This study explores the characteristics and humorous elements (specifically jokes and anecdotes) in limerick poems created by Sriwijaya University's sixth-semester students. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach with content analysis within a case study design, the research leverages poetry assessment rubrics. The rubrics assess the characteristics and humour elements of jokes and anecdo…
Implicature is the consequence of flouting the maxims that are often found in daily conversation and also in the dialogs in the movie. This study’s object was the Movie Little Women. The aims of this study were (1) to find out what kinds of implicatures found in the Movie Little Women, (2) to find out what maxims flouted in the implicatures, (3) to find out the meaning of the implicatures fou…
This research aims to describe the form of intrinsic elements which include setting, plot and character, describe the interrelationship of intrinsic elements, describe the personality of the characters in the form of id, ego and superego in the novel Lotus In The Mud by Annelie and their implications for Indonesian language learning. This research uses qualitative descriptive methods. The data …
This cross-sectional survey investigates the perceptions of students regarding their speaking performances after taking the Mastering Ceremony (MC) Course at Sriwijaya University. Employing quantitative methods, the study engaged 25 students from semester 6 who actively participated in the MC Course. Data collection involved a two-part questionnaire: the first part comprised 3 questionnaire foc…
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OF THE ELEVETH GRADERS OF SMAN 10 PALEMBANG An engaging classroom environment is crucial for fostering effective learning experiences. It serves as the foundation for facilitating meaningful interactions between teachers and students. A conducive classroom environment is essential for facilitating effective learning experienc…
This case study investigates the perceptions of Pre-Service English teachers at Sriwijaya University regarding the use of technology in learning and its impact on teaching approaches and learning strategies. The study, conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods, involved 167 students from semesters 3, 5, and 7 and 9 students for qualitative method. The results showed that English educ…
The advancement of internet-based technology has led to the development of Artificial intelligence (AI). Chatbot is one of the types of AI resulting from the development of existing computer programs which has the ability to interact with humans. The purpose of creating a Chatbot is to help humans work in every situation with existing data. The use of ChatGPT is a trend that is happening becaus…
The objective of this study was to include ecological sustainability into English Language Teaching (ELT) for junior high school students by creating and producing two children's books: "Where Does the Water Go" and "Forest Fire." The research identified a need for climate change education using the ADDIE model in ELT materials. The books were developed and refined through expert validation and…
This study aims to investigate the reason for students’ anxiety in reading English text aloud and the strategies applied by the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 13 Palembang. A case study of the qualitative research method was applied in this study. Interview through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted to collect the data related to the reasons of students’ anxiety in reading Eng…
This study was conducted to identify what language learning strategies were used by the students and to investigate whether or not there was a significant difference in the use of language learning strategies by for both male and female students. This study employed a mixed-method research design with the 66 respondents from 193 students from 2nd, 4th, and 6th semester students of the English E…
the present study aimed to students' interset in learning English as a foreign language at SMAN 16 Palembang. A total of 300 students in SMA Negeri 16 Palembang were taken as the participants of these present study. 51 items of questionnaire divided into 2 categories: the student interest in learning English (28) and the factors influence of students' interest (23), and 6 items of interview wer…
This study aimed to determine whether using of A Day In My Life on TikTok has a significant effect as a teaching tool in enhancing the speaking skills of eleventh-grade students at SMK Negeri 3 Palembang. This study used a quantitative approach. Thirty-six students participated in the study, and they were split into an experimental and a control class. Pre-test and Post-test were used to collec…
The objectives of the research were to find out whether there is a significant improvement in grammar mastery of 10th-grade students in SMK Negeri Sumatera Selatan Palembang between before and after they are taught by using Problem-Based Learning through Grammarly application and a significant difference in the grammar mastery of 10th-grade students in SMK Negeri Sumatera Selatan Palembang betw…
This study investigated the students’ self-regulated learning in creative writing course applied by the 5th semester students of English Education Study Program Sriwijaya University. The study used a quantitative method and involved 74 respondents. It used a questionnaire consisting of 60 items on a 5-Likert scale, which evaluated six aspects of self-regulated writing strategies as identified…
This study focused on investigating the learning activities applied by the lecturer in the speaking for informal interaction class in class B of first-semester students of the English Education study program of Sriwijaya University. This was a qualitative study with a case study as a method of inquiry and the purposive sampling technique was applied to select the sample which consisted of 1 lec…