Learning English is not easy for the students especially students of young learners. The students are not familiar with the language, and students face some problem in learning English such as when they want to express their idea in speaking English because of the lack of vocabulary and pronounce some words. Moreover, the teacher should be considered about how to teach the students especially y…
The paper entitled “The Correlation of Students’ Understanding of Simple Past Tense and Their Ability to Write Narrative Text” is aimed to find out whether there is a significant correlation between students’ understamding of simple past tenses and their ability in writing Narrative text. This research was correlation study. Research population was eight grade students of SMPN Dhar…
Listening is one of the English skills that plays a significant role in the acquisition of the English language. The use of music and songs in the English language-learning classroom is not new. It has been proven by many researchers that music and songs have become effective ways in the English classroom. The aim of this research is to find out how effective songs are as a medium for learn…
Booktalk is one of the tools to engage students to read more. This research is aimed to explore about the students’ experiences in participating in Booktalk program. The research was conducted in English Language Education Study Program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Science of Pakuan University. There were fifty eight students of the fifth semester as participants of this…
Speaking is one of the four skills in English subject, and it is also one of the communication tools in which students express their ideas, thoughts, and feelings. Indonesian Curriculum 2013 states that English is no longer learns in Indonesian elementary school and kindergartens. So that Junior high school students are learning English for the first time. That is why their speaking skill s…
Critical thinking (CT) skills are essential for students in the 21st century. As CT skills are implemented through reading activities, textbooks used in schools should support the CT development of students. This study aims at describing what critical thinking attitudes are built on EFL reading instruction in English textbook. We employed qualitative descriptive research designed and used …
Hedging plays a significant role in conveying the message of a text, since it emphasizes the subjectivity of a statement by presenting it in the form of opinion. Furthermore, the existence of meta-discourse creates communication in a text is not only about exchanging information, but also involving the writers’ and readers’ personalities, attitude and assumption. This research employs d…
Reading is one of the most important skills in English because reading is the main bridge for students to gain more knowledge. From reading, students can find out information about what is happening in the world, making them smarter and more up to date. Unfortunately, reading is an activity that students do not like because students have problems understanding the content of the text. Therefore…
The paper entitled “Students’ Strategies to Overcome the Lack of Vocabulary in Writing” was guided by using one research question: “What are strategies applied by the students to overcome their problems at the lack of vocabulary in writing?.” This research aimed to find out students’ strategies to overcome the lack of vocabulary in writing. The writer used descriptive qualitati…