THE CORRELATIONAL STUDY BETWEEN VOCABULARY MASTERY AND STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN LISTENING TO ENGLISH SONGS TOWARD THEIR ABILTY IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH WORDS (A Correlational Study at Eighth Grade Students of MTs N Tinawas Academic Year 2014/2015)

ABSTRACT Purnomo, Ardian The correlational study between vocabulary mastery and student interest in listening to English song toward their ability in pronouncing English words. A Correlational study at eight grade student of MTs N Tinawas academic years 2014/2015. Advisor I : Dr. H Sujito, M.Pd Advisor II :Zainal Arifin S.Pd.,M.Pd Key words : Correlational Study, Students are expected to be able to make simple transactional and interpersonal conversation which is potentially needed to communicate in the context of school. Here, the teacher plays important role since he has to be able to set students interest and motivation in learning English in order to develop students’ ability to communicate using all the resources they have already acquired to interact with others about their needs and interest. Interest occurs when a student’s needs, capacities, and skills are a good match for the demands offered by a particular activity. To facilitate the development interest, teacher should structure their classroom around goals From this research the reseacrh find that there are many factors besides students’ formal and informal activities that can influence the success of the students of learning English. That is why the researcher expects that there will be other researchers who investigate other aspects related to writing or other language skill. The other researcher should have more innovation in doing the similar research then the result can deeply achieve contribution for education. The other researchers also have to do more creative in the study about speaking, and to find the other factor that can improve speaking ability

Top-Managers of Foreign Multinational Enterprises in Mexico : Socialization, Leadership Style and Impact

This study focuses on the top-managers who run the subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Mexico. While some of them are Mexican, others are foreigners who have been sent from the countries of origin of their enterprises. The thesis explores and compares the socialization, worldviews, values, identities and social distinction practices of these top-managers and investigates the intercultural interactions, identity, struggles and communication problems between Mexican and expatriate managers. In addition, the relationship and misunderstandings between foreign managers and local workers are taken into account. Furthermore, the impact of foreign multinational enterprises and foreign business elites on their local employees, their families and communities, and on Mexican society as a whole is examined. The question Are foreign multinational enterprises and elites agents of cultural and institutional change and, if so, which impact do they have on Mexican society? is addressed

Environmental policy evaluation in the service of sustainable development: influence of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews from the perspective of institutional economics

This thesis examines what consequences, through which pathways, and under which circumstances, does country-level environmental policy evaluation, carried out by an intergovernmental organisation, have for institutional change towards sustainable development. The philosophical and theoretical frameworks of institutional economics are proposed as the lens through which to assess experiences from evaluation research. This is done in order to elaborate a conceptual framework for analysing the approach, the impact and the factors conditioning the influence of environmental policy evaluation in the context of sustainable development. The OECD Environmental Performance Review programme is examined through an in-depth qualitative case study approach. It is found that in spite of engendering relatively modest interest among the public, the reviews increase the legitimacy of environmental policies and authorities, and strengthen a performance-oriented environmental policy emphasising evaluation, monitoring and cost-effectiveness. These impacts operate through four parallel pathways, representing the purposes of learning and accountability. The type and intensity of influence depends on the capacity of the reviews to mobilise key change agents and to be sensitive to the context, as well as on the credibility and political weight of the OECD in the reviewed country. It is concluded that notwithstanding the distance of the prevailing OECD conception of sustainability from the institutionalist principles adopted as the benchmark for the appraisal in this thesis, the reviews contribute meaningfully to sustainable development by redressing asymmetries of power, thereby improving some of the conditions for deliberative democracy

The Policy and Regulatory Environment for Organic Farming in Europe

Organic Farming is one of the key issues in reshaping European agricultural policy. This book clarifies the policy and regulatory environment within which organic farming currently operates in all EU-15 member states and in three non-EU countries (Norway, Switzerland and the Czech Republic). European and national regulations and their implementation are reviewed. Focus is led on agri-environmental and mainstream agricultural support measures, marketing and regional development programmes, certification systems and organic farming support in the form of advice, training and research. The book aims at policy makers, the private sector, researchers and students in the field of economics and politics of organic farming

The Consistory and Social Discipline in Calvin\u27s Geneva

Created by John Calvin, the Consistory of Geneva was a quasi-tribunal entrusted with enforcing Reformed morality. Comprised of pastors and elders, this body met weekly and summoned people for a wide range of sinful behavior, such as drunkenness, dancing, blasphemy, or simply quarrels, and was a far more intrusive institution than the Catholic Inquisition. Among the thousands summoned during Calvin\u27s ministry were a pair of women who were allegedly prophets, boys who skipped catechism to practice martial arts, and a good number of people begging for forgiveness for having renounced Protestantism out of fear of death. This superbly researched book, reflecting author Jeffrey Watt\u27s career-long involvement in the ongoing project of transcribing, editing, and publishing the Consistory records, is the first comprehensive examination of this morals court and provides a window into the reception of the Reformation in the so-called Protestant Rome. Watt examines the role of the Consistory in upholding patriarchy, showing that while Genevan authorities did not have a double standard in prosecuting illicit sexuality, the Consistory exhorted women to obey even violently abusive husbands. He finds also that Calvin and his colleagues vigorously promoted a strong work ethic by censuring people, mostly men, for laziness, and showed a surprising degree of skepticism toward accusations of witchcraft patterns. Finally, Watt demonstrates convincingly that, while the Consistory encountered some resistance, Genevans by and large shared the ideals it promoted and that it enjoyed considerable success in fostering discipline in Genevan society. Jeffrey R. Watt is the Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. This book will be made openly available in digital formats thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/libarts_book/1224/thumbnail.jp