Points to Ponder:

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. (Abraham Maslow)



Kamis, 20 Januari 2011

MEMBACA KUMCER AZHARI, LAN FANG, TAMARA GERALDINE, dan DJENAR MAESA AYU


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Pengantar
Membaca karya sastra, dalam hal ini cerita pendek (cerpen), merupakan kegiatan menafsirkan, memboboti (menilai), dan memberikan makna atas karya sastra itu. Mengingat karya sastra senantiasa bersifat  ‘terbuka untuk ditafsirkan’ (open to interpretation), hasil penafsiran bisa bervariasi antara satu pembaca dan pembaca lain.

SAY ‘NO’ TO ABORTION


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Introduction
Each year in Indonesia millions of women become pregnant unintentionally, and many choose to end their pregnancies despite the fact that abortion is generally illegal. Like their counterparts in many developing countries where abortion is stigmatized and highly restricted, Indonesian women often seek clandestine procedures performed by untrained providers, and resort to methods that include ingesting unsafe substances and undergoing harmful abortive massage.

WHAT MATTERS WITH ‘GOOD LANGUAGE’?


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Introduction
It is necessary to understand the philosophy of language, particularly for those who study language seriously. It can serve as the gate for understanding the nature of any conceptual knowledge, including language and its functions. I

IMPLEMENTASI ERROR ANALYSIS DALAM MEMPERLAKUKAN TULISAN BAHASA INGGRIS PEMBELAJAR SMP


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Pendahuluan
Analisis Kesalahan (Error Analysis) dalam pembelajaran bahasa kedua (second language acquisition, SLA) dipopulerkan tahun 1970an oleh S.P. Corder dan kawan-kawan.

ENGLISH TENSES USED IN MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SPEECH I HAVE A DREAM


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A. INTRODUCTION
English now is international language, as a part of global society people in every country in the world should be able to communicate in English. Like other language, English has its languages structure called grammar.

LINGKUNGAN BELAJAR


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Dalam edisi sebelumnya, saya telah mengajak memahami arti pentingnya motivasi belajar. Sekarang, hal penting lain yang potensial menentukan kesuksesan belajar adalah lingkungan belajar. Kalau motivasi belajar berkisar pada niat belajar, lingkungan belajar berkisar pada suasana atau atmosfir sekeliling kita selama menjalani proses belajar, baik di rumah maupun di sekolah.

MOTIVASI BELAJAR


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Kalau kita punya impian berlibur ke Borobudur, kita harus punya motivasi kuat untuk benar-benar pergi ke sana. Selagi impian kita kuat, kita akan rajin menabung, merencanakan segala sesuatunya, dan akhirnya ketika waktunya tiba kita naik bis atau mobil menuju Borobudur. Di sinilah impian kita terwujud. Kalau kita hanya berkhayal saja, mana mungkin kita bisa berlibur ke Borobudur?