Reading skill is cognitive ability. Every students has a different strategies to understand some texts. In this study, the researcher divided reading strategies into three; there are metacognitive, cognitive, and support. The purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between reading strategies and reading skill of the eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Ngadiluwih Kediri. The research design …
Grammatical error is difficult to avoid by every learner. It also happened in EFL students. One of the causes is the lack of knowledge of grammatical rules. It also happens in writing descriptive text. Therefore, analyzing the errors is one of appropriate ways to use to show the true proficiency level of target language that students learn at a particular time. By conducting an analysis on gram…
Reading comprehension is a complex interaction among automatic and strategic cognitive processes that enables the reader to create a mental representation of the text. Comprehension requires effective use of strategic processes, such as metacognition and comprehension monitoring. A portfolio as a constructivist strategy enhances the learners’ transferable skills so that the learners can use t…
One part that can indicate the successful or unsuccessful learning foreign language is students’ language attitude towards the language. Therefore, this research aims to portray the students’ attitude toward the interference of first language in English and how they apply their attitude in their English class. In addition, it tries to find out the students’ orientation in studying English…
Study of politeness is very important for English Learner, because successful communication is possible when they used the right way of communication that seems in how their face and words in keeping the interlocutor face’s want, especially when they make a mistake, and how is their face and word in the way of apologizing. In this case the way male and female communicate is often different, b…
Taboo words and its function uttered by the characters in Deadpool movie will be investigated in this research. The movie is about an antihero Deadpool hunts the man who nearly destroyed his life while also trying to reunite with his love, Vanessa. The objective of this research is to identify the types and the functions of taboo words uttered by the characters in the movie. This research emplo…
This study focusses on the correlation between motivation and anxiety among EFL students in MTs Sunan Ampel Siman Kepung Kediri. There are two types of motivation; integrative and instrumental motivation. There are four types of anxiety; communication apprehension, fear of negative evaluation, fear of test and fear of English class. There are 74 participants or EFL student from MTs Sunan Ampel…