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International Journal of Education

2016 Volume 9, Number 1

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Number of articles: 11

  1. ESP PRACTITIONERS’ ROLE AND THEIR ETHNOGRAPHY: A CASE STUDY OF ESP PRACTITIONERS AT THE INDONESIAN TERTIARY LEVEL

    Kun Muhrofi-Gunadi

    This current research aims at revealing factual ESP practitioners’ roles at the tertiary level of education in Malang City, Indonesia. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and a... More

    pp. 1-9

  2. ATTITUDES AND EXPERIENCES OF CLASSROOM SCIENCE: CHILDREN’S VOICES

    Gillian Ward, Lauren Donnan & Kirsten McNabb

    This article draws on two studies that examined primary children’s attitudes towards science in the classroom and their experiences of science. Through the data drawn from semi-structured... More

    pp. 10-16

  3. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLOID MODULE BASED ON GUIDED INQUIRY APPROACH TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ COGNITIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Lita Novilia, Srini Iskandar & Fauziatul Fajaroh

    Colloid is one of the chemical topics taught in high school. Actually, the characteristic of Colloid topic is contextual. Colloid topic is taught by expository and discussion methods. Based on... More

    pp. 17-23

  4. COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE OF CONVERSATIONS IN VIKRAM SETH’S A SUITABLE BOY: A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC ASSESSMENT OF INFERENTIAL CHAINS OF INTERPRETATION

    Vijay Thakur

    Grice (1975) provides an interpretative model that explains how we draw inferences from conversation. This theory of Cooperative Principle (CP), based on the philosophical ideas of Grice, relates... More

    pp. 24-32

  5. BAKING AND BASEBALL IN INDONESIA: REALIA IN TEACHING AMERICAN CULTURE IN INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITY FACULTY/STAFF

    Roger Anderson

    In this reflection, the author reports on his experience teaching English through American culture to Indonesian university educators during three week intensive programs in Indonesia. The author... More

    pp. 33-37

  6. TEACHING ENGLISH WITH PICTURE BOOKS: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN

    Arisa Kochiyama

    The council for revitalization of education has submitted a proposal to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for educational reforms to make English language courses compulsory in the fifth and sixth grades. ... More

    pp. 38-44

  7. CORPUS RESEARCH ON HEDGES IN LINGUISTICS AND EFL JOURNAL PAPERS

    Shih-Ping Wang & Khunkhenova Tatiana

    There has been a considerable increase in the number of studies on hedges that can help authors to reduce commitment and negotiate the meaning between the reader and the writer. This study examines... More

    pp. 45-52

  8. FORENSIC LINGUISTICS ANALYSIS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF’S SUICIDE NOTES

    Ni Malini & Venessa Tan

    Virginia Woolf was a British writer. She committed suicide in 1941, leaving suicide notes for her sister and her husband. Her suicide note was made public and was misquoted under the misleading... More

    pp. 53-58

  9. LITERATURE-BASED EXTENSIVE READING ACCOMPANIED BY READING LOGS: A CASE FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDENTS

    Fatemeh Khonamri & Masoumeh Farzanegan

    This study attempted to examine the effects of an ER program accompanied by reading logs on the degree of critical thinking skills of sophomore English literature students at the University of... More

    pp. 59-68

  10. ISLAMIC MAGAZINE ARTICLES TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL AND BUILD THEIR CHARACTER VALUES

    Munir Munir & Rudi Hartono

    This present study examined the use of Islamic magazine articles as authentic materials in teaching reading comprehension for the students of English Education Department of IAIN Batusangkar,... More

    pp. 69-74

  11. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODEL TO CREATE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE

    Tjutju Yuniarsih & Mochammad Sugiharto

    This research is motivated by the empirical conditions related to poor performance of human resources in various institutions in Indonesia. This research focuses on the uneven gains of competitive ... More

    pp. 75-81