Journal Corner of Education, Linguistics, and Literature

The Use of Tiktok Application to Enchance Students’ Speaking Skill

Yohana Puspita Dewi — 2023-08-04

E-learning or so-called electronic learning systems, it can be defined as the application of information technology in the world of education through virtual classes. Especially in video-based learning such as Tik Tok. The Tik Tok application is an application to create and share various short videos in vertical format,which is played by everyone in everytime. the TikTok application is very widely used by users, especially students, to upload related daily activities. Therefore, it is necessary to have new variations in the application of interactive and effective learning media in order to influence student learning motivation. This study aims to determine the improvement of students' speaking skills by storytelling about a person, object or place that you want to describe using the TikTok application. The subjects of this study were 36 students of the second semester in STMIK Dian Cipta Cendikia. This research used qualitative with a qualitative descriptive approach to reveal events that occur during research in English learning or when students tell stories (storytelling) using the TikTok application.

The Effect of the Educational Game Tools on Early Childhoods in the Kindergarten

Yusuf Hidayat — 2023-08-26

Empirically, the educational game tools have significant benefits in stimulating interest in early childhoods’ learning. It is because psychologically early childhoods tend to be in the age of playing. The present study aims to determine the effects of using the educational game tools on early childhoods’ learning in kindergarten level. In the present study, the researchers set forth a research question: What are the effect of using the educational game tools on early childhood and teacher at Kober Sartika Asih located in Mekarmulya, Pamarican, Ciamis? To gain the answer, the researchers employ a qualitative method under a descriptive study at which they conduct series of observation towards the early childhoods’ learning activities using the educational game tools during 4 meetings in June 2023. The results show that the educational game tools are the effective media to teach the early childhoods. Based on its usage, the educational game tools give the effects such as: increasing the early childhoods’ curiosity and enthusiasm when they are participating the learning process, providing a stimulus for the early childhoods to understand the learning material given, stimulating the early childhoods’ cognitive, physical-motor, language, social-emotional competencies, and increasing enthusiasm both for the teachers during teaching and the early childhoods during learning. In conclusion, there are some positive effects of using the educational game tools to teach to the early childhoods.

Using the Podcast Contents to Help EFL Students in Improving Their Grammar and Pronunciation

Edy Suseno — 2023-08-28

The study aims to determine how the teacher uses podcast resources to improve the students' grammar and pronunciation learning. Many EFL students struggle to use good grammar and practice pronunciation. By addressing their weaknesses, they needed to hone their public speaking abilities. To accomplish this, twelve college students joined a treatment program that used podcasts to address this problem. The teacher created a social media group to facilitate the teaching and learning process and to improve the learning of the online course materials. After finishing it, he instructed students on how to study grammar while bilingual. The students finished the lecture and the assignment in both languages. The teacher posted a URL on a forum to help the students more naturally understand grammar usage. The students click on, and a podcast page appears on their screen. To hear the speaker's voice, they push the play button. They read the transcript as they listened to the voice. They concentrated on getting the transcript done. The corresponding grammatical content was looked for in each line of the text. The words and phrases related to the grammar being studied were highlighted. they visualized uploading their work. The instructor then requested that the students read the transcript aloud for recording and upload. The teacher then evaluated all of the uploaded work in order to offer comments. The information was acquired by keeping an eye on the teaching-learning process. The conclusion was then reached after qualitative analysis. According to the study, podcasts can improve pronunciation and structure learning. The teachers can use the findings to teach connected disciplines. The other researchers can also complete the further related work.

The Effectiveness of Jigsaw Technique in Teaching Passive Voice

Syofian Hadi — 2023-09-11

The objective of this research was to find out whether jigsaw technique is effective to improve students’ ability in using passive voice. This research used quantitative approach. This is an experimental research with two different classes taught using two different techniques as experiment class and control class. The population of this research was two classes of the eleventh grade students of SMA Global Madani Bandar Lampung. The instrument of this research was a test which was divided into pre-test and post-test. In analyzing the data, it showed that the average score of the pre-test and post-test of experimental class improved from 65.5 for pre-test to 82.9 for post-test. It also showed that showed that the experimental class had a significance value (2-tailed) that was 0.000 (p < 0.05). Therefore, it is concluded that jigsaw techniques has significant effect on teaching passive voice. The result also suggest that the jigsaw reading used in teaching passive voice can be promoted.