In the current educational era, mastering English vocabulary is one of the important skills for elementary school students, as it forms the foundation for reading, writing, listening, and speaking. The selection of learning media becomes one of the important aspects. The spinning wheel learning media integrates interactive and engaging activities. In addition, the spinning wheel media allows st…
Writing is one of the most challenging skills in English learning because it requires students to develop ideas, organize them coherently, and use appropriate vocabulary and grammar. In reality, many seventh-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Mertoyudan have difficulties in writing descriptive texts, especially in finding ideas, mastering vocabulary, and applying grammar rules correctly. Previous l…
This research aims to examine the effectiveness of a combined Role-Playing and Reciprocal Teaching strategy in improving the speaking skills of 10th-grade students at SMK Citra Medika Kota Magelang. The study was backgrounded by the challenges in implementing the Kurikulum Merdeka, where students often struggle to retain material despite engaging in enjoyable learning processes, coupled with sp…
Validity stands as the most fundamental principle in language assessment, ensuring that a test accurately measures what it is intended to measure. Content validity is a crucial aspect that ensures test items align with specific learning objectives. However, it was observed that student teachers often overlooked the importance of content validity in the tests they designed, leading to a potentia…
Understanding the difficulties students face in reading comprehension is essential for improving learning outcomes. Classroom observations and prior research revealed that many seventh graders at SMPN 10 Magelang struggled with descriptive texts, with 65% scoring below the passing grade. Conventional strategies such as lectures and text-based learning strategies dominated instruction, resulting…
Reading comprehension is one of the important skills in learning English, yet many students still face difficulties accessing the material that is relevant to them. Most existing materials are general content that does not always align with students’ cultural backgrounds. Therefore, it is important to integrate local culture into reading materials to increase students’ motivation and unders…
Blooket serves as a technology-integrated educational tool that has the potential to improve students' reading comprehension. This research investigates the effectiveness of using the Blooket platform to support tenth graders in understanding report texts. The writer uses quantitative research methodology and applies pre-tests and post-tests. The research design is a quasi-experimental …
This study was motivated by the low self-confidence of students in speaking English, which often triggers speaking anxiety in the classroom. According to Lazarus and Folkman (1984), coping refers to individuals’ efforts to manage stressful demands, which can be categorized into problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. Folkman (2010) further introduced meaning-focused copin…
Effective interaction between teachers and students not only supports the delivery of knowledge but also enhances students’ engagement, motivation, and understanding. However, in a real classroom environment, especially in English classes, there are often some challenges such as frequent miscommunication, lack of student engagement, and teacher-centered teaching. Many students struggl…
Writing is one of the important skills that should be taught in senior high school and allows students to express their thoughts clearly, organize ideas logically, and convey information effectively. However, the tenth graders of still find difficulties in learning writing especially in narrative text and the students’ have a low motivation in writing. The result of the writing test i…