Proceedings of the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017)

Session: Language and Culture

9 articles
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The Effect of Reflective Journal Writing on Students’ Writing Ability of Narrative Text

Firdaus Habibi, Ismalianing Eviyuliwati, Sunardi Kartowisastro
This research is aimed to obtain the empirical evidence about the effect of reflective journal writing on students’ writing ability of narrative text at the tenth-grade students of SMA Triguna Utama South Tangerang. The writer used quasi-experimental research which classified into a quantitative research....
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The Representation of Culture in English Reading Passages of Senior High School National Examination in Indonesia

Siti Nurul Azkiyah, Dede Puji Setiono
Culture has become one of the concerned issues in the field of language testing and evaluation. Therefore, this paper attempts to identify different cultures contained on test items, particularly whether the Indonesian culture is sufficiently represented. Qualitative method using a content analysis design...
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The Effect of English Captioned Video on Students’ Listening Comprehension (A Quasi-Experimental Study at the Eleventh-Grade Students of SMAN 4 Tangerang Selatan)

Ratna Sari Dewi, Zaharil Anasy, Rif’atun Nazhiroh
This study aimed to obtain empirical data regarding whether there is a significant effect on providing English captioned video (variable x) towards students’ listening comprehension (variable y). The research was conducted at Senior High School 4 (SMAN 4), Tangerang Selatan and consist of 40 students...
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Correlational Investigation of Indonesian EFL Learners’ Critical Thinking, and Grammar Mastery with Their Reading Comprehension Achievement

Alek Alek, Estetika Handayani
Critical thinking and grammar mastery play a prominent role in fostering students’ reading comprehension skill. Reading comprehension is a prominent aspects to develop other English skills. The present study was to investigate the relationship Indonesian learners’ critical thinking with their reading...
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Professional Teacher for EFL Classroom

Fahriany Fahriany, Fahri Haswani
One factor influencing the success of EFL Class is teachers, which of course are expected to have good competences. One of the required competences is professionalism beside pedagogical personality and social competences. This article discusses professional English teachers who can inspire students to...
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Student’s Self- Efficacy And Their Speaking Skill At Lower Secondary School

Desmaliza Desmaliza, Tria Septiani
Although learning English for many years, most students could not be able to practice and speak in the class or out of class. Speaking in English language is very difficult for students and they think that they cannot speak English even though they know that the skill is very important to face the globalization....
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English, Modernity and the Decay of Local Language

Asna Usman Dilo, Sri Dewi Jayanti Biahimo
This study aims at describing the correlation between English usage in daily interaction of young generation in Gorontalo and the decay of local language. It is a qualitative study where the data are taken from observation, interview, and documentation. The respondents in this study are young people...
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Building Autonomous Learners in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom

Abd. Rahman
The concept of learner autonomy has been widely discussed in the area of second language acquisition (SLA). Learner autonomy is the ability of the learners to take responsibility for their own learning. It is believed that this concept allows the learners to be more active and become effective language...
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Representaion of Islamic Culture on Indonesian Language Textbooks in Madrasah

Nuryani Nuryani
The aim of this study is to describe representation of Islamic Culture on Indonesian language textbooks in madrasah for the past two years. Islamic education should be able to realize the elements of Islam in every component of teaching, one of them in the preparation and use of textbooks for each subject....