Developing a Local-Based Book as a Supplementary English Teaching Material for Undergraduate Students

Prancisca, Stella   The present paper develops an English reading book that embeds local values of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, represented by plants used by local people for medication. The book will help language learners in two ways. First, it helps the learners with familiar information which they have found in their daily lives.… Continue reading Developing a Local-Based Book as a Supplementary English Teaching Material for Undergraduate Students

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Exploring Values through Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition

Wijirahayu , Suciana Common problems faced by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia especially in Junior high school level are developing students’ cognitive, affective, and psychomotor ability. Although there are supporting factors such as qualified teachers, appropriate basic teaching media, and supporting school environment, yet the issues have not been resolved. Cooperative… Continue reading Exploring Values through Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition

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Inclusion Strategies Used by the United States Newspapers Published in COCA in Representing Islam

Rizky Firdhani, Anggi This research is entitled “Inclusion Strategies Used by The United States Newspapers Published in COCA in Representing Islam”. The data of this research are sentences containing inclusion strategies in the news related to Islam, and those news are taken from the United States newspapers published in Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA).… Continue reading Inclusion Strategies Used by the United States Newspapers Published in COCA in Representing Islam

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The Urgency of Designing National English Curriculum for Elementary School in Indonesia

Astuti, Sari To propose the idea of designing national English curriculum for elementary school in Indonesia, a literature review as a research methodology in this study was conducted to reveal the urgency of teaching English to young learners, based on a number of previous studies on this issue, as the preparation for the future generation… Continue reading The Urgency of Designing National English Curriculum for Elementary School in Indonesia

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Figurative Language in William Shakespeare and William Wordsworth’s Poems

Melaty Ruslida, Vivi This research is aimed to investigate the using and the meaning of figurative language in the poems. The sample of this research were ten poems from the two authors separated in 2 century, they are Shakespeare and Wordsworth. This research applied descriptive qualitative method and the objective approach to analyzed the data.… Continue reading Figurative Language in William Shakespeare and William Wordsworth’s Poems

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Reflective Evaluation after Investigating EFL Students’ Preferences on the Genres of Essay Writing at Final Examination: A Two Semesters Study

Sandi Sukandi, Syayid One of the required tasks of being an English lecturer in Indonesia is to perform assessment and evaluation after teaching in a one-semester course. The learning of English essay writing seems to be important for all majors. After collecting actual data from Indonesian EFL students taking an English essay writing course in… Continue reading Reflective Evaluation after Investigating EFL Students’ Preferences on the Genres of Essay Writing at Final Examination: A Two Semesters Study

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Enhancing Students’ Speaking Skill through Video Dubbing Project

Manurung, Sulastri This study aimed to describe the implementation of video dubbing project and to find out the enhancement of the students’ speaking skill after the implementation of video dubbing project in teaching speaking of fourth semester students UNRIKA in academic year 2018-2019. Action research procedures (including planning, action, observation, reflection) were used to study… Continue reading Enhancing Students’ Speaking Skill through Video Dubbing Project

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An Analysis on the Sentence Construction in English Textbook and Students’ Narrative Text Writing at Eleventh Grade Students of SMAN 19 Kabupaten Tangerang in Academic Year 2019/2020

Fachrurrozy, Achmad The aim of this research is to analyze on the sentence construction in English textbook and students’ essay narrative text writing. This research used qualitative methods. The population of this research which consisted of 398 students and then, 36 students from class XI MIA 4 were selected as the sample. The data were… Continue reading An Analysis on the Sentence Construction in English Textbook and Students’ Narrative Text Writing at Eleventh Grade Students of SMAN 19 Kabupaten Tangerang in Academic Year 2019/2020

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Students Perception on Using Video Recording to Improve Their Speaking Accuracy and Fluency

Putri, Rosevinda Nabila The aim of this study is to explore the students’ perceptions of using video recording to improve speaking accuracy and fluency of thirty-five pre-service teacher at University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka Jakarta. This study employed mixed method to analyze the data. A pre-test and post-test were obtained as the instruments and… Continue reading Students Perception on Using Video Recording to Improve Their Speaking Accuracy and Fluency

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Students’ Interaction in Asynchronous Blended Learning: The Analysis of Community of Inquiry Framework Implementation

Farani, Rizki The purpose of this study is to describe students’ interaction in asynchronous blended learning as a part of community of inquiry activities. This research is self-observational study in ICT-based course for pre-service English teachers. There were 91 students who participated in blended learning activities. Data were obtained from offline teaching journals and online… Continue reading Students’ Interaction in Asynchronous Blended Learning: The Analysis of Community of Inquiry Framework Implementation

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