Abstract:The required instructional material should be designed based on students' needs. This study is intended toidentify 1) material design and organization,2)language content, and 3) method and techniqueof the writing skill instructional material context for academic purposes which appropriate with students'characteristics and their situationrelated to the need of writing skills for academic purposes at non-English education study programs of STKIP Kusuma Negara Jakarta. The descriptive survey was used in identifying its' material context through questionnaire, semi-structured interview and non-participant observation. The respondents were non-English education study programs students duringthe fifth semester in academicyear of 2016-2017.The result showed that 1) It is required to have clear and easily understandable writing instructional material for academic purposes; 2) The required language content is related to a)rhetorical-functional (descriptive, narrative, classifying and identifying); b) academic genres, in the forms of essay and report; c)writing process; d) summarizing; e) paraphrasing; 3) The method and techniques which are applied to instructional material must empower thestudents to practice a lot through communicative and applicative activities. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that need analysis should be the starting point in designing the instructional material, due to it is a process to determine students' needs according to their wants, lacks, and necessities.

This paper focuses on the use of Wiki in enhancing learners' skills in writing argumentative essays. This paper describes the implementation of the online collaborative writing technique (OCWT) through Wiki activities and aims at analyzing the effectiveness of the OCWT to enhance the learners' argumentative essay writing. This study applied a descriptive method, involving a group of 29 students from the English Education Study Program at Universitas Terbuka (UT), Indonesia. In order to find out the effect of teaching material model on improving students' English writing skills, the researchers used two types of instruments, test, and non-test. The observation was also conducted to describe the process of implementing the OCWT. Based on the observation reports, the results of the statistical tests, and the analysis of the learners' perceptions, the OCWT using Wiki integrated into Moodle has a significant influence in improving the learners' argumentative essay writing skills, and as its implication, this approach is very appropriate to hone learners' learning independence. Moreover, the results of the survey show that the learners were very enthusiastic in participating in OCWT.

Communication gap because of linguistic difference and unavailability of specific learning materials become a problem of foreign workers working in Indonesia. A specific research that develops IFL learning materials to overcome these problems is needed. This study aims to develop and improve the quality of available IFL materials. Methodology used here is Research and Development, combining quantitative-qualitative approaches. The result of this study is: 1) M E D I A as a new framework learning materials with humanistic approach that presents multicultural domestic foreign workers’ characters bound by a shared narrative on linguistic problems within business communication realm; and 2) M E D I A as mnemonic technique to embody those multicultural characters and values into teaching materials’ books namely BIPA Business Communication. High-scoring of colleagues’ evaluation and experts’ validation confirms that the IFL is highly recommended to use. Having been implemented in large-scale class through Indonesian Proficiency Test (IPT), current study achieves effectively testing result which shows that this model of IFL learning materials is effective to use because it helps to improve the language skill of students.

Reading comprehension depicted as the most important skills and a complex cognitive process for the achievement of success or learning outcome in both school and society where reader’s prior knowledge and experiences serve central roles in the interpretation of a text or the interaction of the reader, the text, and the context. The purpose of the exploratory study was to investigate the effect of the Moodle e-learning on EFL reading comprehension. 27 EFL college students were participating in the study. Data were collected through the pretest and posttest of reading comprehension. Data analysis involved three stages: normality test, homogeneity test, and hypothesis testing by utilizing software statistical package for social science (SPSS) for the window. Results indicate that the use of Moodle e-learning has a significant effect on improving students’ reading comprehension.

Scientific writing is a way for someone to put the concept of thinking in written form so that other people can understand what is being thought. Students are the next generations who have idealism in thinking that needs to be nurtured. The purpose of this study was to improve the scientific writ-ing of students through Collaborative Learning by utilizing blended learn-ing technology. The research method used is action research, using collabo-rative learning that is applied in learning to write scientific paper. The stu-dents are expected to have logical thinking aspects, data objectivity, vocab-ulary mastery, use of Enhanced Spelling (EYD), use of effective sentences, and paragraph development. It can be concluded that collaborative learning can improve the ability to write scientific articles because in collaborative learning students are very active, motivated and always intrigued by their hearts and minds to solve problems faced in the same group and they can compete competitively, and motivate other students to achieve the maxi-mum learning outcomes

There has been a long debate among the language practitioners on the effectiveness of an approach for teaching grammar. Some pros to the effectiveness of the deductive approach, while others believe that the inductive approach works better in enhancing students grammatical competence. This paper discusses the effectiveness of an integrated story-based grammar learning (ISGL) modelon students' grammar learning achievement. This study was an experimental study involving two groups with 35 students in each of itsexperimental and control group at the English Education Study Program, University of Bengkulu. The data were taken by using a grammarpretest and post-test and an interview. The pretest and post-test scores were analyzed by the using t-test calculation and the interview data was analyzed through the steps of data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The result of the t-test calculation shows that t-count (2.775) was greater than t-table (1.995). It means the use of the ISGL model is more effective in enhancing the students' grammar learning achievement than the conventional approach which commonly used at the EESP, FKIP University of Bengkulu. In addition, the interview results also reveal that use of ISGL model makes the grammar learning more interesting and enjoyable.

This research traces the relationship between character's existence, ecological insight, and cultural values in folklore. Whether it is recognized or not, in Indonesia, folklore has the power to explore nature. To achieve that goal, this research approach is qualitative that is supported by content analysis method. The source of research data is Timun Mas folklore. The study of literary perspective (environment) in eco-criticism can construct the wisdom of the environment itself and the study of environmental literature perspective, can be focused on ethical studies (1) respect for nature, (2) responsibility for nature, (3) solidarity towards nature, (4) affection and care for nature, and (5) attitudes not to disturb the natural life displayed in literary works. Through this study, there are several findings obtained that are water environment pollution, habitat destruction, and management of nature or the environment.

The study aims to explore in-depth students' and lecturer’s perceptions of collaborative writing. There are four perceptual focuses; conceptual understanding, forms of cooperation, writing skills, and classroom atmosphere. This study used a qualitative method involving 31 students who took academic writing courses and an English Lecturer. The research data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. The results showed that students and lecturer had a positive perception of the collaborative writing model in terms of understanding concepts, forms of cooperation, writing skills, and a pleasant learning classroom atmosphere. One of the most dominant aspects of students' perceptions about collaborative writing is the development of cooperation between them in the learning process (Storch 2018), which improves their writing abilities and skills (Zhang 2018).