: Teaching English writing for the students of junior high school level needs high creativity, th... more : Teaching English writing for the students of junior high school level needs high creativity, the students have to be encouraged to study hard to gain writing competence. Additionally, the students themselves face many problems: the lack of vocabulary and poor knowledge of grammar. The objective of the study is to improve the students’ writing ability using RAFT strategy employing classroom action research (CAR) design involving two cycles, three meetings each. The observation to see the result of the implementation used questionnaire, observation checklist, writing test and field notes. The expected criteria of success were that all the students achieve the minimum passing grade 55 and 75% of them involve actively in the implementation of the RAFT strategy. Thirty students of grade 8 of MTs Salafiyah Syafiiyah Babakan Ciwaringin Cirebon West Java participated in the study. The finding shows the implementation of RAFT strategy was successful to improve the students’ writing ability...
Vocabulary is an essential part in learning language. The teacher of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber appl... more Vocabulary is an essential part in learning language. The teacher of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber applied the vocabulary strategy in teaching English to make students learn effectively. This study is intended to explore the types, the strengths, and the weaknesses of strategy applied by the teacher in teaching vocabulary at grade tenth of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber. The research method adopted by the researchers is descriptive qualitative. The data are taken from observation and interview with the teacher and 5 students as respondents. Both observation and interview are to explore how the teacher applies strategies in teaching vocabulary during the learning process. The result of the study revealed some strategies applied by the teacher to teach vocabulary includes: 1) comprehending vocabulary in details; 2) memorizing vocabulary in every meeting; 3) dictionary use; and 4) teaching vocabulary by using games. Meanwhile, for the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy, the researcher found ...
: Teaching English writing for the students of junior high school level needs high creativity, th... more : Teaching English writing for the students of junior high school level needs high creativity, the students have to be encouraged to study hard to gain writing competence. Additionally, the students themselves face many problems: the lack of vocabulary and poor knowledge of grammar. The objective of the study is to improve the students’ writing ability using RAFT strategy employing classroom action research (CAR) design involving two cycles, three meetings each. The observation to see the result of the implementation used questionnaire, observation checklist, writing test and field notes. The expected criteria of success were that all the students achieve the minimum passing grade 55 and 75% of them involve actively in the implementation of the RAFT strategy. Thirty students of grade 8 of MTs Salafiyah Syafiiyah Babakan Ciwaringin Cirebon West Java participated in the study. The finding shows the implementation of RAFT strategy was successful to improve the students’ writing ability...
Vocabulary is an essential part in learning language. The teacher of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber appl... more Vocabulary is an essential part in learning language. The teacher of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber applied the vocabulary strategy in teaching English to make students learn effectively. This study is intended to explore the types, the strengths, and the weaknesses of strategy applied by the teacher in teaching vocabulary at grade tenth of SMK Sultan Agung Sumber. The research method adopted by the researchers is descriptive qualitative. The data are taken from observation and interview with the teacher and 5 students as respondents. Both observation and interview are to explore how the teacher applies strategies in teaching vocabulary during the learning process. The result of the study revealed some strategies applied by the teacher to teach vocabulary includes: 1) comprehending vocabulary in details; 2) memorizing vocabulary in every meeting; 3) dictionary use; and 4) teaching vocabulary by using games. Meanwhile, for the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy, the researcher found ...
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