‘What are girls made of?’ A Critical Discourse Analysis

Pelawi, Rinawati Abstract This study is a critical discourse analysis towards an advertisement campaign by one of famous sport brands. Critical Discourse Analysis has been used mainly to examine how language is used to convey power and ideology in both written and oral discourse. There have been many studies on critical discourse analysis, however there… Continue reading ‘What are girls made of?’ A Critical Discourse Analysis

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AN An Analysis of Adjacency Pairs in The Conversation between David Frost and Paul Mc.Cartney

siahaan, junita This study investigated about the adjacency pairs in the conversation between David Frost and Paul Mc.Cartney. The aims of this study are to find out what types of adjacency pairs appeared in the conversation and what types of communicative function contained in the conversation between David and Paul. This research used qualitative descriptive… Continue reading AN An Analysis of Adjacency Pairs in The Conversation between David Frost and Paul Mc.Cartney

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Environment Analysis: Designing an ESP Curriculum for the students of early-childhood education in PAUD As-Salam

Fatkhiyati, Nurrahma Restia Environment analysis is one of the important processes in designing curriculum. It aims to examine the situational factors that strongly affect the course and learners. The purpose of this paper is to explain how to execute environment analyses for the early childhood education for the golden age children using 2013 Curriculum in… Continue reading Environment Analysis: Designing an ESP Curriculum for the students of early-childhood education in PAUD As-Salam

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English in Higher Education Context: A Comparative Study of Indonesia and Thailand Students

Hadiati, Chusni English grows fast in Southeast Asia due to the importance of it as the language of modernization and international communication. Thailand and Indonesia are both located in Southeast Asia with their own national language, Thai and Bahasa Indonesia and thus English in both countries functions as a foreign language. This research tries to… Continue reading English in Higher Education Context: A Comparative Study of Indonesia and Thailand Students

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The Effect of Reading Strategy and Personality Traits in Improving The Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement

Astuti, Prihatin Puji This paper investigated the effect of reading strategy and personality traits in improving students’ reading comprehension achievement. This reseach was conducted at the grade 12 students of SMK Sasmita Jaya 2 Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan. The researcher administered  quantitative research under quassy esperimental research through pre test and post test. The two reading… Continue reading The Effect of Reading Strategy and Personality Traits in Improving The Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement

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Students’ Responses Towards Drama Performance Course Process

Sagimin, Eka Margianti This study aims at investigating and analyzing  students’ responses towards Drama Performance Course learning process by surveying sixth (6th) semester students of English Department, Universitas Pamulang. The purpose of this study is to get a general description of students’ responses, especially from the students’ point of view who are directly involved in… Continue reading Students’ Responses Towards Drama Performance Course Process

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Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension through Adapted Monopoly Game

Elfiza, Rona The study was conducted to improve the students’ reading comprehension in comprehending descriptive text at SMP N 2 Pariaman. The research was carried out due to the low learning outcomes in comprehending reading descriptive text, so creative learning technique that can improve learning outcomes is absolutely needed. Adapted monopoly game was chosen to… Continue reading Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension through Adapted Monopoly Game

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Probing Questions In English Classroom: A Study Of Teaching Practice (Praktik Keterampilan Mengajar) English Department Students Year 2016

Gumay, Selvia Abstract Probing question  as part of basic teaching skills becomes a substantial aspect in teaching learning activities to dig up students’ higher order thinking. This study aimed to investigate the types of probing questions used by English Department practice teachers year 2016 of State University of Jakarta. This study implemented qualitative research which… Continue reading Probing Questions In English Classroom: A Study Of Teaching Practice (Praktik Keterampilan Mengajar) English Department Students Year 2016

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A discourse analysis: The adjacency pairs of analysis on talkshow Youtube present

Priliana, Suci Cinthia This article entitled A Discourse Analysis : The Adjacency Pairs Analysis on Talkshow Youtube Presents, has one objective that is to find out the type of conversation aspects found in the conversation. The study focuses on 4 aspects of conversation those are adjacency pairs, topic management, preference organization and turn – taking.… Continue reading A discourse analysis: The adjacency pairs of analysis on talkshow Youtube present

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Needs Analysis of English for Biomedical Laboratory Students at Medical Vocational High School of Prof. Dr. Moestopo

Yunianika, Ika Tri The increasing number of vocational schools has contributed to the rapid expansion of English for Specific Purpose (ESP) in Indonesia. The first stage in developing learning materials for ESP is conducting needs analysis. It refers to activities in collecting information as the basis for academic development of a particular group of students.… Continue reading Needs Analysis of English for Biomedical Laboratory Students at Medical Vocational High School of Prof. Dr. Moestopo

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