This study reports an action research on the use of pictures series technique to improve writing skill seven grade students of SMP ISLAM AL- AZHAR Kediri. Based on the research, the main problems faced by the students in writing skill are they are difficult to write and string up the word. To overcome this problem, the researcher interested in conducting a research dealing with procedure text b…
Writing is one of the productive skills in English. It is more complicated than the other skills because need hard thinking in producing words in written form. Therefore, most of students have problem to start their writing, they are difficult to generate their ideas, and they are confused to develop paragraph because they have no inspiration. There are various techniques which can be applied i…
The translation of compound words is an important problem related to the construction of translation dictionaries. This study is aimed to find out the students’ problems in translating English compound word into Bahasa Indonesia and the efforts made to overcome them. This study is a descriptive quantitative in nature. The subjects are the English students of sixth Semester STAIN KEDIRI it t…
This study is conducted to know the student’s perceptions on using WhatsApp to support learning process at English Department of STAIN Kediri. The objective of the study is to know the student’s perceptions on using WhatsApp to support learning process, and the advantages and disadvantges of it. The subject of this study is focused on the sixth semester students of English Department of STA…
Teaching the spoken language is the most difficult problem much more than the other skill. The problem is not only found in the beginner but also the higher level students. They can understand English well, but when they are asked to speak they cannot perform well. Therefore the teacher should pay more attention on those features that reflect the students’ speaking ability such as factors of …
The thesis discussed illocutionary act in Barack Obama’s Speech at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School Washington, D.C. Illocutionary act is part of speech act which studies about speaker intended meaning in their utterance. Every utterance from the people always has meaning beside their utterances. There are two objective studies in this research: first, to find types of illocutionary act…
Ingin kuliah,tetapi tidak enak membebani orang tua karena harus membayarmahal puluhan sampai ratusan juta.Mungkin itulah yang selalu muncul di benak para calon mahasiswa ketika hendak kuliah, terlebih bagi yang berasal dari keluarga kurang mampu. Nah buku ini hadir untuk membantu Anda dalam berburu beasiswa, baik di dadlam maupun luar negeri.Di dalamnya dijelaskan mengenai apa saja yang menjadi…
"Ikuti passion Anda. Kerjakan hal-hal yang Anda sukai." Saran yang sangat populer, bukan? Namun saran seperti itu ternyata mengandung risiko, bahkan bisa berbahaya. Alih-alih menikmati yang kita lakukan, prinsip passion justru membuat kita cemas dan sering berpindah-pindah pekerjaan. Banyak orang yang merasa telah menemukan passion-nya pun tetap merasa tidak puas dengan kariernya. Buku ini mem…
Pemilihan metode pembelajaran bahasa arab yang sangat tepat akan membantu pembelajar memahami dan menguasai bahan ajar. Sebaliknya, pemilihan metode pembelajaran bahasa arab yang salah akan membuat banyak sekali waktu dan bahan ajar yang terbuang sia-sia. Lebih parah lagi, metode yang digunakan justru menjadi penghalang bagi tercapainya tujuan pendidikan. Tentu, peserta didiklah yang paling ban…
Buku ini berisi konsep-konsep kewirausahaan (entrepreneurship) yang terintegrasi yang akan mendorong mahasiswa berpikir secara kreatif dan inovatif tentang cara memulai bisnis, melakukan transformasi kewirausahaan, serta mengetahui benang merah kesuksesan bisnis. Untuk itu, mahasiswa akan diperkenalkan dengan beragam konsep, strategi, taktik, filosofi, manajemen, dan tren kewirausahaan; konkret…