The effect of Project Based Learning on Writing Business Letters

Yulia Rizki Ramadhani,1 and Abdul Rahman Suleman Siregar2

1English Department, University of Graha Nusantara, Padangsidimpuan, Indonesia 2Department of Development Economics, University of Graha Nusantara, Padangsidimpuan, Indonesia yuliadamanik@dosen.ugn.ac.id, ragilzhillan@gmail.com

Keywords:        projec-based learning method, business letter, writing skill

Abstract:           This research investigated the implementation of the use of PBL in improving the students’ writing ability. The objectives of this research was to find out whether there is a significant effect of using PBL toward writing ability or not. This research was carried out on the third semester students of Development Economics Department. The writer employed a quasi-experimental design. This research assigned one groups consists of 20 students. Based on the result of research the mean score of post test  (79.80) was higher than the pre test (69.50). the paired t-test calculation shows the result of paired sample test (0.000 < 0.05) in which there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores after having treatments. In addition, the results suggest that teaching through PBL gives positive effects on students’ ability in writing business letters.

A Comparative Study Between Teaching Reading Comprehension Of Narrative Text By Using The Herringbone Technique (HT) And The Context Clues Strategy

Yulia Rizki Ramadhani1, Yuswin Harputra2

1(Postgraduate Program of Universities HKBP Nommensen, Pematangsiantar, Indonesia)

2(Universitas Graha Nusantara Padangsidimpuan, Indonesia)

Abstract:

This paper is about to find out whether there is a significant difference between teaching reading comprehension of narrative text by using the Herringbone Technique (HT) and the Context clues strategy to the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Padangsidimpuan or not. And the number of sample in this research is 70 students. They are divided into 35 students who are taught by using the Herringbone Technique and 35  students are taught by using the Context clues strategyy.In order to get the needed data, the writer applies the library and field research. And as the instrument for collecting the data from the field the writer uses the written test. After getting the data, the next step which is done by the writer is analyzing it by using the  statistical analysis which is the formulation of t-test.

Keywords:reading comprehension, herringbone technique, context clues strategy

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Moving Blog

hy students,

i have a new account email from our university at ugn.ac.id. So, I can manage it with new wordpress with self hosting, as I mean host from ugn.ac.id, therefore every post in this blog will migrate to there. But, for this semester I will keep update our lesson too, same as in wordpress.
oh ya, u can visit my new one at http://yuliadamanik.dosen.ugn.ac.id/.
see ya

ur teacher

Research In English Teaching - ING 5232

Mata kuliah ini berisi pengetahuan akan metode penelitian secara garis besar, khususnya yang merupakan tren (terkini) dalam pendidikan bahasa Inggris.

kontrak kuliah
rancangan pembelajaran semester

materi :
Meeting 1
Meeting 2
Meeting 3
Meeting 4 , example of class action research
Meeting 5 + MID TEST

BAHASA INGGRIS EKONOMI LANJUTAN

hi students,
u can download this chapter for our first meet.
Meeting 1,2,3 : business basics
Meeting 4,5 : Business Letters

Meeting 6,7 : GIVING A PRESENTATION

Meeting  8 : Mid Test
Meeting 9,10 : Business Introduction
Meeting 11 : Reading text : Competition

will be update for next meet.

ur teacher,

ESP - ING 7242

hy students,
pada semester 2017/2018 ganjil ini ada beberapa mata kuliah yang saya ampu, pada semester V matakuliah Research in english teaching dan juga semester VII mata kuliah ESP.

Sebagai pengingat, disini akan saya lampirkan kontrak perkuliah dan rancangan pembelajaran kita dalam satu semester ini sehingga kalian mengerti materi yang akan kita bahas. oh ya, materi ajar kita saya rujuk dari Tom Hutchinson dan Alan Waters dengan judul buku English for Specific Purposes terbitan Canbrdge University. 

"… Buku ini sangat dianjurkan untuk semua calon guru atau dosen yang akan mengajarkan pelajaran atau mata kuliah ESP karena buku ini mengulas hal-hal yang pokok dan penting dan juga memakai pendekatan praktis.  ini merupakan kontribusi penting berkaitan dengan diskusi mengenai ESP ,adanya model yang jelas dan keringkasan materi .....“Jonathan Seath, EFL Gazette



u can download book for ESP subject (cukup klik) : English for Specific Purposes oleh Tom Hutchinson dan Alan Waters 
kontrak perkuliahan


dan beberapa rujukan seperti jurnal yang merupakan bahan yang akan kalian baca dan rangkum. 

rancangan pembelajaran semester


Meeting 1 :   1. Introduction to ESP
                       2. Development of ESP
                       3. ESP not a product
                       Tugas Pertemuan 1 : 
Meeting 2 :  Course Design
                      4. Language Description


will be update ya..

 ur teacher,

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