ENGLISH TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM IN THE FIRST GRADE OF SMP N 1 TAWANGSARI SUKOHARJO

Evy Yunianti. 2008. English Teaching Activities in Accordance with Competency Based Curriculum In the First Grade of SMP N 1 Tawangsari Sukoharjo. English Diploma Program, Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, UNS. The Final Project is about the description of the teaching-learning method used by the English teacher in the first grade of SMP N 1 Tawangsari Sukoharjo and the activities done in accordance with competency based curriculum. The Local Government has had the autonomy to organize the education curriculum independently. Therefore, every school in a region should arrange their own education curriculum and competence. SMP N 1 Tawangsari Sukoharjo has been practicing this new regulation by holding an English teaching-learning process with Competency based Curriculum in the newest form KTSP (Educational Unit Level Curriculum). The writer did a Job Training to compose the final project in SMP N 1 Tawangsari. The purpose is to report the method used and the English activities done in SMP N 1 Tawangsari. There are many methods which can be used by the teacher. The teacher in this school has been already using the newest method, Competency Based Curriculum. This final project describes the new method used and how the teacher practiced it. The data was taken from the observation and interview in the school of SMP N 1 Tawangsari. Firstly, she observed the class and the activity there. Then, at the second day, the writer was positioned as the teacher for class VII D, she must come there twice a week to teach the student. She continued the topic in that semester and taught the student by practicing the theory given in Diploma Program. The Job Training held from 6th of February until 15th of March 2007. During the Job Training, the writer did also some interview with the English teacher there and some librarians, and also the head of SMP N 1 Tawangsari. She also got the data from the information of an administration staff. The Discussion of the data leads to the teaching-learning process held in SMP N 1 Tawangsari is starting to use the newest competency based curriculum based on UU No. 20 tahun 2003 about National Education System and Government Rule that instruct in National standardizing. Then, in teaching a second language to the students, the teacher should understand some points about the student’s characteristic generally; a teacher in this competence is hoped as a controller and a facilitator who let the students explore themselves maximally Some problems related to the students were the lack of more modern facilities and English daily community. Therefore, the solutions may be the school should obtain more modern facilities such as some latest CDs, video, and native speaker. Then it will be better when the teacher build an English atmosphere in and around the class by writing or drawing everything related with English. Many trials can develop the student ability

DICTION IN A DRAMA ENTITLED ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A literary work is a sign symbol and communication symbol which points the reader to understand that a literary work represents an abstraction of various mechanismsbetween others which is possible to be happened. The major element of literary works is language, either oral or written. Without language, there is no literary work. Languageis a medium in literary works. In literary work, language represents the author or playwrights’ ideas, feelings, and social structure of society. On that account, there is avery wide freedom in using language to interpret the author’s or the playwright’s ideasto the readers or the audience. Language style is a major element in writing literarywork to present the aspect of aesthetics. Diction has a tightly relationship with literaryworks. In diction, the author or the playwright chooses an appropriate word and havethe strength of meaning and contains of aesthetics aspect. Drama is one of literaryworks which contains of diction written by the author or the playwright to describe thecondition of the society or environment, or to represent his or her feelings, opinionsand ideas. In drama, the reader or the audience can enjoy and give opinion, assesmentand also appreciation to the author’s or the playwright’s diction as one of aesthetic literary works that we also can see from Willam Shakespeare’s dramas

Shifting gear in the study of the bilingual advantage : language switching examined as a possible moderator

The bilingual advantage is a heavily debated topic in research on bilingualism. The current study further investigated one specific aspect of bilingualism proposed to be a determining factor for the bilingual advantage, namely language switching behaviour. We investigated whether a bilingual advantage can be detected in the executive functions of inhibition and shifting by comparing monolingual and bilingual participants on a Simon task and a colour–shape switching task. Furthermore, we examined the relation between these executive functions and language switching proficiency, as measured by a semantic verbal fluency task. In addition, the current study set out to investigate the convergence of self-reported language switching estimates and actual language switching proficiency. Results revealed a bilingual advantage for shifting, but not for inhibition. However, this bilingual advantage for shifting was not related to language switching behaviour. Additionally, we were unable to identify a relation between objective and subjective measures of switching abilities. These findings seem to confirm the existence of a bilingual advantage, but also once again validate its elusiveness, as demonstrated by the absence of bilingual benefits on our measure of inhibition. It furthermore questions the validity of switching measures employed in previous studies

