The occurrence of consumptive behavior among adolescents is caused by several internal factors such as self-control, talents, interests, values, self-concepts and knowledge and learning outcomes. External factors such as social class, family, culture, peers, and situations. Psychological factors such as information processing and learning.This study aims to describe the contribution of self-control and peer conformity to the consumptive behavior of students in Kisaran Private IT High Schools. The research method uses a quantitative approach with descriptive correlational type and multiple regression. The population of this study was 57 high school IT private high school students in class X and the sample of 50 students were selected using proportional random sampling. The research findings show that: (1) on average, self-control is in the very high category, (2) peer conformity is also in the very high category, (3) consumer consumptive behavior is categorized very well, (4) there are 51% contribution of self-control to consumptive behavior, (5) there are 34% contribution of peer conformity to consumptive behavior, and (6) there are 60% contribution together with self-control and peer conformity towards consumptive behavior.

Exploring students' background knowledge in prereading activities suggests the importance of interaction in the process of meaning making which requires appropriate vocabulary. Although many factors constitute students' comprehension, vocabulary should be the main concern in EFL reading classes. Consistence with this premise, the current study was aimed at proving the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and their reading achievement at the fourth semester of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung. This correlational study involved 70 students taken through cluster random sampling. Vocabulary and reading test were employed to determine the correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension. Through Correlation of Product Moment, coefficient correlation between two variables was found to be 0.61 with index correlation in r-table was 0.1617 for α= 0.05, suggesting that the coefficient correlation between two variables (rxy) t-calculated was bigger than t-table. It means that H1 was accepted and H0 was rejected. In conclusion, there was a positive correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and their reading comprehension at the fourth semester students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung.

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The purpose of this research was to know the students’ speaking ability by implementing Talking Football Game at second semester English Department students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung. This research was experimental research called One-Shot Case Study which used one class as the sample. The population of this research was second semester English Department students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung registering in 2014-2015 Academic Year. The data of this research were collected by using oral test. The data were analyzed by t-test formula. From the calculation of the result of the test, it was indicated that tcalculate was 3, 22 and ttable 2, 02 with a = 0,05. So, it means that tcalculate was greater than ttable and the hypothesis was accepted. The result of this research showed that Talking Football Game increase students’ speaking ability. It implied that Talking Football Game could be used as a technique of teaching speaking ability at second semester English Department students of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung year of 2014-2015. Keywords: Talking Footbal Game, Speaking Skill, Speaking Ability

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