Despite the importance of public speaking skills, unfortunately, research about public speaking classes mainly focuses on the attempt to minimize the students’ anxiety and discomposure. Whereas other crucial issues need to be investigated such as the quality of learning materials in public speaking classes having poor quality and students’ difficulty in speaking naturally. This research aimed to investigate the usage of movies in enhancing students’ ability to deliver speeches. The participants of this study are 67 students majoring in English Language and Literature consisting of 46 females and 21 males. All participants were taking the listening-speaking class and public speaking class. This study adopts the mixed-method approach. Firstly, to see the progress of students’ public speaking skills, we conducted a pre-test and post-test which were analyzed based on a scoring rubric proposed by Joe et al. In addition, questionnaires were distributed to understand participants’ perceptions after learning about public speaking through movies. Lastly, a semi-structured interview was done to enrich the discussion. The results showed that movie clips are effective in increasing students’ interest in following an online class because the lesson felt contextual. The participants’ public speaking skills also improved as students can apply the strategies to attract audiences.

Penelitian ini berusaha meng-komparasi filsafat dengan teologi dalam terang pemikiran Thomas Aquinas dalam hal konteks kehidupan bermasyarakat, khususnya dalam bidang pendidikan. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan kajian pustaka dengan penelusuran yang dekat dengan pemikiran yang bersifat komparatif Thomas Aquinas: filsafat dan teologi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan hubungan kelindan komparatif filsafat dan teologi saat berhadapan dengan modernisasi. Penggerak yang tak dapat digerakkan kerap menjadi landasan berpikir Thomas Aquinas dalam kerangka logika saat saling menyilang percakapan antara teologi dan filsafat.

The aim of this research is to find out patriarchal expectation of men which leads men as the victim of patriarchal system contained in the novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” (2018) by Ocean Vuong. Descriptive research is used in this research to describe in detail about phenomenon or issue. The analysis has been done using Feminist Literary Theory. The result of this research is men can be victimized in patriarchal system, which is known as a system that benefits men, because some men cannot fulfil the standards of patriarchal system. The standards of patriarchal system are men must be masculine, physically and mentally, and must be heterosexual.