Confidence is very important to be possessed by every language learner. In fact, most of learners especially for those who learn English, still get lack of confidence. The study was intended to investigate factors contributing to lack of confidence in English speaking, the strategies to overcome lack of confidence and the learners’ perceptions of self-confidence in involving speaking practice…

This thesis began with the problems in English course materials which was presented in very general way and did not relevant with the students and stakeholder’s needs. The objectives of this study were (1) to find out the students’ needs; (2) to find out whether the English materials given in teaching and learning English have been relevant to the students’ needs; (3) to find out what kin…

This research focuses on students’ personality and language learning strategies on students’ English achievement at undergraduate program of University of Muhammadiyah, academic year 2013-2014. It was conducted in quantitative design. From the total of population 159 students, 55 students are chosen as sample based on probability sampling methods particularly simple random sampling in …

Whether we like or not, English has become the primary language of international communication, the lingua franca of the world and it is rolling ahead like a juggernaut. More people speak English today than have ever spoken any single language in the recorded history of the world. English has important function in every aspect in this era, especially in education side. Someone demanded to know …

This research dealt with affective strategies to overcome and to analyze students’ anxiety in speaking English in extracurricular class at Dharma Karya Universitas Terbuka Pondok Cabe. The subject of this research was students in elementary school level. Anxiety became important to be investigated because this condition might block the ability of students’ speaking. There were three ins…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the combination of students' self-esteem and students' motivation significantly explains their English speaking proficieney, both separately and simultaneously. A qualitative analysis that covers descriptive statistics; mode, median, range, mean, standard deviation, variance, and the distribution frequency in histogram, and inferential analysis; corr…

Syllabus design is a continuous process in designing syllabus based on the analysis of the students' needs in accordance with the development of science and technology which is always revised until being perfect. This research is about the development of English language syllabus for banking at PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk in Jakarta-Indonesia. In this research, the writer conducted the resea…

The current trends show that the teaching of English is not only conducted in elementary schools but also in kindergartens. The research was initiated by the fact that English has been included as a program in teaching and learning process in kindergartens in Bekasi. However, that program is not supported by the availability of qualified teachers and English syllabus. This study is focused on d…

The objective of this study is to investigate the suitability of the English textbook used at SD Al-Azhar Islam 20 Cibubur. The study may improve useful about the suitability of the English textbook with KTSP. This study used a qualitative research embracing characteristic of a case study. The data obtained through the analysis English textbook used at Grade 1,2,3 based on criteria from KTSP an…

The objective of this research was to get the empirical evidence whether there is an improvement of using Quipper for students’ English reading skill at the eleventh grade students of SMA Al- Chasanah Jakarta. The method of the research was involved in a classroom action research study. This kind of study conducted in a classroom and saw the process of the students’improvement through the …