Written feedback in academic writing is an essential factor that enables teacher and students to interact with each other in order to improve students’ writing. This research aims to find out the types of written feedback the teachers use for students’ academic writing, the most useful feedback, and...

This study aims to develop cooperative integrated reading and composition (CIRC) weblogs materials for the second-grade students of MAN 1 Yogyakarta. The materials were developed through ADDIE stages. The qualitative data were analyzed using the descriptive analysis while the quantitative data were analyzed...

Self-concept has been considered as one of the determining factors of a student’s success in learning. A student organization such as drama club can be a place where students build certain self-concept. The current study is aimed at investigating students’ EFL self-concept in relation to their involvement...

Language is an arbitrary symbol of sound system, which is used for social interaction, consists of form, meaning, and expression. The study of language (Linguistics) focuses on both aspects of micro and macro linguistics. This present study belonged to the later, i.e. Sociolinguistics, as it discussed...

This research presents a description of a technology-based English learning in an Indonesian context project completed by rural high school students. It employed a descriptive qualitative research method in a class consisting of 35 students. The data were collected from videotaped observations, interviews...

The 2013 National Education Curriculum requires students to be the center of teaching and learning process in the classroom. Having Student Centered Learning (SCL) as the teaching approach, the implementation of the curriculum implies that students should be involved actively during the transfer of the...

At present the world of education, including the sector of English language teaching, has been witnessing the massive development of information technology and using it as a means of improving the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process. Studies confirm that e-learning improves students’ learning...

The important element in extensive reading, a second language reading approach, is materials to read. Finding suitable reading materials is the biggest mission to achieve the goal of the approach which is reading for pleasure or reading engagement. This research aims at uncovering a trend of books selected...

Listening and speaking skills clearly turn into a critical ability for language students as those skills facilitate the fruitful adaptation, particularly on the advancement of education and technology. There have been numerous studies investigating that blended learning supports the enhancement of students’...

Pre-service teachers may hold different motives in choosing a career path as a teacher. The present study aims at investigating the types of motivation to choose a career as an English teacher among participants from a teacher training program in a private university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Of 23 students...

The Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) refers to language teachers’ knowledge, skills and principles on language assessment and evaluation. This study investigated the LAL of teachers in a higher education context in Indonesia. The three components of language assessments were the focus of the inquiry...

The benefits of the integration of technology into English learning and teaching within a framework of blended learning are likely to outweigh the challenges. Introducing a combination of online, offline and traditional modes of delivery, this study provides practical ideas on how blended learning led...

The advance of technology has provided a third virtual space where people from various regions and linguistic background can interact with each other. Social network sites (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, among others, are the examples of these spaces. As a lingua franca, English is often...

Doing an internship is one example of experiential learning. Students learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) are obliged to complete an internship in order to fulfil the requirements of their Bachelor of Education. This study aims to report on the findings of a qualitative investigation through...

The purpose of this study is to investigate pre-service English teachers’ perception about blended learning approach to support them in developing instructional design for English subject. The participants of this study were 2 pre-service English teachers from Teaching Reading and Writing course. In...

Effective teachers can influence students’ learning and success. Research in this area is scarcely found in Indonesian contexts. The objective of the study is to explore teachers and students’ perception regarding the criteria of effective teachers using mixed method. The qualitative data gathering process...

This research is a quantitative study of the influence of the discipline of congregational prayer on student learning achievement. It is motivated by the goals of education in Indonesia, which make learning achievement a benchmark for the success of student learning in schools. Researchers are interested...

This study explores the association of land tenure to food access in selected villages in the municipality of Pigcawayan situated in the North Cotabato province of the Mindanao peninsula, Philippines. There were 56 farm tenants that were interviewed in the study through snowball sampling. Using the...

This study aims to examine the effect of financial conditions, types, and size on tax compliance of SME in Tangerang with a reduction in tax rates (Tax Facilities) as a moderating variable. The population are SMEs located in Bintaro, South Tangerang. 70 SMEs were chosen by using purposive sampling as...

Mangrove forests produce ecosystem services benefitting human beings such as protection from tsunamis, abrasion, carbon sequestration; a place for fish nesting; and also for recreational purposes. However, the values of mangrove forests including their recreational value are often ignored. Several mangrove...

