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A BEAUTIFUL BEACH: WATU WERI

Lembor district is a place located in West Manggarai regency; that is a place which has sea line that stretches from west to east. It makes Lembor has so many beautiful beaches that I yhink we have to visit. At the south, Lembor is bordered by the sawu sea, known the south sea which is famous with its big waves. Not too safe to be there, but believe me, there is too beautiful. One of the wonderful beaches at Lembor district is Watu Weri beach. It is located at the south side of Lembor, near Satar Mese Barat district. Watu Weri itself means "Batu yang ditanam" in Indonesian or "Planted stone" in English. By its name, we will surely know right away that is is all about stones. Yeah, this beach is covered by a lot of stones, and 2 big cliffs too that I think that they are so unique. My hypothesis is, maybe the shape of those stones and cliffs were formed by the big waves of the south sea blowing. The waves erode the stones and cliffs, then shaped them (does ...

The Wonderful Bena Traditional Village

Bena village is one of the traditional village in Ngada district which until now still holds strong cultural tradition inherited from their ancestors. Located at the foot of the Inerie mountain, making this famous village; not only offers the uniqueness of the house and its traditions, but also the magnificent view of Inerie mountain. According to Indonesiakayadotcom , currently Bena Village consists of approximately 45 houses that surround each other with 9 tribes that inhabit these houses, namely Dizi tribe, Dizi Azi tribe, Wahto tribe, Deru Lalulewa tribe, Deru Solamae tribe, Ngada tribe, Khopa tribe, and tribe of Ago. In the middle of the village there are several buildings commonly called nga'du and bhaga. Both of these buildings are symbols of the village's ancestors, which are in the yard, kisanatapat, where traditional ceremonies are held to communicate with their ancestors. Nga'du means the symbol of the male ancestor and its shape resembles an umbrella w...

PKM (PKM PENENELITIAN): MENGUKUR TINGKAT PEMAHAMAN MAHASISWA TINGKAT I PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS STKIP SANTU PAULUS DALAM PENERAPAN PENGGUNAAN TENSES

BAB I PENDAHULUAN Hampir seperempat warga dunia berbicara bahasa Inggris. Bahasa Inggris juga disertakan sebagai salah satu bahasa yang memiliki jumlah penutur asing terbanyak. Hal ini tentu saja wajar karena bahasa Inggris memang bahasa universal dunia. Berbahasa Inggris juga terkait dengan tata bahasa dan tenses. Tata Bahasa dan tenses adalah bagian penting dari bahasa Inggris yang harus dikuasai oleh pelajar bahasa Inggris, terutama mereka yang harus berinteraksi dengan Bahasa Inggris baik dalam bentuk lisan maupun tulisan. Namun, banyak pembicara asing berbahasa Inggris yang benar-benar sulit belajar tatabahasa dan tenses karena kompleksitasnya. Dalam tatabahasa dan tenses ada banyak hal yang bisa dipelajari dan dipahami, tidak hanya dengan menghafal. Sebagai contoh, "I am drinking soda"  dan "I drink soda". Kedua kalimat itu berbeda. Inilah sebabnya mengapa kita harus belajar tenses. Tenses memberitahu kita saat sebuah aktivitas berlangsung. Pada dasarn...

THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE

The Concept of Technology and Indonesian Language The concept of Technology The term technology is from Greek (meaning art, skill, or cunning of hand) is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and process used in the production of goods or service or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. The word technology has tied up with the word ‘machines.’ Technology has many effects for human live. Technology has touch many aspect of live, such as it helped more advanced economic aspect, culture aspect, social aspect, religion aspect, knowledge development, ect. The term technology is wide and everyone has their own way of understanding the meaning of technology. People tend to use technology to accomplish various task in daily live. People use it at work, for communications, transportation, education, manufacturing and much more. Technology is also an application of science to solve a problem. Technology is dynamic, it keeps on improving because even...

CHILDREN LEARN THE FIRST LANGUAGE AT HOME AND AT SCHOOL

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Humans interact with each other through communication in the form of language. Communication occurs both verbally and non-verbally through conversation, writing, reading and signs or symbols. Humans communicating through language requires a process developed in the stages of age. How humans can use language, as a way of communicating has always been an interesting question to discuss so that it brings up many theories about language acquisition. Language is a symbolization of an idea or a thought that the message sender wants to communicate and received by the recipient of the message through certain codes verbally or nonverbally. Language is used by children in communicating and adapting to their environment in order to exchange ideas, thoughts and emotions. Language can be expressed through speech that refers to verbal symbols. The development of children’s language acquisition is one aspect of the stages of child development that should not escape th...

Phrases Analysis Using Tree Diagram

CHAPTER I INTRUDUCTION A phrase is a grammatical unit consisting of two or more words that does not exceed the function limit. Linguistic elements such as phonemes, morphemes, phrases, clauses or sentences are analyzed by each sub-field of analysis. Those language unit will be identified by function and meaning category. Therefore, it appears subfield of syntactic analysis. Syntax makes phrases, clauses, sentences, and discourses as an object of analysis. Syntax itself is the part of grammar that discusses the structure of phrases and sentences. Based on the above description and understanding, it can be concluded that the syntax is the branch of linguistics who study the grammatical structure of sentences, clauses, and phrases. Syntax investigates the relationships of all word groups or phrases in the syntactic unit. Syntax studies the grammatical relationship beyond words, but in units called sentences. The issue of phrases being the center of attention for some linguists, wh...

