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Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) deals with long term analysis of fundamental causes and consequences of issues. This paper is an attempt to explain how a single issue, that is the US presidential election, is correlated by the existence of jihadist militant and manipulated using political ideology. This study also examines the persuasive strategies of Donald Trump to win the US 2016 Election. In this study, van Dijk’s (2004) frameworks of Politics, Ideology, and Discourse is used to detect discursive structure within the transcript of Donald Trump’s speech and analyze the manner in which language can be a tool at the hands of speakers to persuade and create agreement toward the hearer. The macro strategy of positive self-representation and negative other representation, plus the other 25 more subtle strategies has become one significant way in the creation and neutralization of ideology and personal opinion. The application of this dichotomous categorization in CDA of Donald Trump’s strategy toward his addressee to win the US election has asserted the fact that ideological manipulations are used, expressed, enacted and implanted through discursive structures to persuade the audiences. The findings of this study can be conducive to expand students’ critical thinking abilities in comprehension and production of language and also in revitalizing the neglected construct of language proficiency.

Analysis of students’ critical thinking skills is the focus of this study. The material used in this research is Newton’s law. This research was conducted in one of the senior high schools in Malang City. The research was carried out using the critical thinking test method to measure students’ critical thinking skills, with the collection taken was class X IPA with a sample of sixty-four students who were divided into experimental and control classes. The experimental class was applied the ABSI model while the control class was applied to the conventional model. The learning process in the classroom, especially in physics lessons, has not used a learning model that can improve students’ critical thinking skills, namely still using discussion, question and answer and lecture models, this also causes less open opportunities for students to participate in learning and low student curiosity so that impact on students’ critical thinking skills. By using the ABSI model and tests of critical thinking skills in seeing students ‘critical thinking skills in Newton’s law material, the result is that in the class with ABSI model learning, students’ critical thinking abilities are higher than those with conventional models.

The improvement of the capital market is impacted by a few capital market pointers, for example, capitalization esteems, the estimation of offers exchanged, and the stock value record. Changes from these factors will influence financial strength and political and security steadiness which mirror the dimension of certainty of monetary on-screen characters in household conditions, in this manner capital markets can influence the economy. This investigation utilizes an occasion consider examination technique. The estimation time frame utilized amid the opening function of the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. In this examination, the populace is all customer merchandise fabricating division organizations, nourishment and refreshment sub-segments on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The examining system utilized immersed testing, which turned into the investigation test of 18 organizations. Specialized examination in the investigation utilizing an alternate test Paired Sample t-Test. In view of the consequences of the distinction test, the Abnormal Return normal and Trading Average Activity Volume when the Asian Games 2018 are the equivalent (not unique).

By expecting to give theoretical and practical contribution to English as Vocational Purposes (EVP) as part of English as Special Purposes (ESP) in vocational high schools, this study is conducted with an aim at determining whether there is significant difference between vocational students’ writing performance treated using direct peer feedback, teacher feedback and no specific feedback. This study uses a quasi-experimental design in which three assigned groups as experimental and control groups are given direct peer feedback contrasted to teacher feedback and non feedback application. Inter-rater scoring rubric using Jacob’s ESL Writing Assessment considering Language Use, Mechanic and Rhetoric as aspects is used to score students’ writing performance. Research findings shows that there is significant difference between students’ writing performance taught using direct peer feedback compared from students’ writing performance using teacher feedback and conventional with no special feedback instruction. It is also found that direct peer feedback is even more effective than teacher feedback.

The aim of study is to investigate the lecture process of Mathematical Method for Physics. The model is to develop the concept and ability of mathematical logical thinking of students of Physics Education Study Program. Mathematical Method for Physics is used to study physics related to how to systematically find out about nature. The research subjects consisted of 2 lecturers, and students who had taken Mathematical Method for Physics Courses, namely levels 3 and 4. The number of students filling out questionnaires was 94 students. Observations were conducted in class. Observations are focused on the learning process in the class. Data was collected using questionnaires to get student responses to the implementation of lectures. The results of the study were as many as 57.82% of students gave positive statements about the implementation of lectures, while the rest gave negative statements. This shows that studying physics is not only mastery of a collection of knowledge in the form of facts, concepts, or principles, but also an inquiry process. Therefore, the challenge in facing the 21st century is to improve the quality of education. Learning innovation is adjusted to the demands of educational change in the era of industrial revolution 4.0 (millennial). Learning must utilize information, communication, and technology (ICT). Innovation requires the support of a learning process that can strengthen creativity through critical thinking skills.