This research aims to analyse the influence of Islamic Financial Technology on the change in Debtors’ Preference for Bangun Drajat Warga Islamic Rural Bank Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta. The influence of Islamic Financial Technology is measured using several variables, comprising Perceived Financial...

Landslide hazard could have severe impacts on public properties including damaged infrastructure, changing land structure, relocation of buildings and roadways, reduction on water quality in streams and irrigation facilities, etc., Household mitigation for landslide hazard is necessary to reduce such...

In the disruptive era, cash-waqf has greater potential for humanitarian and economic development impacts. Therefore, this study aims to find the initiative of involvement of Muhammadiyah members in cash-waqf by analyzing their level of understanding of it. The primary data were taken based on the answers...

Along with its development, OIC was able to contribute to the economy, especially in the flow of international trade. Indonesia and Malaysia are the main actors in increasing exports in the OIC countries but Indonesia's exports in 2014-2015 in intra-OIC trade fell by 6.8%, while Malaysian exports in...

Rising awareness toward the effects of chemical substance on public health and environment has led to the initiation and the development of organic farming system. This research aimed at analyzing the financial feasibility and technical efficiency of the development of organic and non-organic rice farming....

This research aims at empirically proving the composition of local government expenditure (education, health, marine and fisheries, agriculture, and general allocation fund) on economic growth in 18 provinces in Indonesia from 2010 to 2015. The model used in this research is panel data regression. The...

This study aims to identify the role of switching cost as a moderating variable in the influence of price and service quality on switching intention. It also attempts to answer the current state of Islamic bank customers in Indonesia by using Reinforcement Theory in the context of switching intention...

Creative-economy has become center attention of the Indonesian government, by establishing The Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy in 2015. However, funding or economic is still considered as the main obstacle for the creative-industries startups, as the driver for creative-economy, in developing...

Islamic Social Reporting has been promoted as instrument to encourage business entities to comply with Islamic teachings. The objective of this research is to obtain empirical evidence about factors that influence Islamic Social Reporting disclosure for companies listed in Indonesia Sharia Stock Index....

An eco-friendly home, well known as green home, is a home building that pays attention to sustainability aspects of the environment, both in the construction process and in the use of the building. This article reviews the efficiency of energy costs according to building utilization. A green home designed...

Along with technological developments, online learning has been generally accepted as one component in the teaching and learning process. This is proven the many educational institutions applying e learning. E-Learning is a type of learning system that allows the delivery of teaching materials to students...

The death of 72 residents of the Asmat regency in Januari 2018 revealed the latent problems of health and welfare in the province of Papua. Tens of trillions of budgets disbursed by the central government each year did not increase the quality of health and welfare of the Asmat population. Cases of malnutrition...

Education is one of the biggest challenges for teachers in the millennial era. Study nowadays is not only about transferring knowledge, that is characterized by unidirectional learning. It is more about how far teachers are able to provide an understanding to students that science is not to be memorized...

City branding can start from extracting the potential of Indonesia’s regions, which can qualify for world qualifications. Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism’s policy also emphasises that the regional government must also build a brand for the region, which is in accordance with the potential and positioning...

Some people argue that museums are the building for saving antiquities. However, based on Government Regulation No. 6/ 2015, it is noteworthy that museums have other vital functions to educate and entertain people. For education purposes, museums can provide information and communication about their...

The research aims to find a synergetic communication model in the formulation of the Regent’s regulatory policy on the Mount Sinabung eruption contingency plan. This study was conducted with descriptive qualitative methods, the data collection techniques were through interviews, observations, and documentation...

Curriculum development is a continues process in improving and adjusting the quality and goals of studying and teaching. One challenging process is, however, to prepare a transformed curriculum for different students. This study aims at illustrating curriculum development process of general religious...

Islamic values are found in the Prophet Muhammad SAW as said by Allah in the Qur'an: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah has been a good example for you, for those who hope for the mercy of Allah and the coming of the Day of Judgment, and he calls Allah ."[Al Ahzab 21]. The characteristics of Rasullullah...

