One of the obstacles in learning English is ignorance in the use of distinguishing functions of part of speech, verbal and nominal sentences, and tenses. This article describes the application of the Sorogan method in learning English for beginners, where for many years this method is still being used in learning Arabic in Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia. Descriptive design works to explain the use of this method. The population and samples were obtained from students majoring in English Education Department of University PGRI Adi Buana Campus Blitar. The results of the questionnaire display that students feel engaged in the implementation of Sorogan.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of songs with Wondershare QuizCreator in teaching listening. English is taught based on listening approach that involves students’ activity in doing a worksheet. The main problem of learning listening for students in SMPN 2 Sutojayan is they have low vocabulary mastery. This causes the learning process is not quite effective far from what is being hoped. A teacher can use song with Wondershare QuizCreator in teaching listening. Based on the result of analysis Treatment using song with Wondershare QuizCreator shows that F = 12.175, the probability (P) is 0.001 and the mean is 80.490. Meanwhile, the Class taught without using Song with Wondershare QuizCreator shows 66.636. The mean of class using Song with Wondershare QuizCreator is greater than a class which is not using Song with Wondershare QuizCreator. This means that using song with Wondershare QuizCreator gives better achievement in the level of confidence 95%. It can be concluded that song with Wondershare Quizcreator can be used as additional alternative to teach listening.

Reading is very important for students because their learning success is highly dependent on their reading comprehension. In order to read well, teachers must support learning with appropriate teaching methods. This study was a quantitative study to apply a quasi-experimental design to compare the TPRC strategy with Prezi and Grammar Translation Method to the first-year students in SMPN 1 Sutojayan. Studies have shown significantly higher performance than those taught using GTM. It was concluded that TPRC strategy using Prezi was effective in teaching the reading of descriptive texts for junior high school.

The problem with student reading comprehension is that it is difficult to translate reading comprehension sentences, as English contains multiple tenses as well as vocabulary. Many students often find it difficult due to poor grammatical structure and vocabulary. Teaching methods are usually not very interesting for students. They say the instructor uses the traditional method (GTM). One alternative solution to this problem is PQRST with PowerPoint media. This method has been studied to see if it works effectively for learning to read. This study adopted a quasi-experimental procedure using a non-randomized pre-test and post-test design. As a result, it was found that the PQRST method using PowerPoint media is an effective method for reading comprehension instruction because it exhibits better reading comprehension than the conventional method.Keywords: teaching reading, PQRST, PowerPoint