ELT involves several stages of learning, from planning to evaluation. One form of evaluation is assessment, and one tool for assessing students is testing. One type of test is a formative test. Formative tests should be tailored to students' abilities and support learning outcomes. At SMK Citra Medika, teachers have never conducted formative test item analysis. Therefore, the formative …
The use of inflectional morphemes in narrative and exposition texts in textbook is crucial for students facing challenges in comprehending functional grammar because these morphemes act as a link between the form and role of inflectional morphemes, aiding students in understanding genre and enhancing their linguistic skills. The objectives of this study are to (1) identify the dominant …
This research aims to analyze the types of indirect language learning strategies and to identify the most frequently used strategies in writing used by the tenth graders at SMK Citra Medika Magelang. The study is motivated by students’ common difficulties in writing, such as developing ideas, organizing sentences into coherent texts, and maintaining motivation. Indirect strategies are…
Learning objectives serve as a vital foundation in lesson planning because they guide teaching activities, strategies, and assessment toward the expected competencies. In the Merdeka Curriculum lesson plan, learning objectives must be formulated clearly and measurably, reflecting the essential material. However, student teachers still have difficulties in developing learning objectives that mee…
Reading comprehension involves grasping and interpreting text to understand the information presented by the writer. Nevertheless, based on the writer’s observations of the eleventh-grade students at SMAN 3 Magelang, it was found that their reading comprehension was low. Moreover, students’ motivation was similarly low. Consequently, identifying effective learning strategies is cruc…
English speaking activities are an important part of English language learning in Indonesian secondary schools, as students are expected to be able to communicate their ideas using English. However, many students still experience hesitation pauses when speaking English, which can affect their fluency and confidence. This study aimed to identify the types of hesitation pauses produced by student…
This study aims to develop the Vocabventure Edutourism Travel Book as an English learning medium to support contextual vocabulary learning for elementary school students at Taman Kyai Langgeng (TKL) Ecopark. The development of this product is intended to enhance English learning experiences by connecting language learning with real-world contexts found in an edutourism environment. As an educat…
The goal of this study was to examine the types of modalities and speech functions used in the narrative texts of the eleventh-grade English textbook published by the Ministry of Education and Culture. This research focused on understanding how modality and speech functions help shape meaning within the stories, offering insights into how interpersonal meanings are expressed in the textbook. Ma…
Ideally, teaching descriptive writing in vocational high schools should encourage creativity, collaboration, and active student participation. However, observations at SMK Citra Medika indicate that many students struggle with generating ideas, organizing sentences, and maintaining motivation while writing. Individual and group work often lead to uneven participation, with only a few students a…
Reading comprehension is very crucial for students when reading a passage because with reading comprehension, students connect directly with the text they are reading so they can understand the information in the text. However, based on the researcher's observation, many students did not understand and found it difficult when given a reading text. They were less interested in reading be…