The main goal of this research is to develop learning method which can improve the speaking skills of students at Management Program by implementing video recording tasks.  This research is Research and Development (RD) research employing the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) Model. The respondents in this study were 30 students who took part in English I subject of Management Program. The instruments used in this study were speaking evaluation sheet, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. The research data was obtained from their responses to the questionnaire given related to the use of video recording tasks to improve the English-speaking skills of the students at Management study program. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that using a task-based approach to video recording can effectively help students improving their speaking skills. This can be shown that fluency, vocabulary, grammatical structure and pronunciation have P value lower than 0,05, meaning that those variables significantly support the use of video recording task to improve students speaking skills. Besides, students express their pleasure and positive perception of the method. In conclusion, the use of task-based video recording methods can effectively help students improve their oral skills, not only for exams, but also for their real life and future needs.  Additionally, students express their pleasant and positive views on this method.   Keywords: English Language, Speaking Skill, Video Recording Task

This study aimed at investigating the contributing factors to the persistence of gender pay disparity in American workforce despite decades of the enactment of progressive, federal legislations concerning on women’s wage. This study employed sociological approach and utilized qualitative research to achieve its predetermined objectives. Utilizing library research, data were gathered and analyzed using gender theory, particularly the theory of devaluation of women’s work. The results of this study indicated that prevalent American cultural values on gender roles and pay secrecy interfere with the federal legislations concerning on women’s wage. Meaning to say, the socio-cultural context where the legislations are applied and enforced seems to be, in some ways, contradictory to the legislations. The data of this study showed that in the workplace, cultural values on gender roles affected the decisions in hiring and during the employment, which further resulted in gender discriminatory practices (in general) and gender wage discrimination (in specific). Meanwhile, the prevalence of cultural values of not talking about salary reinforced employer’s policy against salary disclosure (PSC rules), which led to the hindrance of wage transparency that is in fact, in contradictory to what the legislations suggested. As a conclusion, gender wage disparity could not be cured solely with the enactment of federal legislations. Evolutionary changes in cultural values of the society are also significant in eliminating the gender wage disparity in American workforce.Keywords: gender wage disparity, socio-cultural context, cultural values, federal legislations, pay secrecy