The Influence of Teachers’ Performance in Promoting Effective English Teaching Classroom at State Junior High School

Rosyada, Amrina Promoting effective English teaching classroom is one of the teachers’ concerns which is positive classroom environment for the sake of achieving success in English teaching and learning process. Beyond the presence of the advanced technology and information, teacher’s performance is still the main variable in promoting the effective English teaching classroom. Thus, the… Continue reading The Influence of Teachers’ Performance in Promoting Effective English Teaching Classroom at State Junior High School

The Importance of Teacher’s Motivation in Improving the Quality of Students’ Education

Suhendar, Suhendar Fundamentally, teacher’s motivation in the framework of improving the quality of students’ education is considerably required and shall constitute a value-based effort for the teacher, as he/she is actively involved in pedagogical process of learning. In addition, teacher has an ultimate role in the process of building students ‘education.  In view of that,… Continue reading The Importance of Teacher’s Motivation in Improving the Quality of Students’ Education

The Importance of Needs Analysis for English for Specific Purposes at Elementary School Teacher Department of University of Muhammadiyah Sukabumi

Amalia, Arsyi Rizqia Based on a data, there are several elementary schools in Sukabumi which do not have a teacher with English background education, so that the graduate of elementary school teacher education or PGSD who is teaching English in the school. This research is conducted on PGSD students of University of Muhammadiyah Sukabumi (UMMI)… Continue reading The Importance of Needs Analysis for English for Specific Purposes at Elementary School Teacher Department of University of Muhammadiyah Sukabumi

The Implementation of the 2013 Curriculum in Teaching Simple Present Continuous Tense through Cooperative Learning at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 13 Semarang

Samsudin, Samsudin This study attempts to describe teacher’s method in implementing of 2013 curriculum. This study used qualitative as the approach and case study as its research design. The subject of this study was eighth grade students of SMPN 13 Semarang. To collect the data, the writer used observation and interview. The result of the… Continue reading The Implementation of the 2013 Curriculum in Teaching Simple Present Continuous Tense through Cooperative Learning at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 13 Semarang

The Implementation of Cognitive and Metacognitive in Speaking Skill through a Short Duration Video to Improve Students’ Confidence

Ghufron, Muhammad Ali Speaking is a productive skill in learning a language, and it is one of the most influential skills that has to be mastered by students in EFL classroom. The improvement of speaking skill is important to the development of the students taking an English Program at university. However, the facts showed that… Continue reading The Implementation of Cognitive and Metacognitive in Speaking Skill through a Short Duration Video to Improve Students’ Confidence

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

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

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

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

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