Key words: Grammatical Interference, English Writing This is a research which discusses grammatical interference. It is one of bilingualism-multilingualism aspects that occurs on the level of structure and cultural sense, whether oral or written, especially when somebody is learning foreign language. In this case are Senior High School students who are asked to construct English writing. It …
Key words: CIRC, Reading ability SMAN 6 Kediri is one of standard schools in Kediri. Based on the observation, researcher found that most of students have weakness in reading skill especially the first graders. Researcher assumes that reading is a good thing, so based on the problem above the objective of the study is to know whether teaching reading using Cooperative Integrated Reading an…
Key words: Communication Strategies, Speaking. English as an international language is mostly used around the world. Nowadays, English is one of important subjects for all Indonesian students in Indonesia. Because of it the researcher tries to identify the types of communication strategies used by second semester students of English department of STAIN Kediri when make conversation with th…
Key words: improve English Vocabulary, Lalaran Method, Students’ English achievement. Vocabulary is an important part in learning English language. Understanding vocabulary means learning vocabulary, then learning vocabulary may be done through memorize it well. It has important role in developing English language skills. The English teacher has to be creative to help the students memorizi…
Key Words: Style-Based Complexity, Twitter, GedePrama Style-based complexity is a kid of complexity in the sentence which elaborated in nominal and clausal style complexity. Nominal style is a sentence which has a fewer clauses than the clausal style does. In this study the researcher uses the tweet of GedePrama as her object of study, since the complexity probably happens in the tweets. The…
Key words: Language Learning Strategies, English Proficiency Language learning strategies are involving the learner in taking some form of any specific techniques that will make the learning easier or more successful improving the learners’ progress in developing skills in a second or foreign language. The use of language learning strategies leads to the better proficiency. The objective o…
This study deals with code mixing in text messages through mobile phone. The objectives of this study are to know the types of code mixing found in text messages sent by English Department students and lecturers of STAIN Kediri and to know the reason of the use of code mixing in the text messages sent by English Department students and lecturers of STAIN Kediri.The writer uses descriptive quali…
Key Words: English and Daily Communication In language learning, speaking is one of the language skills. Speaking is the main goal of the language learning, Nunan states, “success is measured in terms of the ability to carry out a conversation in the (target) language”. It means that speaking is the purpose of language learning. Speaking is the most important skill which has to be maste…
Key words: Constraints, English Acquisition, Listening Class Listening comprehension is at the heart of language learning. Listening is an important language skill to develop Second Language Acquisition (SLA). A key difference between more successful and less successful acquirers is related to learners’ ability to use listening as a means of acquisition. However, the particular interest whic…
Key words: Perception, Character Building in ELT, English teacher There have been many changes in Indonesian curricula since its independence in 1945. The newly introduced curriculum is called 2013 curriculum with Character Education included explicitly. The effort of implementing Character Building in English 2013 Curriculum does not mean that it is free from controversy. Education system i…