Abuse of Power in Nancy Farmer's The House of the Scorpion (2002)

This study aims to reveal abuse of power depicted in Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion using Daniel Sankowsky’s definition and characteristics of abuse of power by leader, Bob Jessop’s Marxist Approaches to Power, and Nicos Poulantzas’s destruction of the state. El Patrón as the leader of a country named Opium, abuse his power in Marxist way, which leads to destruction of the state. The analysis focuses on how abuse of power done by El Patrón and destruction of the state as the consequence. Throughout the analysis, El Patrón’s abuse of power is done by him as a leader through economic, political, and ideological class domination. Destruction of the state as the consequence of his abuse of power include the destruction of the Church and the family.

The Effectiveness of Video Scribe Sparkol on EFL Students’ Grammar Ability

Grammar is one of the most important aspects as it integrates with four language skills, and it enhances the learners’ fluency. However, some students still get difficulty in understanding the grammar patterns and difficulty in composing grammatical sentences. One of the methods that can be implemented in teaching grammar is Video Scribe Sparkol. This study intends to determine whether or not the employment of Video Scribe Sparkol influences students' grammatical skills. This quantitative-experimental research involved the investigation of two classes; experimental and control. The experimental class was given treatment by using Video Scribe Sparkol, while the control class was taught conventionally (without using any media). The experimental class's SPSS data indicated that a pre-test average score was 68.15, and the post-test average score was 83.23. It indicated a highly significant improvement in the experimental class's score. Meanwhile, the average score of the control class's pre-test was 70.96, and their post-test average score was 78.09. As the significance sig. (2 tailed) of the Independent Sample t-test was 0.027 < 0.05, which means that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Thus, there is a significant difference between the average score of the experimental and the control class. The results revealed that Video Scribe has a significant impact on learners’ grammar ability, and it can motivate and engage them in grammar activities due to interesting images, animations, and audiovisuals on its features. Thus, further researchers need to investigate the students’ motivation toward this method.

Violence against Women in Eka Kurniawan’s Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

The aim of this article is to analyze the types of violence against women depicted in Eka Kurniawan’s Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash also to reveal the process of several female characters from being disempowered (after received violence by men) to empowering themselves. Those are global and common issues that society would face every day. This study uses thematic analysis on the basis of Gender-based Violence (GBV) to categorize the type of violence based on a theory of feminist by Beauvoir and also using Naila Kabeer’s perspective to reveal that violence affect women in empower and disempower ways. The female characters that receive violence are Scarlet Blush, Iteung, Young Widow, and Jelita. The types of violence that occurred are sexual violence, physical violence, verbal violence, and psychological violence. However, the result of women’s empowerment only causes Iteung itself, she is the only one who can survive and be empowered after fighting against patriarchal culture, while Scarlet Blush is the opposite.

Formative Assessment and Self-Regulated Learning during Pandemic Era

During online learning in Covid-19 outbreak, self-regulation is needed more due to the different learning situation and distance between student and teacher. One of the ways to support student self-regulated learning in EFL classes is through the implementation of formative assessment. The aim of this study is to find out the formative assessment that EFL teachers use in online learning and how they perceive the role of formative assessment in supporting students’ self-regulated learning. To get the data, questionnaire adapted from Gan et al. (2019); Pat-El et al. (2013) was utilized. Interviews also were conducted to get deeper understanding about the findings obtained through questionnaire. The findings revealed that during online learning, EFL teachers used a variety of formative assessment techniques, using online platforms that were easy to use. They agreed that students need to have self-regulated learning skills during online learning. However, some of them did not know for sure that the formative assessment they conducted could enhance students’ self-regulated learning since only some students submitted their work. Further research can be done to find out strategies to implement formative assessment using technologies or tools utilized in online learning where the students can get immediate feedback and use it to help them improve their learning.

The Development of Lesson Plan Using Blended Learning Model at The University of Billfath

This research is to redesign the Lesson Plan Bahasa Inggris II (English for Chemistry) by using Blended Learning (BL). The purpose of this study is (1) presenting the Blended Learning (BL) learning development process; (2) integrating face-to-face (F2) learning methods with online learning models; and (3) testing the effectiveness of blended learning (BL) in Chemical Education Study Program University of Billfath. The research design used is research and development (R & D) by applying the Addie model with five stages: (1) analyze phase; (2) Design (Design); (3) Development; (4) Implementation; (5) and evaluation (evaluation). The object of the research was the English language course II carried out in the even semester in the Chemical Education Study Program in the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Billfath. There are two methods in covering blended learning material as outlined in the lesson plan. The expert validity test showed the results, 96% from Lesson Plan experts, LMS expert 85%, 88,2% from English material experts, and 86,7% from Chemistry experts, while 93,2% from learning media experts, and all of them fall into the valid category. Furthermore, the results of this study indicate that 78,54 % this learning gets a valid category from the observer. The implementation of a lesson plan with a blended learning model provides convenience in the learning process. Students have enough time to learn English anytime anywhere with online learning methods and conduct more intensive discussions in face-to-face meetings

An Exploration of Anxiety towards English for Specific Purposes (ESP)

This study aims at exploring the Foreign Language Anxiety among the ESP Students. The participants in this study were183 students of three different departments of Politeknik Sawunggalih Aji, Indonesia. There were 56 students of Information Technology Department, 93 students of Accounting Department and 34 students of Business Administration Department. The Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) (Horwitz, Howitz & Cope, 1986) was used to collect the data. The general level of anxiety among students of Politeknik Sawunggalih Aji, Indonesia is average to high as their mean score is 81.84. There are 169 students who suffered from average to high anxiety or 92.34%. The results of the analysis revealed that the students of Information Technology department experienced the highest level of anxiety with the mean score of 84.8; the students of Accounting department experienced the next higher level of anxiety with the mean score of 80,8 and the students of Business Administration department experienced the lowest of anxiety with the mean score of 79,8%. Knowing these results, teachers should provide the materials and the teaching method which can help students overcoming their anxiety towards English. Therefore the level of anxiety can be pressed to low.