TREE DIAGRAM EXAMPLES OF NOUN PHRASES (NP), ADJECTIVE PHRASES (AdjP), ADVERB PHRASES (AdvP), VERB PHRASES (VP), AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES (PP)

Here are some TREE DIAGRAM EXAMPLES OF NOUN PHRASES (NP), ADJECTIVE PHRASES (AdjP), ADVERB PHRASES (AdvP), VERB PHRASES (VP), AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES (PP) that I made as a SYNTAX assignment. HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!! For download link, click WORD DOCUMENT RAR GOOGLE DRIVE

ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE FOR L2 USE

Competence and use Communicative competence is everything that a speaker needs to know in order to communicate appropriately within a particular community. This construct combines the knowledge of language which defines linguistic competence, knowledge of the specific components and levels of a language, and knowledge that is required for their appropriate use in communicative activities. The ability to use language appropriately includes  pragmatic competence. This can be defined as what people must know in order to interpret and convey meaning within communicative situations: knowledge that accounts for “the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and the effects their use of language has on other participants in the act of communication” (Crystal 1997a: 301). Academic vs. interpersonal competence L1 competence ideally involves the broad repertoire of knowledge which people need to communicate appropriately for many pu...

Main Aspects of Tourism: Domestic and International Tourism

Development of tourism in a region also means to develop the physical potential in the area, because every object or tourist location has interdependent aspects of each other. Aspects affecting tourism can be grouped into four categories (Spillane, 1994: 63), including: Attraction Attraction is a way of attracting tourists or visitors with something that can be displayed or certain characteristics of a tourist attraction. The motivation of tourists to visit a place is to meet or satisfy some needs and requests. Usually tourists are attracted to a location that has certain characteristics that include the beauty of nature and culture. Facilities Facilities in tourism development are more likely to be oriented to attraction at a location because the facility must be located close to the market. Facilities tend to support rather than encourage growth and tend to develop at the same time or after the attraction develops, the attraction can also be a facility. In traveling to a p...

Factors Influencing Social Interaction

Humans are social beings who need others to survive. Well, because human beings are social, there must be interaction between human being with each other. We can not just live alone without the help of others. For example, when you want to eat. We can not grow rice from seed until it becomes rice by ourselves. Not to mention if you want to eat chicken. Of course we need help from farmers to get the rice and chicken needed. Well, talking about social, ya know what is social interaction? Social interaction is a reciprocal relationship between two people or several people. Social interaction is also influenced by several factors. Check out the factors that affect social interaction below! 1.  Suggestion Suggestion is the giving of influence from one's view to another in a certain way. Person who is influenced by his perspective will follow without thinking. Suggestion is usually done by people who have charisma, dignity, have a big influence, or famous people in the comm...

Makalah: Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan (EYD)

BAB I PENDAHULUAN 1.1 Latar Belakang Bahasa memiliki peranan penting dalam kehidupan, karena selain digunakan sebagai alat komunikasi secara langsung, bahasa juga dapat digunakan sebagai alat komunikasi secara tulisan. Di zaman era globalisasi dan pembangunan reformasi demokrasi ini, masyarakat dituntut secara aktif untuk dapat mengawasi dan memahami informasi di segala aspek kehidupan sosial secara baik dan benar. Sebagai bahan pendukung kelengkapan tersebut, bahasa berfungsi sebagai media penyampaian informasi secara baik dan tepat. Dengan penyampaian berita atau materi secara tertulis, diharapkan masyarakat dapat menggunakan media tersebut secara baik dan benar. Dalam memadukan satu kesepakatan dalam etika berbahasa, disinilah peran aturan baku tersebut di gunakan. Dalam hal ini kita selaku warga Negara yang baik hendaknya selalu memperhatikan rambu-rambu ketata bahasaan Indonesia yang baik dan benar. Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan (EYD) adalah sub. materi dalam ketatabahasaan Ind...

Contoh Proposal: Pengaruh Metode Diskusi Terhadap Penguasaan Simple Present Mahasiswa Tingkat I Prodi Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan Ilmu Pendidikan (STKIP) Ruteng.

BAB I PENDAHULUAN 1.1 Latar Belakang Belajar merupakan proses perubahan yang terjadi pada diri seseorang melalui penguatan sehingga terjadi perubahan yang bersifat permanen pada dirinya sebagai hasil pengalaman. Mengajar adalah hal yang kompleks dan karena mahasiswa itu bervariasi, maka tidak ada cara tunggal unuk mengajar yang efektif untuk semua hal. Pendidikan adalah usaha sadar dan terencana untuk mewujudkan suasana belajar dan proses pembelajaran agar peserta didik secara aktif mengembangkan potensi dirinya untuk memiliki kekuatan spiritual keagamaan, pengendalian diri, kepribadian, kecerdasan, akhlak mulia, serta keterampilan yang diperlukan dirinya, masyarakat, bangsa dan negara.  Banyak upaya yang harus dilakukan baik terhadap Tenaga Pendidikan ataupun kependidikan, maupun sarana dan prasarana. Salah satu upaya juga dapat ditempuh melalui mahasiswanya. Upaya meningkatkan prestasi belajar mahasiswa sangat dibutuhkan. Oleh karena itu, harus ada kerjasama baik oleh d...

The Importance of Listening: Methods used in listening subject

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The role of english as an international language has been unmatched by other foreign languages. English is the international language that taught in every school around the world. The use of english that always increase makes the language more deeply rooted in each society. There are four aspect of english language, they are listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Every aspect has different difficulty. Basically, all people experience the same thing when they’re learning english, ranging from memorizing vocabulary, understand grammar and language stucture, even though easily achived during training but most quickly forgoten, such as understanding of tensesthat quickly dissapear. The problem actually is not the fault of the learner, but it is an error in method of learning that isn’t interesting, or too stiff. This is where the teacher’s role as educator which should be able to understand the strategies or methods in english learning, especially in list...