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   Aug 19

English is My Life Style…. :)

English as a Life Style
By Aziza Restu Febrianto

Learning English is not as simple as what most people think about.  Just open the book, then read all the entire material contents. Or just take an English Course and we are guided to learn it systematically. We could also probably hire an English teacher to personally guide [...]

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   May 19

Independent English Learning

Being good in English? Why not?
(By Aziza Restu Febrianto)

Are you willing to master English?
Still have problems with your English learning?
Just follow my ideas here!! You will find NO MORE PROBLEMS!!
As we all know, English is the most important foreign language we are to master in order to get connected to the [...]

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   Apr 19

Preparing English Exam

Smart Tips to Prepare English Exam

CHAPTER 1
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary

A. Reading Comprehension

How to answer all the questions based on the passage:

Read each question before reading the passage (without looking at the optional answers).
Be sure that all the questions are included in the passage.
No need to know the meaning of each word [...]

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   Mar 24

Roleplay model

This writing is dedicated to some friends of mine who now become English teachers at Junior High Schools
Teaching Narrative through Individuals’ roles
Creating some variations in teaching is very important for teachers to do to avoid student boredom on the materials given in class. The usual method used in teaching is virtually one of the reasons [...]

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   Mar 21

UN Preparation

Smart Ways to Prepare Our Students Facing the English National Exams (UN)
A week before UN is a short time for students and teachers to work hard. Since Government has announced the standard mark/ score the students have to achieve in order to pass the exam, the teachers have an important role to get their students [...]

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   Feb 16

Teaching Entrepreneurship through English in School

It seems impossible to talk about entrepreneurship in school. Up to now, entrepreneurship is still considered as a career for those who have problems with their formal education. Most successful entrepreneurs who focus on their career consider that formal education is not the only factor which leads them to success. Bill gates, a Microsoft founder [...]

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   Feb 16

Tips on How to Learn English Effectively

How To Learn English!
Here are some tips which may help you to master the English Language!
Speak without Fear
The biggest problem most people face in learning a new language is their own fear. They worry that they won’t say things correctly or that they will look stupid so they don’t talk at all. Don’t do this. [...]

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   Feb 16

The Author’s Final Project of Bachelor Degree

ABSTRACT

FEBRIANTO, AZIZA RESTU: The Comparison of Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text between Natural School and Regular School, research in SMP Negeri 22 Semarang and SMP Alam Arridho Semarang. Thesis. Strata 1 Program, English Department of Languages and Arts Faculty, Semarang State University. First Advisor: Widhiyanto, Spd, Mpd. Second Advisor: Drs. La Ode Musyarudin.
Keywords: Students’ [...]

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   Feb 16

The Author’s Experiences in English Learning and Teaching

Nowadays, I have been working at a private educational institution as an academic staff and English tutor in Salatiga, Central Java. Before applying for a job here, I used to be a student at a state university in Semarang. Semarang is a place where I could find a lot of valuable experiences that I hadn’t [...]

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   Feb 16

GENRES

Based on the standard Based Curriculum (KTSP), the students especially high school students are required to understand several writings that they commonly see and make anytime in their life surroundings. Those writings include letters, news, advertisements,greeting cards,articles, proses,novels, etc. By understanding them, the students are expected to be able to apply their ideas into the [...]

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