The study is aimed at proving empirically the significant effect of applying the product oriented writing instruction on the first year EFL undergraduate EFL students writing achievement. The reached population of this research is the first year undergraduate EFL students of the 3 chosen private and public universities in East and Central Java. Using GEFT Instrument, all the first year EFL students of those universities are tested and those students classified as field independent cognitive style only used as the subject of experimentation. Others having neutral and field dependent cognitive style are used as comparative groups. Posttest only design with 5 meetings using simplified product oriented writing instruction procedure treatment are applied to those subject. The finding shows that there is a significant betterment of the subject writing achievement after being given product oriented writing instruction. The reason of why the field independent cognitive style EFL students are more superior that the other two is because the learners having Field Independent Cognitive Style treat information and model as the characteristics of product oriented writing instruction as an independent part of his environment/surrounding, whereas the learners having other cognitive style treat information and perception as a whole and not separated from his environment/the surrounding. That makes the subject can take the advantage of the model and example presented in product oriented writing instruction. The researcher recommends TEFL practitioners consider the learner’s characteristic (cognitive style) as one of the learning condition variables that must be used as the base to determine the teaching/learning method to get the optimum learning achievement. Product oriented teaching in writing is suitable to be given for the students having field independent cognitive style.

Following the rapid growth of the social media communication technology worldwide, WhatsApp (WA) becomes one of the most practical means to corelate students and lecturers. In fact, students are able to contact their lecturers anytime they need to confirm any other task and assigment. However, to contact the lecturers, students have frequently need theappropriate speech act strategy to convey thir intention. While several studies have addressed this issue by focusing on the use of hedgs to express politeness in WA to express politeness, and violations are found in approbation maxim. In an attempt to fill this gap, of the use of WA to express students confirming speech act strategy to the lecturers. The method of providing data was carried out by tapping method with recording technique. This tehcnique is screen shoot the written document of speech act used by students when communicating with lecturers by using WA. The investigation reveals that, the most widely strategy used by students in WA to lecturers was to seek an agreement and the lowest use was to imply or express reciprocity, give understanding, and cooperation with the lecturers. This study argues that students send WA to the lecturers with the various purposes.

Search engines have become an integral part of student learning activities. This study aims to see how the use of search engines by students, especially by students of the Library and Information Science Program, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran. This study uses the mixed method. The research data was obtained through questionnaires, in-depth interviews, observations and literature studies. The results of the study showed that in learning activities, the respondents used search engines to find the references for college assignments and thesis writing material. The students also use search engines to meet daily information needs, solve problems, increase knowledge, reduce doubts, clarify things, entertain, fulfill curiosity about others, etc. The retrieval technique used by students is by using keywords/queries, Boolean logic, query strategies in the form of a brief search and using the advanced search feature. This research is expected to contribute to the university in supporting online-based learning facilities for students.

This study presents teaching process in applied linguistics course using Collaborative Problem-Based Learning (CPBL). The objectives are to see how CPBL increases: (1) students’ active involvement in classroom activities, (2) lecturer-students and students-students communicative interaction, (3) students’ creativity in finishing projects, (4) students’ cognitive comprehension, and (5) level of students’ satisfaction/ positive response to the implementation of CPBL. This study used a two cycle Classroom Action Research using descriptive approach. The subjects were 3 classes with 30 students each Applied Linguistic Course of English Department of IAIN Surakarta. This study revealed that students’ motivation, communicative interaction, students’ creativity in finishing projects, cognitive comprehension and students’ satisfaction/ positive response to the implementation of problem based learning in Applied Linguistics course attained significant improvement.

This study reports pattern of rhetoric in argumentative essay of academic writing accros three achievement categories: fast learner, medium learner, and slow learner. Descriptive correlation between the pattern of the rhetoric and overall quality of academic writing was also identified. This research was descriptive study using content analysis approach. The research subjects were 3 classes of semester VII EFL student out of 9 classes selected in purposive sampling. Pattern of rhetoric in students work was analyzed in seven categories: thesis statement, reservation, background information, rational appeal, affective appeal, conclusion, and hesitation. ESL composition profile by Jacobs was employed to measure students’ academic argumentative essay. The finding showed that rhetoric pattern categories in three different writing achievers was failed to use. However, strong connectivity between pattern of the seven rhetoric categories and overall quality of academic writing across level of achievement was significantly linked.

This study describes intrinsic analysis of Drama text written by Sophocles, focusing on general and social aspects of analysis. Content analysis was used in this study to examine the text of the drama. The study concluded that the Legend of Thebes represented in Oidious the King inherently reflected valuable linguistic and social values. Written by a wellknown author, Sophocles, Oidious the King presented setting sensitive aspects of natural characters of human beings. Social values that involved democratic, religious, loyality, living harmoniously in the community were well described in this drama.