The effect of social media in improving students’ writing skill is investigated in this paper, which can be used to improve students’ creativity in writing. This paper takes covering of second semester English education students of Universitas Negeri Medan that study written language skills. The method used in this research is the development research aims to produce written language skills learning materials using social media (instagram, facebook & whatsapp). Its intention to answer the students’ need of the innovated material and to find out the level of students creativity after using such materials. Further, this paper gives a simpler and practical method to develop learning material using social media to improve students’ creativity in writing.

This study aims to analyze Perceptions of English and Literature Department Students perceptions on lecturer’s feedback for Critical Book Review (CBR). A descriptive qualitative design was used in this study. The data sources are all students outside the English Education study program who take 5 courses, namely Curriculum and Textbook Analysis, Translation in Language Teaching, English Culture in ELT, Technology in ELT and Management of English Based Institution. The data are the results of questionnaires given to students outside the Study Program who are conducting the student exchange program (Permata). Research shows that students feel helped by the feedback provided by the lecturer in the form of corrections, criticisms, suggestions, and providing solutions either orally or in writing. The reason why lecturers provide feedback is to measure students' abilities in doing CBR assignments.

This study is aimed at explaining classical drama and modern drama in general. It is also purposed to compare the differences between classical drama and modern drama. One of the most significant contrasts between classical drama and modern is the difference in the protagonists.  Classical tragedy, for instance, involves royalty, the elite.  The idea was that for a character to have a great and far-reaching influence over society he/she had to be in a position of great power and authority. In contrast, modern drama often uses common people as protagonists. Modern drama no longer had its heroes, heroines and villains of days gone by—the subjects of the stories were now ordinary people one might meet any day on the street. Keywords: Drama, Classical, Modern

Penelitian ini pada dasarnya bertujuan untuk menemukan materi pembelajaran yang tepat dalam pengajaran Written Language Skills (Reading &Writing), dengan menggunakan teks dari media social dan metode curah pendapat. Curah pendapat merupakan tehnik penyelesaian yang bisa digunakan baik secara individual maupun kelompok, mencakup pencatatan gagasan-gagasan yang terjadi spontan dengan cara tidak menghakimi. Berdasarkan proses pembelajaran dikelas, ditemukan beberapa permasalahan yang dilakukan mahasiswa ketika menulis dan membaca: (1) mahasiswa tidak bisa mengembangkan ide ketika menulis, (2) mahasiswa bosan dengan materi yang konvensional. Ada beberapa hal yang menyebabkan hal ini; (1) bahan ajar yang tidak kekinian (2) bahan ajar yang monoton, penuh dengan nasari dan kurangnya visual gambar. Bahan ajar dikembangkan  melalui review dan validasi pakar dan mahasiswa. Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bahan ajar yang telah dikembangkan berhasil meningkatkan minat belajar dan interaksi mahasiswa sebesar 87%. Tujuan akhir penelitian ini adalah untuk mengivestigasi pembelajaran written language skills dengan metode curah pendapat dengan R&D dan menginovasi bahan ajar written language skills.

This preliminary research  aimed at portraying the impact of Digital Learning System (DLS) implementation on student empowerment. This work used qualitative descriptive case study. First semester English students of a state university in Medan, Indonesia, negotiated to participate in the study. Grounded in dialogic interview, the results suggest that the enactment of DLS gives attractive lesson for the students. The students felt the instruction made them borderless between the students and the lecturers. Overall implementation of DLS enables students to reach minimum standardized criteria in their listening skills. Limitation and further recommendation for next research are also presented