Learning strategies are applied by students to improve their studies. Suitable language learning strategies result in proficiency which is improved and greater self-confidence. Most researches observe the language learning strategies without dividing which affect more between direct and indirect strategy toward learning proficiency. Therefore, this research was conducted to find out whether the direct language learning strategies had a positive relationship and significant effect toward English learning proficiency on senior high school students. An ex-post-facto method with a correlational design was applied in this research. The population was 410 students at the eleventh grade of SMA Negeri 1 Baubau and selected 75 students as the sample using a simple random sampling technique. The instruments used were the SILL (Strategy Inventory for Language Learning) and the English proficiency test. The results of descriptive statistics indicate the compensation strategies were the most dominant learning strategy used by the eleventh-grade students with the mean score was 2.66. From the result of hypothesis testing, it was obtained the positive relationships and significant effect of those three kinds of strategies toward English proficiency on the eleventh-grade students. Besides, the memory strategies have the highest correction with the score of correlation is 0.756.

Objective of this research was to find out significant difference of reading achievement between students who are taught using Small Group Discussion and those are taught using conventional method. The research used quantitative approach by applying quasi experimental design of nonequivalent group design. Population of this research was the grade eight students of SMP Negeri 2 Pasarwajo in school year of 2017/2018. Number of populations were 118 students. Samples of this research were class VIII.A as experimental class which consisted of 30 students and VIII.B as the control class which consisted of 29 students. Instrument of this research was test and it was analyzed using Independent Sample T Test. This research concludes that there was a significant difference of reading achievement between the class whom is taught by using Small Group Discussion method and the class whom is taught by using conventional method.

Lecturer competence becomes one of the factors influencing the success of learning. This research aims at investigating the lecturer competence in teaching Listening Comprehension subject at English Language Education Program of DayanuIkhsanuddin University. The design of this research uses a quantitative approach by applying a survey method. The population is fourth semester students and the sample is 60 students selected using simple random sampling technique. In collecting the data, this research uses a questionnaire from lecturer certification program which has 28 items, consists of 9 items for pedagogic competence, 8 items for professional competence, 6 items for personality competence, and 5 items for social competence. The result of this research indicates that the lecturer's pedagogic competence is in high category, professional competence is in high category, personality competence is in very high category, and social competence is in very high category. The most dominant lecturer competence in teaching Listening Comprehension subject is pedagogic competence since it is selected by 61.67% students.

This research explored the influence of lecturer’s competences toward students’ writing proficiency at the English Education Study Program of Dayanu Ikhsanuddin University, Indonesia. The research question that was raised up of this research was do the lecturer competence influence students’ writing proficiency? This research aimed to investigate the influence of lecturer competence toward students’ writing proficiency. This research employed ex post facto method. The population was the fourth semester students who registered in academic year 2013/2014 for Writing III. There were 51 students were as sample of this research, selected using si.mple random sampling technique. The data collected using questionnaire and writing test. The data analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics. The research found that the value of Fcount that was 3.608 at significance value was 0.035. It meant Fcount was greater than Ftable (3.608 > 2.57) and the value of significance was fewer than α (0.035 < 0.05). Those meant the regression model can predict the level of students’ writing proficiency which influenced by lecturer competence and the lecturer competence had positive and significant influence toward students’ writing proficiency at the English Education Study Program of Dayanu Ikhsanuddin University, Indonesia.

The objective of this research was to find out whether there was a significant difference in vocabulary mastery between students who were taught using vocabulary self-collection strategy and those who were taught using a conventional method. This research used a quantitative approach with the experimental method of quasi-experimental design. There were 60 students involved as a sample of this research selected using the purposive cluster sampling technique. The instrument used was a test including pretest and posttest. Data were analyzed using Mann Whitney U test. The result indicated that the score of Asymp Sig. (2-tailed) was 0.001 which was fewer than α (0.05). It meant there was a significant difference in vocabulary mastery between students who were taught using vocabulary self-collection strategy and those who were taught using the conventional method. Furthermore, based on the result of the N-Gain test, it was found that the vocabulary self-collection strategy was more effective than the conventional method.