This study explores the affect of appraisal systems by comparing the crime news in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe. There were six texts of the crime news that were classified into the same topics. These texts were analysed using Appraisal Systems Theory (Martin & White, 2005). The objectives of the present study are to find out the differences of the affect of crime news in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe and then to know the types of appraising items in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe. The data is analysed by using the mixed method research. The present writer found out that the writers in The Jakarta Globe present the affect dominantly. The Jakarta Globe shows 63,8% of affect and it is dominated by the affect of dis/satisfaction. However, The Jakarta Post shows 36,2% of affect and it is dominated by the affect of in/security. In addition, the types of appraising items that occur in the affect of crime news are mental process, behavioural process, relational process, attitudinal lexis, minor clause, epithet and grammatical item.

This research explores the application of Appraisal Theory, more specifically, its sub-system Engagement. There were six texts of the Crime News taken from The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe and they were classified into the same topics. The present research aims at comparing the engagement of crime news in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe employed by appraisal theory. Through this research, the researcher wants to know whether The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe describe the Crime News in Subjective or Objective. It applies quantitative and qualitative methods. The technique used in this research was the total sampling technique since all the data that contains appraising items become the data of this research.

This study explores the affect of appraisal systems by comparing the crime news in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe. There were six texts of the crime news that were classified into the same topics. These texts were analysed using Appraisal Systems Theory (Martin & White, 2005). The objectives of the present study are to find out the differences of the affect of crime news in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe and then to know the types of appraising items in The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe. The data is analysed by using the mixed method research. The present writer found out that the writers in The Jakarta Globe present the affect dominantly. The Jakarta Globe shows 63,8% of affect and it is dominated by the affect of dis/satisfaction. However, The Jakarta Post shows 36,2% of affect and it is dominated by the affect of in/security. In addition, the types of appraising items that occur in the affect of crime news are mental process, behavioural process, relational process, attitudinal lexis, minor clause, epithet and grammatical item.

Non-English teachers often get nervous and are not confident when they have to speak up in English, especially when they have to speak in front of many people or do the public speaking in English. But nowadays, there are many mobile applications that offer the new method in speaking English. Orai is one of the applications which concerns to help the users in improving their English-Speaking Skills. The research aims to examine the improvement of teachers’ speaking skills by using Orai application. The data were taken from the teachers who did not teach English in Senior High School in Bandung.  Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic by finding out the total score per item. The results of the research show that Orai application helps teachers in improving their speaking skill. It helps teachers in correcting their pronunciation and their intonation when they speak. It also reduces some sources for the efficiency such as books, speakers, writing tools, headset, etc. The participants show the positive and good response using Orai application in assisting participants’ speaking fluency.

This research aims to analyze the types of speech acts during the discussion of speaking class in Poltekkes  Bandung in majoring of Medical Laboratory Technologist. The research objectives are in finding the types  of speech acts and the classification of illocutionary act based on the theory of Searle in 1962.  The method used by researcher   is qualitative  descriptive method  by  Seliger and shohamy. The data source  is 38 students of Poltekkes Bandung in majoring of Medical Laboratory technologist.  The  result found that    all types of speech acts are found from the analysis, from five types of speech acts  found that Assertives is the most common used by students during  class discussion and Declarations types is the least of usage in discussion.  Keywords  :  Speech Acts, English Speaking , Poltekkes Bandung