially in process of buying and selling. The data of this study is the language differences between male seller and female buyer in traditional market of Medan, while the source of data of this study is the utterences of male seller and female buyer. In this study, the writer uses qualitative method because the data will be delivered by giving explanation in the form of words and sentences. The instrument of data collection are recorder and interview. The result of analysis shows that there are many differences of communication between female buyer and seller in the market. Female buyer mostly used polite form in conversation with male seller. Male seller tend to use the language directly and indirectly. He used direct and indirect communication based on the context of communication.

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' ERRORS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMKS PULAU BERAYAN DARAT MEDAN

Jenni Septiani Sinaga, Monika Sari Simanulang, Natalia Widya Pasca Tarigan — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This research was conducted to describe students' errors in writing descriptive text. The purpose of this study is to analyze the errors made by students when writing descriptive text. This research method used descriptive qualitative method. This research was conducted at SMKS Pulau Berayan Darat Medan. There were 23 students in class XII, this study used a writing test instrument. Based on the research results, it was found that students made types of errors including omision as much as 27.5%, misinformation as much as 16.5%, addition as much as 9% and the most dominant error made was misordering as much as 47%. The occurrence of errors made by students can be caused by various factors, including lack of attention, inaccuracy, lack of grammar knowledge, or time pressure.

APPLYING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Azizah Husda, Bambang Nur Alamsyah Lubis, Fachri Yunanda, Nurmahyuni Asrul — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This study explores the application of the clustering technique to enhance creative writing on the descriptive text for junior high school students at SMP Marisi Medan. The research question focuses on assessing the effectiveness of the clustering technique in writing descriptive text. The objective is to determine whether the use of the clustering technique significantly affect to enhance students' writing skills. The research adopts a pre-experimental design, within the population of 298 eighth-grade students. The sample consists of 20 students, selected through purposive sampling. The research employs a writing test comprising both pre-test and post-test assessments. Following the application of the clustering technique in teaching descriptive writing, the post-test mean score (79.0) surpasses the pre-test mean score (64.0). The hypothesis testing results, with a Sig. (2-tailed) score of 0.000 less than 0.05, lead to the rejection of H0 and acceptance of H1. In essence, the findings indicate a significant positive impact of utilizing the clustering technique on the effectiveness of students' descriptive writing skills.

Code Mixing in The Computer Classroom Interaction

Ika Swantika, Refin Harissandi, Rossya Diva Anwar — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The aims of this study are to find out the type of code-mixing used by the teacher and students and the factors causing the teacher and students mix the language in computer classroom interaction. Code mixing is the combining of two or more languages or more language varieties in speech. The teacher and students used Code mixing to avoid misunderstanding when they had conversation in the class. Descriptive qualitative design was conducted in this study. The subjects of this study are the teacher and students from the Teknologi Informatika STMIK Pelita Nusantara Medan. The data were collected by doing observation and recording the teacher and students’ utterances in classroom interaction. From the research, it was found the type of code-mixing used by the teacher and students were inner code mixing and outer code mixing. The factors causing teacher did the code-mixing were factors of limited use of codes, factors of function and purpose, and factors of habits. According to the percentages of the questionnaire result the data shows that out of 20 students 50% of them chose factors limited use of codes as their reason did the code mixing, 2% chose factors of function and purpose, and 48% chose factors of habits.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY BY USING DICTATION METHOD OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT GRADE 7 SMP MAYJEND SUTOYO SM MEDAN

Friska Hotrauli Silaban, Saidatul Hanim — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This research was conducted with the aim of elucidating the “improving students’ writing ability by using dictation method of descriptive text. The purpose of this study is to analyze students’ writing ability by using dictation method of descriptive text. This research was conducted at SMP Mayjend Sutoyo SM Medan. There were 25 students in class VII. This study is used a writing test instrument. There were 10 questions that the researchers gave tp grade 7 students from and after the dictation activity of descriptive text.This can be seen from the average student score answer was 51.6% Yes and 48.4% No. This indicates a change in attitude after learning with the dictation method. Interestingly, students expressed a preference for the dictation method because it was considered to facilitate writing descriptive texts, improve focus, and instill joy in the writing process. Overall, the pretest, observation, interview, and posttest results provided a comprehensive overview of the initial challenges, developments during learning, and changes in students' attitudes toward the dictation method. Despite facing initial uncertainty and difficulties, the dictation method proved to be an effective approach in enhancing students' understanding and interest in writing descriptive texts.

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS'VOCABULARY MASTERY BY USING ENGLISH SONG AT MARKUS MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDAN

Lenna Sinaga, Sri Ninta Tarigan — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This research was aimed to find out the improving students’ vocabulary mastery by using english song . The subject of this research was third grade of Markus Middle School Medan. It was consisted of one class and 26 students as respondents. The object of this research was to improve students vocabulary mastery by using english song. Employing Classroom Action Research (CAR) with two cycles using quantitative methods to gather data through pre-tests and post-tests.

The findings revealed that instructional media played a crucial role in enhancing students' listening skills, particularly addressing the limitations in their English vocabulary. This was substantiated by the mean score in the second cycle (60.76%), indicating a 20% improvement from the first cycle's mean score (40.76%). The conclusion drawn was that there was a significant improvement in the ability of class IX-C students at Markus Middle School to listen to a song, as evidenced by higher scores in both content and organization in the second cycle compared to the first. This success reflects a substantial achievement in enhancing students' listening skills.

TRANSITIVITY IN BBC NEWS INDONESIA "MAY 1998 RIOTS" NEWS DISCOURSE

Devi Devi Alvionita Alindra — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This article discusses transitivity in three news discourse texts from the BBC News Indonesia online news website titled "May 1998 Riots." Transitivity is analyzed using a qualitative approach focusing on the types of processes and circumstances present in the texts. Material processes, indicating physical activities, dominate in all texts, and location circumstances are the most frequently occurring. Despite variations in the types of processes and circumstances, their distribution is uneven across the three news discourse texts, indicating diversity in the use of linguistic elements in the news context. In these news texts, material processes have the highest percentage of occurrence, approximately 41.74%, emphasizing the emphasis on physical activities in presenting information. Location circumstances have the highest percentage of occurrence, around 42.07%, highlighting a strong focus on the event's location. Transitivity analysis provides a deeper understanding of information structure in news texts, with material processes and location circumstances being the main focus. This research offers additional insights into the use of transitivities in news discourse texts, emphasizing the dominant role of material processes and location circumstances in conveying information to readers. The diversity in the use of linguistic elements illustrates the complexity and dynamics of news text composition.