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"Article aimed to describe language learners' belief system and to investigate how significance the language learners' beliefs are between them in language learning. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, this research took 111 female- and 32 male-first semester college-students majoring in English Education as respondents. The instrument was 34 item BALLI questionnaire designed by Horwitz. The findings of the research showed that females and males language beliefs about language learning are mostly in similar fashion. The significant differences in responses were on the beliefs related to language and intelligence, enjoyment in practicing English, learning English-speaking cultures having English-speaking friends, and motivation in learning English."

"Permasalahan yang berkaitan dengan pengaruh motivasi dan persepsi mahasiswa tentang nature dan strategi komunikasi dalam belajar bahasa Inggris terhadap efektivitas akuisisi menjadi inspirasi peneliti dalam studi ini

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"Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh kecocokan gaya belajar dan gaya mengajar terhadap pencapaian akademik siswa kelas 8 di dua SMP negeri di Kecamatan Bekasi Utara. Kuesioner diberikan kepada 10 kelas dan kepada 2 orang guru Bahasa Inggris kelas 8 di dua SMP negeri di Kecamatan tersebut. Hasil wawancara dan observasi kelas digunakan untuk mentriangulasi data yang didapat dari kuesioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan gaya belajar yang dominan pada siswa di dua SMP negeri di Kecamatan Bekasi Utara adalah Dependent dan gaya mengajar yang dominan pada guru adalah Facilitator. Dependent dan Facilitator adalah pasangan gaya belajar dan gaya mengajar yang tidak cocok berdasarkan Gabungan Gaya Mengajar dan Gaya Belajar yang dikemukakan oleh Grasha (1995). Ketidakcocokan tersebut tidak mempengaruhi pencapaian akademik siswa kelas 8, ditunjukkan dengan 70% siswa yang diteliti mendapatkan nilai di atas atau sama dengan KKM (Kriteria Kelulusan Minimal). Pencapaian ini dimungkinkan karena gaya mengajar lain yang melengkapi gaya mengajar dominan guru cocok dengan gaya belajar dominan siswa, dan gaya belajar lain yang dimiliki siswa selain gaya belajar dominan mereka cocok dengan gaya mengajar dominan yang dimiliki guru mereka. Kecocokan tersebut menjadi faktor penentu yang membuat perolehan nilai siswa baik. Oleh karena itu, faktor gaya belajar dan gaya mengajar lain perlu diikutsertakan dalam analisis tentang kecocokan gaya belajar dan gaya mengajar yang dihubungkan dengan pencapaian akademik siswa.

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The research aimed at investigating the influence of a match between learning and teaching styles on eighth graders? achievement in two state junior high schools in Bekasi Utara Sub District. Questionnaires were given to students in 10 classes and 2 English teachers of eighth grade in two state junior high schools in Bekasi Utara Sub District. Interview and class observation were other instruments used in this research, and the results were used to triangulate the data obtained from the questionnaires. The result of the research shows that the dominant learning style in those schools is Dependent, and the dominant teaching style is Facilitator. According to Grasha's Clusters of Teaching and Learning Style (1995), Dependent learning style and Facilitator teaching style do not match. The mismatch found does not influence students achievement proven by the fact in which 70% students who participated in this study has a higher or the same score as KKM (Kriteria Kelulusan Minimal). The satisfying achievement reached by eighth grader students in two state junior high schools is possibly caused by the fact that the teachers other teaching styles which accompany their dominant teaching style matched with the students? dominant learning style, and the students other learning styles besides their dominant learning style matched with their teachers dominant teaching style. This finding shows that the other teaching and learning styles that matched to one another played an important role in helping the students perform well in their study. Therefore, they should be taken into account in analyzing the influence of a match between learning and teaching styles on students? achievement in class."

"The volume constitutes an attempt to capture the intricate relationship between individual learner differences and other variables which are of interest to theorists, researchers and practitioners representing such diverse branches of applied linguistics as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics or language teaching methodology. It brings together contributions by Polish and international authors, including leading experts in the field, touching upon changing perspectives on individual variation, cognitive, affective and social variables, learning deficits as well as their impact on learning and teaching. It offers a multifaceted perspective on these problems and shows how theory and research can be translated into classroom practice."