This study was conducted to know whether or not the acculturation of English greeting patterns influences the Bugis speech community in producing greetings in Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare. The use of greetings in the Bugis speech community daily life would like to be proven to increase the knowledge about the acculturation of English greetings patterns. The researcher used survey research by using questionnaires as a research instrument. The sample of this research consisted of 67 students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare fromthe Bugis speech community that lives in the Ajatappareng region in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The result shows that the acculturation of greetings among the Bugis speech community through the use of the English/Indonesian/local greetings is not happening. The tabulated charts of each question and topic given to the respondents showed a sign of consistency of how infrequently the respondents used any kind of time bound greetings whether it is Indonesian or English greetings. Moreover, the collected information indicates that the use of English greetings is only customized for people who occur to come from English-speaking environments. Certainly, the results fromthis study cannot be taken to represent Buginese and Indonesian people as a whole, but the results themselves gave a picture of howboth English and Indonesian greetings used among the Indonesian respondents look the same on the provided data. The notable result would be about how the utilization of greetings can be shown on different occasions
Half of the students had difficulty mastering their English listening skills because the instructional facilities did not adequately cover the learning process and the media and method were uninteresting. This study aims to find out students’ perceptions toward the use of YouTube applications implemented in teaching English listening. The sample of the study was Biological students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare, Indonesia. The research instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of three indicators. The indicators measured to know the students' perception were the module, video clips, and materials. Microsoft Excel was used to analyze the data and interpreted using a Likert scale. The result showed that the students' positive perception toward the use of the YouTube application was a very good value. The students' distorted perceptions also showed a very good category. In conclusion, youtube-based material was a very good medium for teaching Listening skills. Keywords: YouTube Application, Students’ Perception, English Listening Skill
Focusing on the text book and teaching speaking by asking students tomemorize vocabularies in the classroom were the main reason for students getting difficulties to improve speaking ability. The main goal of the research was to perceive the impact of Asian Parliamentary Debate simulation in improving students’ speaking ability. This research employed a quasi-experimental design where the sample chosen was 79 of the second-year students at SMAN 2 Parepare. The data gathered using interview test which distributed before and after the research treatment and analyzed using quantitative analysis. The result indicated that there was a significant improvement on students’ speaking score. In conclusion, teaching speaking through the implementation of Asian Parliamentary debate simulation boosted students’ speaking ability..
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