The purpose of the research was to find out what politeness strategies used by EFL learners when they are having a conversation with English native speakers and the factors for selecting these particular strategies. The research applied a descriptive qualitative research. The participants were 28 non-English major (medical students) students in the first semester. The instrument of the research was data from videos presenting students’ conversation with english native speakers. They were analyzed by using Brown and Levinson categories of politeness. The result shows that the learners use three among four politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson namely positive, negative, and off-record strategies. The positive politeness strategies become the most widely used ones.
This article is aimed at discussing and reporting the result of a study about correlation between reading interest, grammatical competence and reading comprehension. The correlation was proven by the result of the study which was carried out in November 2013 at SMA Negeri in Cilacap. The sample of the study were 32 students of XI IPA 5 taken by cluster random sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect reading interest data and objective tests were used to collect grammatical competence data and reading comprehension data. Single correlation and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. The result analysis shows that there is a positive correlation between (1) reading interest and reading comprehension; (2) grammatical competence and reading comprehension; (3) reading interest, grammatical competence simultaneously, and reading comprehension. Thus, it cannot be neglected that reading interest and grammatical competence give contribution toward reading comprehension.
Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are crucial in the 21st century learning process since it requires a high ability to think critically and teachers to have appropriate skills to face technological and global challenges. Therefore, it is essential to study about HOTS and the relation with teachers' perceptions. The research aimed to investigate teachers' perceptions towards HOTS and to know how they are reflected in teaching and learning process. This research used mixed method design. In obtaining the data about teachers' perceptions towards HOTS, the researcher used a questionnaire and in-depth interview. The questionnaire was distributed to 10 teachers from different schools and background knowledge in Java. The results showed that the teachers who were aware of the importance of HOTS tend to foster their students in mastering HOTS and to have high skills in problem solving and critical thinking, while the teachers who were lack of awareness will focus on giving their students tasks relating with the recalling ability only. Additionally, it was also found that teachers having positive perceptions towards HOTS taught their students using the method that fosters their students to have high skills in problem solving and critical thinking.
Teacher uses language as a medium of communication to teach, guide and instruct students in the classroom. This study aims to investigate the English teacher's directives and the students' responses to these directives. This study participants were an English teacher of a junior high school in Indonesia who teaches an eighth-grade class and her students who were chosen purposively. This qualitative case study was collected through observation, and interviews and were then analyzed by following Miles' interactive cyclical model. The results revealed that the teacher mostly produced directive speech acts types of commands and requests rather than suggestions. Commands have been the most commonly used type of directives since the teacher plays a control in the classroom because it is more understandable and familiar for the students. Hence, the students' responses varied, and depended on their response strategies and each personal reason.
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