Pilot Study: Malaysian University Students’ Attitudes towards Wiki Writing as an Alternative Assessment

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

EFL Vietnamese Students towards Language Learning Autonomy

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

Portraying the Use of Facebook for Educational Purposes Among Female Undergraduates: Causes and Activities

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

The Effectiveness of Small Discussion on Teaching Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text of Engilsh Education Department of STKIP Muhammadiyah Bogor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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