2013 curriculum encourages the senior high teachers to successful develop Higher Order Thinking (HOT) assessment in the teaching and learning process. Therefore, this study is conducted to investigate the preliminary research of developing project-based-speaking assessment to stimulate the students' critical thinking and creativity in English learning. This study uses descriptive qualitative method at SMA N 15 Semarang. The data are gathered through observation, interview, and questionnaire which are aimed to know the existing of the implementation of HOT project assessment. The first results indicated that the English teacher never gave and developed project-based-speaking assessment to stimulate the students' critical thinking and creativity in English learning. The teacher got difficulties in constructing items for HOT speaking assessment and arranging the learning instruments as the needs of the implementation 2013 curriculum. Likewise, the students also never did any speaking project in English learning, and they often got bored during the teaching and learning process. In conclusion, both English teacher and students never did any project-based-speaking assessment in English learning.

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An opinion essay is a written text to deliver arguments and present supporting evidence to readers. Therefore, this writing activity applies portfolio assessment since it is a cumulative collection of students’ work from beginning to the end. This study aims at describing the implementation of the portfolio to teach the writing of opinion essays at the non-English department in Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang. The data were collected through observation, tests, and questionnaires. The results showed that the implementation of portfolio assessment could help students write opinion essays by considering its structure and writing components. They were able to state their viewpoint and give supporting data to back up the arguments clearly.

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The learning process and life activities during the Covid-19 pandemic proceed through online social media, so there is a need for technological literacy. This activity also happened at the Pondok Pesantren Putri Sahlan Rosyidi Semarang where the academic abilities of the female students, especially the English language, were very diverse but there was still a lack of English-speaking practice programs that were integrated with digital literacy. Initial findings of the daily English-speaking ability of female students had an average of 65 which had to be improved again. Based on this statement, our team focuses on the implementation and training of Digital Literacy through the practice of speaking English for female students at the Pondok Pesantren Putri Sahlan Rosyidi Semarang, consisting 60 female students. The method used is descriptive quantitative by applying brainstorming, group discussion, explanation, speaking practices, digital platform, and evaluation of students' digital understanding of literacy. The results show that the implementation of the practice of speaking English based on digital literacy with an increase in the average speaking English rising to 81. In addition, the female students gave a positive response to the implementation of digital literacy and the practice of speaking that was trained. They were also motivated to practice conversation or monologue by utilizing digital technology.

Due to the pandemic situation, there is a shift in the scientific writing learning process. The process changes from offline to online, where lecturers and students must be more active and involved in the learning process through website tutorials with Microsoft Teams application synchronously and asynchronously through LMS UT. However, such a learning process also experiences problems both with wifi or the internet and the involvement and motivation of students in following it. To complete asynchronously using LMS UT, the research team focused on developing online learning media based on Task-based Language Teaching and android video. This study aims to create online learning media based on Task-Based Language Teaching and android video on writing material for Classroom Action Research to improve understanding and writing Classroom Action Research. The subjects of this research are 3rd-semester students at the Open University. The research method is the development method using a modified 4-D model of instructional development of Thiagarajan, Semmel, and Semmel (4-D model). The process of data collection is done by interview, observation, and filling out a questionnaire. The results of developing online learning media based on Task-Based Language Teaching and android video are suitable for the hybrid writing learning process. Students can be communicative in the web tutorial process. Student learning outcomes are already above the average indicator of 75% through the developed learning media. In addition, students responded positively in their involvement in the learning process using Task-Based Language Teaching-based media and android video.

This research analyses the meaning realized on online news texts about ‘France under attack’ taken from The Jakarta Post, The Spectator, and Najam TV National. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The data were taken from the three news texts by classifying the clauses that related to the appraisal and then analyzing based on the subsystems of appraisal. The results showed that the news authors used three subsystems of appraisal included attitude, engagement, and graduation. In attitude, there were found the use of affect, judgement, and appreciation. There were also found of engagement consisted of monogloss and hetergloss. Further, the news items authors also applied graduation to make news more seems accurate.

This study aims to design a reservation system table and food at Roast Chicken Restaurant Mang Rojak that has not utilized internet technology. This application is a solution to the reservation problems that occur and can be used as a means of developing services to customers. The system development method used is the waterfall model. This method consists of several stages of activity flow that runs in one direction from the beginning to the end of the system development project, starting from the analysis of design, design, coding, testing and system implementation. In the analysis phase, the data were collected by observation and interview. The testing of this application is done with Black Box Testing. The results of the study have provided sufficient information about the current food ordering procedure, so that the new system is needed. This table and food reservation information system is website-based that supports online ordering process. This system also provides menu price information and other promotions without coming to the restaurant. Development of this application is needed in order to be able to help issues related to information needs both for the company and customers