Even though we are already in the era of face-to-face interaction in the teaching and learning process after going through the pandemic, the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud) is still enforcing online teaching and learning facilities through Akun Pembelajaran for the learning process in elementary, middle and high school. Akun Pembelajaran, or for some people known as akun belajar.id has also been used by the English teacher in SMP 1 State Junior High School in Gorontalo City. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using akun pembelajaran for SMP 1 Kota Gorontalo State Junior High School students in learning English.This research is quantitative and descriptive. The research sample employs purposive sampling through one class for 8 th -grade students and one class for 9 thgrade students. The data was collected by using an open questionnaire. The results showed that 72% of data state that the akun pembelajaran is convenient. Most of the students got the information about akun pembelajaran from the teacher while asking to do homework. Most of the students understand the functions and its benefits. 52% of data state that the students are interested in using akun pembelajaran although teachers do not ask them to do it. Meanwhile, 48% use akun pembelajaran, depending on the teacher's order. 77% of students need face-to-face learning to understand the subject better.It can be concluded that Akun Pembelajaran or akun pembelajaran effectively affects SMP 1 Kota Gorontalo State Junior High School students in learning English. The use of Akun Pembelajaran in Akun Pembelajaran is effective enough for the students in learning English. It can be a part of the "New Normal" era of the teaching and learning process.

This research aimed to investigate the students’ need in interpersonal text materials and to develop learning media based PowToon in interpersonal text materials at seventh grade in MTs Cendekia Muhammadiyah Kotamobagu in Academic Year of 2020/2021. This research used research and development (R&D) design by Borg and Gall. The data were collected through observation, interview, questionnaire, document analysis, and expert judgement validation. The learning media based PowToon in interpersonal text materials were validated by the material expert and media expert and were also done field testing to the twenty six students. The data were analysed descriptively qualitative. The result of this research indicated that More than half of the total students were powerfully agree, genuinely need, and surely support the development of learning media based powtoon in interpersonal text materials. The learning media based powtoon consist of opening, warming up, learning material, learning activities, and closing. The result of material expert validation was 95% and the result of media expert validation was 97% which were categorized good/valid/eligible learning media. The students showed a positive response toward the use of learning media in interpersonal text materials in the classroom. It is signified that the learning media based PowToon can be applied in teaching and learning process.

Students various characteristics need to be identified and facilitated at the first year in junior high school to determine their learning preferences and difficulties. This study aims to investigate: (i) students characteristics based on their multiple intelligences (MI) tendency; (ii) gender differences on their MI tendency. The study was held on twenty-seven students of grade seven (eight males and 19 females) at SMP Negeri 4 Randangan Satu Atap in 2021-2022 academic year by using one-shot descriptive survey method. The MI inventory result showed that interpersonal intelligence was strongly developed and the other seven intelligence were developed. Demographic background was contributing to the dominance of the three intelligences (interpersonal, naturalist, and verbal linguistics) as these three types of intelligence become the foundation of how these students who come from families of farmers, fishermen, and small traders living in rural area solve problems and produce works to live their daily lives. Even though the Kruskal-Wallis test showed no gender differences in all the eight intelligences, the item analysis showed that female and male respondents are different in 23 items. Males showed more interest in more expressive, active, and analytic activities, while females are better in items related to self-regulation. The information from MI Inventory can be an initial data for English teacher to decide which activities to include as learning input to match with students preferences. It is the first phase of need analysis to develop such an MI-based student-centred learning. Keragaman karakteristik siswa perlu diidentifikasi dan difasilitasi pada tahun pertama di sekolah menengah pertama untuk menentukan preferensi dan kesulitan belajar mereka. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki: (i) karakteristik siswa berdasarkan kecenderungan kecerdasan majemuk (MI) mereka; (ii) perbedaan gender pada kecenderungan MI mereka. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada dua puluh tujuh siswa kelas tujuh (delapan laki-laki dan 19 perempuan) di SMP Negeri 4 Randangan Satu Atap pada tahun ajaran 2021-2022 dengan menggunakan metode survei deskriptif sekali tembak. Hasil MI Inventory menunjukkan bahwa kecerdasan interpersonal sangat berkembang dan tujuh kecerdasan lainnya pada level berkembang. Latar belakang demografis berkontribusi dalam dominasi tiga kecerdasan (interpersonal, naturalis, dan linguistik verbal) karena ketiga jenis kecerdasan ini menjadi dasar bagaimana para siswa yang berasal dari keluarga petani, nelayan, dan pedagang kecil yang tinggal di daerah pedesaan memecahkan masalah dan menghasilkan karya untuk menjalani kehidupan sehari-hari mereka. Meskipun tes Kruskal-Wallis tidak menunjukkan perbedaan gender dalam kedelapan kecerdasan tersebut, analisis item menunjukkan bahwa responden perempuan dan laki-laki berbeda dalam 23 item. Laki-laki menunjukkan lebih banyak minat pada kegiatan yang lebih ekspresif, aktif, dan analitik, sementara perempuan lebih baik dalam hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan pengaturan diri. Informasi dari MI Inventory dapat menjadi data awal bagi guru bahasa Inggris untuk memutuskan kegiatan mana yang akan dimasukkan sebagai input pembelajaran agar sesuai dengan preferensi siswa. Ini adalah fase pertama analisis kebutuhan untuk mengembangkan pembelajaran yang berpusat pada siswa berbasis MI.

In academic situations, especially in proposal seminar presentations, code switching is generally used by the presenter and the audience also by all elements in the presentation for the different activities and different purposes. It gives a chance to them to communicate with each other by using their first language and foreign language. This qualitative study aims to explain the types of code-switching and the factors causing the students to use code-switching in their proposal seminar presentations. The subjects were four EFL students who were presenting their research proposal. An observation technique was used to retrieve the main data, which is the students’ proposal seminar presentation. Moreover, this study employed an interview technique to obtain the supporting data about factors affecting the students in utilizing code-switching. The theory about types and factors of code-switching was used in this research to analyze the data. The results find four types of code-switching. Those four types are Intra-sentential switching, inter-sentential switching, establishing continuity switches, and tag switching. The result also shows that several factors affect students using code-switching, such as the real lexical need, quoting somebody else, interjection or inserting sentence fillers or sentence connectors, being emphatetic about something clarifying the speech content for the interlocutor. Based on the finding, all types of code-switching are found in this research, and there are only six out of ten factors found in this research.