Mangrove policy about monitoring policy and control of mangrove area is a policy made to protect and conserve mangrove area. Monitoring and controlling policy of mangrove area in Surabaya is contained in Mayor of Surabaya Regulation No. 65/2011. The purpose of this policy is to maintain and preserve...

In reality, technology adoption is a very complex process. Currently, manufacturing companies have passed the four main phases, referred to as the industrial revolution. The first is called the 1.0 industrial revolution, while the second and third industrial revolutions are known as Industry 2.0 and...

General Elections in Indonesia were just held on April 17, 2019. At that time, all Indonesian people have gave their voting rights in the Presidential Election and Legislative Election. Especially for legislative candidates who are competing to be elected representatives, they do everything they can...

This paper discusses culinary as a medium of cultural exchange and strategic instrument to enhance other countries awareness, to engage on a cultural and personal level, and to encourage economic development such as trade and investment, as well as country promotion with everyday diners. It is no longer...

This research was aimed at gaining a worksheet learning media with the steps of Problem Based Learning approaches for the learning of Medical Electronics Practice. This research adapted the development model of Alessi and Trollip consisting three steps, namely planning, design, and development. Product...

The development of information and communication technology has a significant influence on the development of learning media and method. E-learning is a new way of teaching and learning using information and communication technology as a learning system. Interactive multimedia which is more popular as...

Nationalism is one of the fundamental things for the development of a country since it influences the strength of the country. Over a few decades, the problems of nationalism have been experienced by several countries. This study aims to investigate the attitudes of Indonesian nationalism by using a...

This study aims to understand the determinants of the sustainable slum beautification (SB) program in Indonesia. The SB program has emerged as one of the successful slum improvement programs. However, many slum settlements in Indonesia failed to achieve the expected result. This indicates that the issue...

This paper examines the response of Indonesia’s parties in dealing with the parliamentary threshold in the 2019 election. It has a twofold objective: to discern the development of political ideology in Indonesia’s post-New Order regime and to identify the current political cleavage among political parties...

This study aims to understand the government communication process of Yogyakarta City Government in the arrangement of Malioboro areas with Lasswell paradigm. Research method use qualitative with Malioboro area Arragement as a studi cases. This research is was undertaken in the city of Yogyakarta by...

In a long period, the Indonesian Chinese has avoided electoral political dynamics. Even further, Indonesian Chinese ethnic groups avoid social spaces that openly connoted to the political world. Marginalization and discrimination factors are the right terms to describe the position of the ethnic Indonesian...

Corporate Social Responsibility activities are still carried out haphazardly because the awareness of their implementation is only to avoid punishment from the central government, NGO or the society. In order to sidestep the penalty, many companies will do CSR program without any value and dedication...

Bantul faced severe damage when the earthquake struck on May 27, 2006 and one totally destroyed village was Ngelepen Village. As a result, 72 families received house-living aid in unique shape. The construction of the house is a dome shaped, that looks like a Teletubbies house (cartoon movie in early...

The public open space policy in Kaohsiung is in accordance with Articles 42 and 43 of “Urban Planning Act”, which is regulated to enhance the convenience of the citizen’s activities and to ensure a good urban living environment. Article 45 also stipulates the parks, green spaces, squares, children's...

The research objective is to create a holistic model of value chains that can enhance tangible and intangible benefits for stakeholders in Ulos Woven Fabric Industry in Pematang Siantar City, Simalungun, Samosir, and North Tapanuli Regency. The specific target is to inventory all activities that occur...

National Socio-Economic Survey 2017 notes that in the City of Magelang, there were 31.7% of poor people with low educat­ion, labor status, and unemployment. Children from this poor family automatically are on child poverty condition. The prob­lems are: (1) How do the city government and the CSR forum...

This study discusses the political strategies carried out by the Islamic Defenders Front organization in the victory of a pair of Muslim governor candidates in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election. The political strategies carried out in each phase involved mass mobilization for the political candidate,...

Research on the strategic planning established by the Transportation Department of Malang City in optimizing the regional revenue from parking levies is based on the number of parking lots that can be optimized and unsynchronized strategies that have been made by the Department of Transportation compared...

