This research aimed at knowing learners’ capability in mastering TOEFL test on reading comprehension part for EFL Learners. It was a descriptive quantitative research. It was conducted at the fourth semester students of EFL Learners as the sample of research. The class consisted of 3 classes and the sampling used of this research was cluster random sampling by lottery the class. The sample was class A consisted of 25 EFL Learners. In collecting the data, the instrument was given in the form of reading comprehension of TOEFL test and it was consisted of 50 items dealing with mastering main idea, mastering explicit implicit information, mastering reference, mastering meaning of word, and mastering inferences. After collecting the data, it was analyzed descriptive statistics by operating SPSS 26 for windows to know the mean score of students’ test. The mean score of the test was 32.3. It was categorized into very low. Therefore, the students of EFL Learners had very low capability in answering TOEFL reading comprehension section. Therefore, it is significantly for the students who have low ability in reading comprehension to mastering the strategies in answering the reading test.

The objectives of the research are to know the students’ ability in reading comprehension of TOEFL test for the EFL Learners. This study was categorized as a descriptive quantitative research. This study was conducted at the eighth semester students of Hamzanwadi University. The population of this study was 144 students from 3 classes and the sampling method was purposive sampling. The sample of this study was 30 students. The research instrument used to collect data was reading comprehension of TOEFL test. The collected data were submitted to descriptive statistic by using SPSS 22 for windows. The mean score of the test was 4.17, it categorized into low. Based on that result, the EFL Learners did not have good ability in finding main ideas, references, and meaning of words on reading of TOEFL test. Meanwhile, the mean score in finding information was 7.2 and inference was 6.4. So, the EFL Learners did not have good ability in finding information and inference.

This research aims to know the significant effect of RPT (Repetitive-Practice Technique) in teaching speaking at the tenth-grade students of SMA Al-Hasaniyah NW Jenggik in 2016-2017. This research was designed as pre-experimental with pretest and posttest design. The study population was 27 and 27 as the sample in X chosen by purposive random sampling it means the sample was taken purposively because the sample is representative. Speaking tests and analytical scoring rubric were used to collect the data. Then the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test to test the hypothesis, and it was performed by SPSS 22 for windows. The descriptive statistics analysis showed that RPT (Repetitive-Practice Technique) was effective in teaching speaking ability. It was proven by improving students' scores from 40.89 in Pre-Test and 58.96 in Post-Test. While the result of hypothesis testing using paired sample t-test at significance (2-tailed) value level was .000, it was lower than .05. RPT (Repetitive-Practice Technique) is significantly effective in teaching speaking ability. It was suggested that speaking in RPT (Repetitive-Practice Technique) is suitable for teaching speaking.

Reading is one of the essential English skills to understand written information in all available sources. In recent days, reading is not merely found in printed forms but also can be accessed in digital matters. During the pandemic COVID-19 era, digital text reading is highly required rather than printed issues. In the Indonesian context, digital reading is increasingly needed as the replacement for physical learning activities to cut the COVID-19 spreads. However, there have been a lot of views regarding the use of digital text to promote English reading instruction. This study discusses the advancement of digital text reading coped with Indonesian EFL students during the pandemic COVID-19. This study addressed a systematic literature review to illustrate the enhancement of digital text reading among Indonesian EFL students during COVID-19. Using the systematic literature review, the researcher arranged the study's data through various previous studies discovering the use of digital text reading. The present study's findings describe several issues related to the advancement of digital text reading encountered by Indonesian EFL learners amid the pandemic. The study demonstrates online reading among Indonesian EFL students, teachers' and students' perception of online homework, digital reading strategies in ELT, and the impact of digital design on English reading activities and comprehension.

This research aimed to investigate the Sasak language maintenance and shift of Sasak people in Surya Bhakti neighborhood. This research was Qualitative descriptive method was employed in analyzing the data. There were 40 participants divided into young generation participants and old generation participants. There are 20 participants of the young generations that consist of 16 males and 4 females, while 20 participants of the old generation participants consist of 18 males and 2 females. Three techniques were employed to collect the data: observation, interview, and documentation. Observation and interviews serve as primary data sources. Meanwhile, documentation serves as the secondary one. The process of the interview was recorded. Meanwhile, a field note was used during the observation. Documents or documentation were used to complete the data findings from the observation and interview and take some pictures in the research area. Thus, all data from observation, interview, and documentation were analyzed. The research results show that Sasak people, both young and old generation participants, are proud of their language and cultural identity. The young generation participants maintain the Sasak language in Surya Bhakti neighborhood. In addition, the young generation participants have the proficiency in speaking Sasak language fluently and accurately than Sumbawanese. Furthermore, the data indicate that the old generations of Sasak people in Surya Bhakti neighborhood are more likely to use Sasak language than Sumbawanese when communicating daily with Sasak people in their community, even in their community outside of the neighborhood.