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Suharti, Dwi Sloria In this paper, the researchers would like to propose a teaching EFL writing course: News Story, which the researchers have used in an EFL classroom context. This effort is different from others in some occasions. Firstly, in the stages of developing ideas of a news story: a biography news, the researchers encourage… Continue reading Prewriting Activities in Teaching EFL Writing

Rullyanti, Merry Writing arguments in an essay is both a challenge and an obstacle for students in writing essays. In fact, students make writing arguments as a constraint due to their lack of understanding of the use of Cohesive Devices in the right writing. The purpose of this study was to analyze the extent to… Continue reading The Use of Cohesive Devices in Argumentation Essay Writing of English Literature Students

Wijirahayu, Suciana This study examines the application of higher order thinking in a real classroom practices. Some theories are presented to give a solid ground for examining the evidence. The experience of joining the instruction and assessment will also be elaborated. The course description, classroom activities and assessment are presented to give evidence on how… Continue reading Classroom Experiences of Creative Thinking

Wigati, Fikri Asih The flow of globalization is inevitable. This has brought changes in the development of English for Specific Purpose. Responding to this condition, this study was conducted to determine the need analysis of ESP in faculty of Law, however this study focus on the undergraduates point of view. This research focused to students… Continue reading The Need Analysis of English for Specific Purpose in Faculty of Law

Charan, Aftab Ahmed Facebook is considered as an effective Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) form. It is estimated that 2/3rd majority of Pakistani Facebook users are below 24 years old. The users spent around 40 minutes every day on facebook. They are either reading posts or responding by different emojis or comments. The study attempts to… Continue reading Social Media Tools at Developing Academic Writing Skills

Rosyada, Amrina Teaching English as a Foreign Language for students in English Education Program sounds less difficult. However, teaching English for Academic Writing that students have to develop their original writings in the form of essays is a great challenge. Most students do not know where to start their writings, how to generate their thoughts,… Continue reading Improving Students’ Critical Thinking to Develop Variety Essays through Picture Word Inductive Model

Hussein, Nur Hafezah Recently, alternative assessment has gained increasing attention especially in the context of Malaysian tertiary education. In line with this, the present study aimed at investigating Malaysian university students’ attitudes towards the use of wiki writing as an alternative assessment in English learning. 29 university students participated in this study and data was… Continue reading Pilot Study: Malaysian University Students’ Attitudes towards Wiki Writing as an Alternative Assessment

Thao, Phan Thi Kim Language autonomy is one of aspects in second language acquisition.  It becomes vital theme  for many scholars and researchers to investigate how language learners take responsibility for  their study. The current paper attempts to examine language autonomy strategies were used  EFL Vietnamese students to  engage the language process as well as… Continue reading EFL Vietnamese Students towards Language Learning Autonomy

Luke, Joice Yulinda This study describes the use of Facebook for educational purposes among female students. The study focuses on two main objectives. First, the study reveals the causes to use Facebook as educational platform. Second, the study depicts the learning activities which female students did with Facebook. To explore the findings, the study gathered… Continue reading Portraying the Use of Facebook for Educational Purposes Among Female Undergraduates: Causes and Activities

Srinawati, Wawat The objectives of this research is to investigate whether there is significant difference between student’s reading comprehension before and after giving the treatment by using Small Group Discussion and to find out the result in narrative text. The sample of this research are the first semester at STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor  in academic year… Continue reading The Effectiveness of Small Discussion on Teaching Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text of Engilsh Education Department of STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor