BOOK REVIEW

The book was organized into nine chapters covering language teaching history, methods, needs analysis, situation analysis, goals and outcomes, course design, the teaching and learning process, materials design, and evaluation. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and activities, an appendix, and chapter references.

KINERJA GURU

Pada hakikatnya kinerja guru adalah prilaku yang dihasilkan seorang guru dalam melaksanakan tugasnya sebagai pendidik dan pengajar ketika mengajar di depan kelas, sesuai dengan kriteria tertentu. Kinerja seseorang Guru akan nampak  pada situasi dan kondisi kerja sehari-hari. Kinerja dapat dilihat dalam aspek kegiatan dalam menjalankan tugas dan cara/kualitas dalam melaksanakan kegiatan/tugas tersebut.

COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND GROUP WORK

In classroom interaction, the problem of student is equal participation. Students do not have same chance to speak. Ur (1996: 113) states that few students can dominate the conversation where the other speaks up then they just speak very little or not at all. Hence, Penny suggested using cooperative learning to get successful learning.

STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE

The students’ attitude is one of the determinant parts in achieving good language learning. Certainly, the teacher needs the students to have a positive attitude so that the learning can run well. Elliot,et all in Amin (2006) defined an attitude as relatively permanent way of feeling, thinking, and behavior toward something or somebody.

TEST CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES

Before deciding to construct a test, one needs to know what information is required, how quickly it is needed, and the likely actions that are to be taken according to the results on a test. The crucial question is, What information is needed about student achievement? A second important question is. Can we afford the resources needed to gather this information?

TEST RELIABILITY

Reliability is one of the most important elements of test quality. It has to do with the consistency, or reproducibility, of an examinee’s performance on the test. Reliability has to do with accuracy of measurement. This kind of accuracy is reflected in the obtaining of similar results when measurements is repeated on the different occasions or different instruments or by the different person. This characteristic of reliability is sometimes termed consistency.

INTERNET AS LEARNING RESOURCE

Information and communication technology (ICT) has developed very rapidly and fundamentally has brought significant changes in acceleration and innovation of education in various countries. ICT also has received attention from the government that is high enough. This is marked by the publication of some of the rules relating to it, among others:

MERINGKAS ATAU MEREVIEW BUKU

A very hard work tiring me before the proposal exam is to review books or summarized the books used as references on my thesis then submitted them to the consultant commissions to test mastering of all materials, while I still have many assignments to do. Some of the books that I have review or summary can be viewed below:

DI BALIK BEASISWA & BEHASISA

Tentu kebanggaan itu pasti ada di setiap diri seseorang ketika mendengar kabar bahwa ia mendapatkan beasiswa (baru dengar loh!, belum menerima). Hal itu mungkin dilatarbelakangi oleh sulitnya memperoleh beasiswa yang kerap terlontar dari mulut sebagian kawan bahwa jangankan untuk mendapatkan beasiswa, untuk mendapatkan behasisa aja sulitnya minta ampun. Namun dimanakah letak kebanggan atau kesulitan tersebut?

MATEMATIKA SEBAGAI PROBLEM SOLVING

Terdapat dua alat yang berperan penting dalam menangani kompleksitas ini, yaitu Matematika dan Komputer. yang pertama menyediakan kekuatan bahasa dan kerangka kerja untuk konseptualisasi hubungan, dan yang kedua menyediakan kekuatan teknik untuk mengeksplorasi hubungan yang dikodekan secara matematis.