Paragraph Writing in Undergraduate English Department: Errors and Its Factors

Latifah, Latifah This research was aimed to discuss the errors found in paragraph writing and to explain the factors that caused the problems by the second semester of English students of Fakultas Sastra Universitas Pamulang (UNPAM). Qualitative method was applied in conducting the research in which the data were taken randomly from the paragraphs written… Continue reading Paragraph Writing in Undergraduate English Department: Errors and Its Factors

ROXIFYonline: Helping Students Improve Their Writing through Online Feedback

Miller, Roxanne Today’s students want immediate feedback on their writing which instructors often cannot provide. They embrace the internet and want to use it for learning. To keep pace with these desires, Roxifyonline was created. It is a new online Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) tool that provides automated essay feedback for use by students… Continue reading ROXIFYonline: Helping Students Improve Their Writing through Online Feedback

Students’ Vocabulary Mastery in Listening

Maulidah, Aminah Listening is ability to identify and understand what others are saying. This involves understanding a speaker’s accent or pronunciation, his grammar and his vocabulary, and grasping his meaning. Linguistic knowledge in this case vocabulary mastery is a problem faced by foreign language learners in listening. When the learner does not have good vocabulary… Continue reading Students’ Vocabulary Mastery in Listening

The Acquisition of Conjoined-Clause of An Indonesian Child

Rosihin, Rosihin The objectives of this study were to analyze the  language acquisition for conjoined-clauses in speaking of an Indonesian child who got exposures from English cartoon films and opportunities to practice with his linguistic environment. This research was qualitative research and it was longitudinal study where the data were collected for twelve months (… Continue reading The Acquisition of Conjoined-Clause of An Indonesian Child

The Collaboration of Question and Answer Technique and See Differences Game in Improving Students’ English Speaking Ability at Grade Four Cigugur State Elementary School

Sari, Agatha Kristi Pramudika This study aims to figure out the implementation of question and answer technique that collaborated with see differences game in improving students’ speaking ability which conducted on grade IV of Cigugur State Elementary School of Kuningan. The research method used is Quasi-Experimental Design with Non-Equivalent Control Group PretestPosttest Design. The technique… Continue reading The Collaboration of Question and Answer Technique and See Differences Game in Improving Students’ English Speaking Ability at Grade Four Cigugur State Elementary School

Micro teaching and students’ teaching performance

Hendrety, Yuyun This study investigated to what extend micro teaching develops students’ teaching skill. It was a descriptive qualitative research. It used purposive sampling technique involving two lecturers of micro teaching and 66 seventh semester students majoring at English education study program and Indonesian language and  literature education study program in the academic year of… Continue reading Micro teaching and students’ teaching performance

The Effect of Academic Self-Management and Reading Anxiety toward Reading Comprehension

Wilany, Eka As one of required subjects in University level for EFL class, reading should be learned by the students to their own way and strategy so that their reading comprehension has better progress. Unfortunately, reading can be a difficult subject for them even though they are English department students. Internal and external can be… Continue reading The Effect of Academic Self-Management and Reading Anxiety toward Reading Comprehension

Boosting Students’ Motivation in Speaking through Blended Learning

Susanti, Elis The rapid grows of internet and technology affects the teaching and learning strategy applied in a classroom activity. Nowadays, students are getting more and more interested in the implementation of internet and technology in a teaching and learning process. Due to the fact that the use of on-line learning through the internet increases… Continue reading Boosting Students’ Motivation in Speaking through Blended Learning

The Effect of Direct Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) On Students’ Reading Comprehension: An Experimental Study at SMA Negeri 4 Bogor

Lusyani, Fajaria The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of directed reading thinking activity (DRTA) on students’ reading comprehension at second grade students of SMA Negeri 4 Bogor. The population of this study consisted of 60 secondary grade students at SMA Negeri 4 Bogor. The two groups’ including pre-post test true experimental… Continue reading The Effect of Direct Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) On Students’ Reading Comprehension: An Experimental Study at SMA Negeri 4 Bogor

Commerce Register Analysis of Minangkabau Vernacular in a Colloquial Conversation: A Sociolinguistics Studies

Nurani, Siti This research aims at identifying register used in the commerce colloquial conversations among sellers and buyers. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) approach is applied to examine the linguistic features viewed from the aspect of field, tenor and mode of discourse. Findings show that in the field of discourse, registers release the experiential domain of… Continue reading Commerce Register Analysis of Minangkabau Vernacular in a Colloquial Conversation: A Sociolinguistics Studies