Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature (JELTL)

Students' Perceptions on Collaborative Learning in Teaching Speaking by Using Blended Learning

2024-08-22T09:27:42+00:00

The objective of this research was to find out how students perceive English learning using the blended learning method combined with a collaborative learning approach and to find out what advantages teachers and students get when learning using collaborative learning. The research is a qualitative case study, and the data was collected by observations and interviews with students and teachers. The results of this research indicate that almost all students agree that collaborative learning can help them to improve their skills in English subjects. In addition, from the results of observations, students are more active in collaborative learning. By applying collaborative learning, students can discuss problem-solving and have more opportunities to practice speaking. Collaborative learning using blended learning is a new learning approach that can improve students' ability, in conclusion the writers hope this finding can help students increase their confidence in learning speaking. The writers realize that this research is not perfect, but the writers hope that this research can inspire English teachers and future researchers.

MIND MAPPING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE SKILL OF STUDENTS AT MA AL-ISLAH DASAN AGUNG

2024-08-23T04:51:29+00:00

The objective of this research was to find out the implement of mind mapping techniques to improve students’ reading comprehension in narrative texts in eleven grade of MA Al-Islah Dasan Agung academic year 2023-2024. The research was conduct at Al-Islah Dasan Agung on 17 July – 03 August 2023. This research was carried in two classes, these are XI A as the experimental class consisted of 13 students and XI B as a control class consisted of 13 students. The research used quantitative method with quasi-experimental design. The data were gathered through test which were delivered into the pre-test and post-test. Based on the result of the research showed that mind mapping technique is improve students’ reading comprehension in narrative text, because the value of gained score (20.77) is higher than the control class (10.77). From the result of statistic hypothesis, has significance value 0.001. Based on the significance table is 0.05, meanings that 0.05 > 0.001. In other word the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. Therefore, teaching reading comprehension of narrative text has improves through mind mapping technique

AN ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN DISNEY MOVIE SONGS

2024-10-12T04:17:32+00:00

The aimed of this study was to analyze the figurative language used in the Disney movie songs. The data were collected from the internet with five song titles selected from different Disney movies including; Lead the Way (Raya and the Last Dragon), Carried Me With You (Onward), Nobody Like U (Turning Red), Loyal Brave, and True (Mulan), and Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid). By utilizing descriptive qualitative as the research method, the researcher analyzed the interpretation of five types of figurative language including: metaphor, simile, personification, irony, and hyperbole. The findings in this study through analyzed the five songs indicated that there are 43 figurative languages, consists of 13 metaphors, 2 similes, 4 personifications, 3 ironies, and 21 hyperboles. It can be concluded that hyperbole was the dominant type of figurative in Disney song lyrics. Therefore, this study may help readers, especially for teachers and students in understand the analysis of figurative language theory songs.