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"This article briefly describes the phenomenon of language transfer, or first language interference, for Japanese learners of English and suggests one method of raising intermediate level English students' awareness of this phenomenon in a Japanese undergraduate Academic English class. Class activities and homework tasks are described, student feedback is presented and conclusions are drawn. It is hoped that this article might prove useful to teachers of EAP at the tertiary level of education, in particular Japan, and more generally in the sector elsewhere."

"Keterampilan menulis merupakan salah satu keterampilan yang harus dikuasai oleh pemelajar bahasa. Sebagai upaya peningkatan keterampilan menulis, peneliti menggunakan pendekatan Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Pendekatan TBLT dilakukan terhadap 19 mahasiswa tingkat 1 program studi Sastra Inggris dalam pembelajaran keterampilan menulis Deskriptif berbahasa Inggris. Jenis penelitian yang dilakukan adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) dan berkolaborasi dengan dosen pengajar mata kuliah Menulis 1. Penelitian ini didukung dengan data kualitatif dan kuantitatif untuk mengetahui peningkatan mahasiswa dalam proses belajar menulis Deskriptif dengan menggunakan TBLT. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya peningkatan yang signifikan dari hasil tes pembelajaran menulis Deskriptif yang dilakukan pada siklus I dan siklus II. Selain itu, penggunaan TBLT dapat memotivasi mahasiswa dalam proses belajar. Hasil penelitian ini diperoleh berdasarkan nilai tes menulis Deskriptif, observasi dan kuesioner. Dari hasil post-test menunjukkan peningkatan rata-rata nilai mahasiswa menjadi 85,6 yang semula rata-rata nilai pre-test mahasiswa 62,2. Terakhir, hasil kuesioner juga menunjukkan bahwa hampir seluruh mahasiswa menyetujui penggunaan TBLT sebagai panduan dalam menulis Deskriptif serta terbukti mampu meningkatkan keterampilan menulis mahasiswa.

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Writing skill is one of the skills that must be mastered by language learners. As an effort to improve writing skill, the author uses the Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) approach. The TBLT approach is carried out on 19 Grade 1 students of the English Literature study program in learning Descriptive writing skill in English. The type of research conducted is Classroom Action Research (CAR) and collaborating with the lecturer of Writing 1. This research is supported by qualitative and quantitative data to determine the increase of students in the process of learning Descriptive writing by using TBLT. The results showed significant increases in the results of Descriptive writing tests conducted in the first cycle and second cycle. In addition, the implementation of TBLT motivates students in the learning process. The results of this study were obtained based on the scores of Descriptive writing tests, observations and questionnaires. The results of the post-test showed an increase in the average student score to 85.6 which previously the average pre-test score was 62.2. Finally, the results of the questionnaire also showed that almost all students agreed to use TBLT as a guide in writing Descriptive text and proved to improve student writing skill."

"This collective book aims to encourage and inspire actions directed towards raising public awareness of the importance of mathematical sciences for our contemporary society in a cultural and historical perspective. Mathematical societies, in Europe and around the world, can find ideas, blueprints and suggestions for activities, including concerted actions with other international organizations, directed towards raising public awareness of science, technology and other fields where mathematics plays a strong role. The material is divided into four parts, national experiences, exhibitions / mathematical museums, popularization activities, and popularization : why and how?"