Public transaction cost of agri-environmental schemes and its determinants - Analysing stakeholders’ involvement and perceptions

Despite a total budget increase for rural development in the new programming period (2007- 2013), for most older Member States in the now expanded European Union the multi-annual spending plan for the period 2007-2013 predicts a substantial decrease of the budget for rural development and thus for agri-environmental schemes (AESs). It can be assumed that nothing or only part of this loss could be compensated by national funds in most countries. Therefore designing more efficient national governance structures for AESs, which decrease public transaction costs (TCs), would be an appropriate answer to this problem. The objective of this paper is to define the factors influencing these public TCs, because then appropriate action can be taken to reduce them. A statistical analysis with a proxy for public TCs is combined with an analysis of the perception on public TCs influencing factors of the stakeholders involved (not including farmers). The research showed that mainly scheme related factors are perceived to be important, although the governance structure, institutional environment and trust also play a role. High public TCs are however not necessarily a problem, if they would lead to a higher environmental effectiveness of the schemes. It is important to pay attention to the heterogeneity of the natural environment and on the basis of that decide for a more centralised or decentralised approach to AES design.Public transaction costs, agrienvironmental schemes, Environmental Economics and Policy,

HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN TENAGA KESEHATAN TENTANG HIV/AIDS DENGAN TERJADINYA STIGMA DAN DISKRIMINASI TERHADAP ORANG DENGAN HIV/AIDS (ODHA) DI KOTA BANDA ACEH

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) merupakan retrovirus yang menyerang sel- sel sistem kekebalan tubuh manusia dan menimbulkan Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Salah satu kendala pengendalian penyakit HIV/AIDS adalah stigma dan diskriminasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan tenaga kesehatan tentang HIV/AIDS dengan terjadinya stigma dan diskriminasi terhadap orang dengan HIV/AIDS (ODHA) di puskesmas wilayah kota Banda Aceh. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analitic observational dengan menggunakan desain cross sectional yang dilaksanakan dari bulan Agustus 2015 s/d Februari 2016. Data diperoleh dari Dinas Kesehatan Banda Aceh dan pemberian kuesioner. Analisis data dilakukan secara bertahap meliputi analisis univariat dan analisis bivariat menggunakan uji chi-square. Selama penelitian berlangsung, didapatkan subjek penelitian sebanyak67 orang, yang terdiri laki-laki sebanyak 8 orang dan perempuan sebanyak 59 orang. Berdasarkan hasil uji statistik dengan chi-square untuk variabel stigma dan diskriminasi menunjukkan nilai probabilitas p(0,000)< ?(0,05). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa distribusi pengetahuan tenaga kesehatan tentang HIV/AIDS, 40 orang baik dan 27 orang kurang. Distribusi stigma dan diskriminasi, ada stigma dan diskriminasi sebanyak 15 orang dan tidak ada stigma dan diskriminasi sebanyak52 orang. Distribusi frekuensi stigma dan diskriminasi berdasarkan jenis kelamin3 orang laki-laki dan 12 orang perempuan. Distribusi frekuensi stigma dan diskriminasi berdasarkan pendidikan D-I sebanyak 4 orang dan D-III sebanyak 11 orang. Distribusi frekuensi stigma dan diskriminasi berdasarkan profesi, 6 orang sebagai perawat dan 9 orang sebagai bidan. Di simpulkan bahwa tenaga kesehatan yang berpengatahuan kurang tentang HIV/AIDS cenderung melakukan stigma dan diskriminasi terhadap ODHA sebanyak 11 orang.Kata kunci : HIV/AIDS,Stigma dan Diskriminas