This paper will investigate and interrogate the significance and existence of minaret in contemporary urban mosque in Jakarta. Etymologically speaking, minaret derives from the word manaras, which means mercusuar. Throughout history, minaret was not built to amplify call prayer and its development in...

Nowadays, the improvement of technology has been creating a digital transformation that gradually or radically changing people's behavior and habits in almost every aspect of daily life. As a result, the transformation gradually changes the ways in how people interact with each other. This paper is the...

The main objective of this research is to observe the extent of students' understanding of Pancasila Education and Civic Education towards the formation of nationalist character. For this reason the method used is a quantitative research method which is carried out by submitting a questionnaire to the...

The identity of community groups is always present in various forms. Those who belong in the middle-class Muslim community form their piety identity differently from others outside the community. This article states that the middle-class Muslim practices various activities such as studying of Holy Qur'an,...

According to Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics, there were 347.256 divorce cases during 2015. The number tends to increase annually. Allegedly, communication disharmony is the major factor causing divorce. In fact, communication is essential for a family. Most of Indonesians, based on the culture...

After the 1998 political reforms, political parties had been encouraged to practice gender politics, oriented to have equality by providing lots of affirmative spaces for women's involvement as the demand for political parties is more inclusive to women to take apart and carry cooperative programs for...

In Village of Sirnabaya, Subdistrict of East of Telukjambe, District of Karawang are many industries construction, because the land of agriculture is marginal so it is not productive if use to agriculture activity. The goal of this research is to know the effect of insight from District of Karawang in...

This study aims to describe the information about the existing, reliable indicator of poverty accurate and valid in support of poverty reduction programs in Malang district and to know the data collection mechanism or the poverty rate so that strategy and direction of activities in order to support capacity...

The increase of false news (hoax), hate speech, access to negative content, and misuse of internet as a crime media indicated a low level of digital literacy, especially in teenagers and young adults as the age group with the most access to the internet in Indonesia. Digital literacy, the ability needed...

The aims of this study is to describe the need analysis of the development of English vocabulary and pronunciation e-books for SMA/MA students. This study used a qualitative descriptive method for the research conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Pengasih. Data were collected through observation and interviews...

Some people make a living out of the dead as the case with workers and owners of funeral homes. Since the 1950’s, traditionally operated funeral homes or “Funeraria” which are family-owned have been existing in Iligan City, Philippines. With the advent of technology and modernity, “Funeraria” have to...

Cyberfeminism has been posited as a new medium to promote women’s opinions. In Indonesia, the Community of Mothers (Komunitas Emak-Emak – KEE) has determined itself as a cyberfeminism movement promoting gender equality, especially for mothers. In fact, its presence has been attracting interests during...

According to the Indonesian Ministry of Education, the implementation of Computer-based National Exam (CBNE) has been a success and able to improve the assessment quality, logistic efficiency, and student digital literacy in secondary schools. However, there are multiple issues reported during the CBNE,...

The Constitutional Court’s Decision No. 46/PUU/XIV/2016 which rejected the petition of petitioners to broaden the meaning of zina (fornication) in the Criminal Code of Indonesia has been becoming an interesting issue to be discussed. Some researchers have argued that the Constitutional Court must use...

The issue of sexual abuse today is quite alarming. Many cases have occurred including in West Nusa Tenggara. A social rehabilitation center that provides services to Children Associated with Law (ABH) in Lombok is quite overwhelmed with client problems, especially those related to sexual abuse issues...

This paper aims to describe the implementation of Good University Governance (GUG) at Higher Education Institutions (HEI). This study compared the strategy of two educational institutions, namely the Department of Government Science – Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Ilmu Pemerintahan/ IP UMY),...

The To Lotang is the minority people who live along with local wisdom that signify their presence as well as their differences from majority society. The study is aimed to retain the knowledge on how the To Lotang’s local wisdom is manifested in the activity of interpreting information from the mass...

One of the Muhammadiyah education functions known as the preaching of “amar makruf nahi nungkar” (invite to the goodness and avoid to the meanness). This spirit is internalized at all levels of education in the Muhammadiyah School, especially through compulsory subjects called “Al Islam dan Kemuhammadiyahan...

