The objective of this research is to find out whether there is or not effectiveness Duolingo application in teaching vocabulary at tenth grade of SMA N 2 Purworejo. The design of this research was quasi experimental research which belongs to the quantitative method. The researcher determines this study as quantitative in the form of quasi experimental design that involves one only group pre-test and post-test. The population of this study was tenth grade of SMA N 2 Purworejo. By employing purposive sampling technique, the sample of this study are consist 36 students from X IPS 1. Then, the instrument in this research is consisted of forty question multiple choice for pre-test and post-test. To compare the result of pre-test and post-test used Mann-Whitney U-test in SPSS 16.0. The result shows the mean score of post-test it could be seen that the mean of the post-test score (73.40) was larger, that the mean of pre-test score (49.30). While, the Zvalue is 7.972 and the Ztable is 1.96. It means that Zvalue is higher than Ztable that is 7.972 > 1.96. So, it could be concluded that the use of Duolingo application in teaching vocabulary at tenth grade students of SMA N 2 Purworejo in the academic year 2019/2020 is effective.

This study investigates the impact of English language skills, as assessed by TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) performance, on career development and the transition to professionalism and understanding how individuals with varying levels of English language proficiency face specific challenges and how these challenges impact their career trajectories. The study utilized and approached mixed methods, combining quantitative analysis of TOEIC scores and career development indicators and qualitative analysis of challenges individuals face. The sample comprised 75 participants from diverse professional backgrounds, representing a range of English language proficiency levels. The sample averaged 720 TOEIC points, indicating moderate English proficiency. Career progression markers included skill acquisition or credentials (1.3), greater responsibility (3.9), and broader job scope (3.7). Ethical behavior, effective communication, leadership, problem-solving, adaptability, and devotion to continual learning were above 4 in the transition to professionalism, indicating a positive trend. As judged by TOEIC scores (r = 0.8, p < 0.05, 0.525, p 0.001), English language skills were strongly connected with work promotions, pay increases, and job satisfaction. These findings suggest that TOEIC performance affects professional advancement. The thematic study revealed language barriers, global resources, professional networks, and cross-cultural collaboration.

This research was conducted to examine whether Genre Based Approach can improve students' descriptive text writing skills. A quantitative research design was adopted in this study using a pre-test and post-test control design. The research sample was 70 students of grade X Mechatronics of SMKN 3 Salatiga. The instrument is a written test. Data were analyzed using SPSS. The results showed that the average value of the pre-test was 65.56 (SD = 9.92672) and the average value of the post-test was 77.69 (SD = 6.56754). Based on the t-test, the sig. is 0.00. It is less than 0.05, so that there is a significant difference before and after the treatment. study of Genre-based Approach had a positive effect on students' writing skills in descriptive text. The study provides valuable insights and contributes to the broader field of research on the relationship between Genre-Based Approach, Jigsaw Online Searching Strategy and students’ writing proficiency.

The main material object of this research is the movie Bumi Manusia. This research aims to reveal the narratives' function and learning aspect in the Bumi Manusia movie, which tells the story of patience and sacrifice in the face of European stereotypes of the natives. Then, this study also looks for the meaning of the struggle contained in each scene. This research analyzes the depiction of 31 narrative functions, the division of seven characterizations according to Propp, and the identification of various aspects of learning in the story. From the analysis, it is expected to find benefits to improving creative writing skills. The approach used in this research is qualitative and narrative structure, using Vladimir Propp's narrative theory. The results showed the structure of the Bumi Manusia movie as follows: there are 20 functions in the story. In analyzing the story above, it does not reach 31 narrative functions that are the same as Vladimir Propp's theory, and the order of the narrative functions is different from Propp's, and then there are repeated narrative functions. There are seven types of dramatic personae: villain, donor, helper, princess and her father, dispatcher, hero, and false hero. Despitefully, the various aspects of learning from the movie Bumi Manusia have deep messages in this story, including the religious, educational, and cultural aspects. Narrative structure is a fundamental aspect of writing that shapes the flow and impact of a story. Mastering narrative structure and integrating these elements into writing skills can create compelling and memorable stories that resonate with readers and leave a lasting impression

The aims of this research are to describe the students‘ reading achievement and to find out the effectiveness of using story face in teaching reading narrative text. This research is quantitative using quasi-experimental design with purposive sampling technique. The population was tenth grade students and the sample was the students of X TKR 2 consist of 37 students as experimental group and X TKR 13 consist of 33 students as control group. The technique of collecting data are making instrument, expert judgment and conducting pre-test, treatment and post-test. The pre-test mean score in experimental class was 70.92 and control class was 70.55. Meanwhile, the post-test mean score in experimental class was 68.54 and control class was 67.76. It was obtained that z-value was 0.133 and the z-table was 1.96 for alpha (α) 5%. The z-value was lower than z-table (0.133<1.96) It means that Ha was rejected and Ho was accepted. Therefore, the researcher concludes that story face was ineffective in teaching reading narrative text at the tenth grade students of SMK TKMT Kebume in the academic year of 2019/2020.


 This research deals with Illocutionary Acts Found in Before I Fall movie and Its Application in teaching speaking to eleventh grade students of senior high school. The aims of this research are (1) to find out the types of illocutionary act made by the main character of Before I Fall movie. (2) to describe the application of illocutionary acts found in Before I Fall movie in teaching speaking to eleventh grade students of senior high school. This research belongs to descriptive qualitative research. The data are form Illocutionary acts found in made by main character in Before I Fall movie. It was collected by finding the movie, watching the movie, downloading the script, reading the script, then collecting illocutionary acts utterances of the main character in the movie. After the data collected, the researcher analyzed the data based on the types. The result shows that there are 5 types of illocutionary act found in made by main character in Before I Fall movie. Those are 97 utterances of assertives (32.11%), 112 utterances of directives (37.08%), 5 utterances of commisives (1.65%), 75 utterances of expressives (24.83%), and 11 utterances of declaratives (3.64%). The application of illocutionary acts found in the main character of Before I Fall movie using movie as the method to improve speaking skills of Senior High School learners, so that students will be more interested in learning English.