<p class="0abstract">This study aims to determine the effectiveness of mobile learning based android in learning vocabulary at the seventh-grade students of SMP Batara Gowa. This type of research is pre-experimental. The research design used was pre-experimental design, namely one group pre-test post-test design. The populations in this study were all seventh-grade students of SMP Batara Gowa, and the sample was class VII.1 as the experimental class which was chosen by using purposive sampling. The results of the data analysis show that the mean score of post-test (70.55) was higher than the mean score of pre-test (34.65). The result of the t-test was 30.117 and t-table 2.093. It could be indicated that the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted. Based on the effectiveness criteria, generally using mobile learning based android was effective in learning vocabulary at the seventh-grade students of SMP Batara Gowa.</p>

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The aims of this study was to find out whether or not refufation technique can increase the students’ reading comprehension of the second grade students of SMA Hasanuddin Gowa. This research employed pre-experimental method which one class was given pre-test, treatment and post-test. The population of this research was the second grade students of SMA Hasanuddin Gowa. The total sample consisted of 24 students and it is used purposive sampling technique. The instrument was reading text in order to measure the students’ reading comprehension skill  by using refutation technique. The result of the data showed that by using reputation technique in reading comprehension was effective in improving the students’ reading skill. In other words, the finding indicated that using refutation technique in teaching reading comprehension was able to improve the students’ skill in reading. Based on the result of the data showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test mean score (45.04), and the post-test mean score (71.83). It can be concluded that the use of refutation technique in reading comprehension can be improved at SMA Hasanuddin Makassar.

Abstract. Humor is regarded as an important aspect in English language teaching (ELT).  Therefore, English teachers are expected to create humors in their teaching. Creating humor in ELT, however, is still regarded hard for Many English language teachers. Humor is related to personal capability. Although humor has been widely explored, there is still scarcity on investigating it from local language terms. Therefore, this study came to investigate how humor can be presented in the classroom through local language terms. This was a descriptive qualitative study carried out at Pharmacology Institute of Makassar. The subjects of this study were students at the first semester that had different local languages.   The data were collected through classroom observation and in-depth interview.  This current study reveals that local language terms have significant power to present humor in ELT.  Humor that created from local language input has emotional impact on cheerful learning in the classroom. The local language terms have power to trigger emotional engagement and enthusiasm in learning English.  In addition, they function to reduce the complexity and anxiety in learning English as foreign language.  Keywords:  Local Language Terms, Humor, Emotional Engagement, Cheerful Learning.