One of the problems found in this era is the lack of synergy between the social, emotional and spiritual attitude with student’s knowledge and skills in following technological developments in the digital era. Thus, Islamic education must be prepared and should not be complacent in facing this era. This...

Muslim MSMEs that produce food made from organic crops in Malang City engage both creativity and innovations. At present, product innovation is unfortunately insufficient, due to facing obstacles in developing their products. This paper depicts a result on the implementation of the triple helix creative...

The advancement of digital era has contributed in developing the quality of human resources, accelerating the process of searching knowledge, and affecting demographic and social value aspects. This change requires the Islamic education curriculum to adjust with the challenges and needs in the digital...

Indonesia, which is known as a country with many religions, has excellent religious tourism potential. Many buildings or historic places that have special meaning for religious people. DKI Jakarta, as the capital of Indonesia, also has a variety of tomb sites that are visited by many. But unfortunately,...

Development of fetus in uterus (embryology) was much mentioned in the Qur’an and hadith. Along with advances in science and technology, especially in the digital era, reinterpretation of embryology with the multidisciplinary approach between Islamic and medical sciences, especially embryology, is a challenge...

This research aims at analyzing the characters of Sharia-based human resources in facing ASEAN Economic Community (MEA). The data used were those of qualitative data compiled from literatures and other supporting sources. The approach used was qualitative approach using an in-depth study of literature...

This article tries to see a phenomenon called Echo Chambers through the perspective of Stella Ting-Toomey’s Intercultural Communication theory. This study shows that the development of social media was also followed by the shadow of Echo Chambers. The tendency to isolate oneself and associate with those...

This research aims to know the level of knowledge of farmers about government regulations on the protection of agricultural land sustainable food and identifying the factors that influence the farmer’s willingness to preserve rice farming. The location was determined by a purposive method in six villages...

This research aims to describe communication strategy models of Provincial Government of Bali in resolving a reclamation conflict of Benoa Bay. The reclamation refusal led by Forum Masyarakat Bali (ForBali) hampered the reclamation project, mentioned on Presidential Regulation No. 51/2014. Even though...

Special Region of Yogyakarta is known as one of the tourism icons with eco-tourism potential for natural tourism. Most visitors during the previous year visited coastal tourism area such as the South East Coast cluster. This tourism phenomenon is benefitted from word-of-mouth information dissemination...

Crime is a universal problem faced by all civilizations in the world. Various cultures in the world have their own ways of fighting crime that is in their society. The law enforcement mechanism becomes a controlling instrument of crime that is operated by law enforcement. Meanwhile, the judiciary is...

This piece of work was aimed to survey intended to determine the level of difficulty and power of discrimination of a final test with the use of multiple choice applied in the subject of Aqidah-Akhlak for the Muhammadiyah Junior High School’s Eighth Grade in Yogyakarta. Sample of this survey is 200 pupils...

The Yogyakarta Special Province has implemented school zonation system for student's school admission. The policy has raised various responses from communities that need to be well studied to find best inputs upon impacts of such a policy. This study aims at revealing the responses of the Yogyakarta...

Indonesia has been prominent as a countries in South East Asia with the richness of culture. One of the important heritage sites in Yogyakarta province is Kotagede heritage site. Kotagede is a historic neighbourhood in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Culture has been so important for the society and creates public...

One of the ways to increase regional income is from regional tourism development. Kaliurang is an area in Sleman Regency that is considerably potential in the tourism sector. In this area,, there are many tours that offer natural and artificial tourism. A tourism object of the Festival of Light Kaliurang...

The selection of candidates is the initial phase for women to be able to participate actively in politics and to sit in a party or even the parliament. This research analyzes and compares the selection of women candidates between the Spanish political party Unidos Podemos and the Indonesian political...

Women in Myanmar have been underrepresented in all aspects, including in the parliament at the union and state/region level. However, the number of women’s representation in parliament at national and state/region level was significantly increasing from 3.7% in 2010 to 10.08% in 2015. The international...

This study aims to investigate the knowledge and understanding of academics staff on zakat and to know the impact of professional zakat on the behavior of lecturers of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. The objects of this study were lecturers at the Faculty of Economics and Business. This research...