The objective of the research is to find out whether or not the use of writing in the here and now strategy improve students' ability in writing descriptive text at class X of SMK Negeri 1 Mamuju. The method of this research was quantitative method and type of this research was pre-experimental with one group pre-test, treatment and post-test design. In this research, the researchers took the tenth grade of the second semester in which the total numbers of the population were 323, and the samples consist of 37 students. Based on the data analysis, the alternative hypothesis in this research was accepted because t-test value was more significant than t -table value (11.06 > 1.688). The researchers conclude that Writing in Here and Now strategy can improve the Students' Writing Skill at Tenth Grade Students on the second semester of SMK Negeri 1 Mamuju in academic year 2017/2018.

The aim of this research is to find out whether the use of mind mapping can motivate the students in writing. The method was used is mix method (Quantitative and Qualitative). The subject of this research was the second semester students of Tomakaka University of Mamuju. The data was collected and analyzed through scoring scale which includes the content, organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics by using Jacob’s scoring rubric. Then, to find out the students are motivated through the method applied or not, it was used questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire wasanalyzed by the Likert scale, it is divided into strongly motivated, motivated, fairly motivated, unmotivated, and strongly unmotivated.Then, interview are used to confirm the students answers in the questionnaire. The result of this research is the second semester students of TomakakaUniversity of Mamuju are motivated in writing through Mind Mapping method. It can be shown from the data of writing test, questionnaire and interview.  The result of the treatment given showed a trend of increasing students’ writing score. And also, students gave positive responses to the questionnaire distributed where most students answered that Mind Mapping method was very useful in increasing their writing motivation.

The aim of this research is to find out whether the students’ reading ability improve or not through CNA Indonesia at the fourth semester Students of Tomakaka University of Mamuju. The method was used is quantitative method. The instrument used to collect the data was reading test. The number of test consisted of 15 and the form is multiple choices. The subject of this research was the fourth semester students of Tomakaka University of Mamuju. In analyzing the data collected through quantitative analysis. The result of this research is the use of Channel News Asia (CAN) Indonesia can enhancing the students’ reading ability at the fourth semester students of Tomakaka University of Mamuju. It is supported by the result of the test which given for the students after given treatment. The result showed that there was an improvement significantly between pre-test and post-test

This study aims to explore an integration of local culture in teaching speaking for enabling students to speak  English practiced in EFL classroom. It employs a descriptive study using a purposive sampling technique and taking 76 respondents from EFL university students. The questionnaire and interview were used to collect data on the perception of EFL university students on the integration of local culture in the process of learning, and observation was applied to gain the data on the EFL students’ interaction on integrating local culture-based instruction. The result of the study shows that students' speaking on the integration of local culture-based instruction in teaching speaking classroom in Indonesian EFL classroom fall into 3 categories:(1) highly understanding of local culture (HULC); (2) moderately understanding of local culture (MULC); (3) low understanding of local culture (LULC). This research is expected to be a reference for teachers’ professional development especially teachers’ capacity in teaching speaking classes.

The purpose of this research is to determine the quality of the final test in terms of difficulty level, discrimination leves, distractor effectiveness, validity, and reliability for senior high school students in second grade at SMA Negeri 3 Parepare. This research used a quantitative design with content analysis. The investigation was conducted at SMA Negeri 3 Parepare. The subject was 134 English final test form the second grade. However, the researcher took 58 students from three classes to serve as test subjects, with the sample for this research being retrieved utilizing a random selection group technique. They were XI MIPA 1, XI MIPA, and XI IPS 1. Based on the overall analysis of the 30 test items, it can be concluded that the final test for senior high school at the second grade SMA Negeri 3 Parepare was of medium difficulty (p), meaning that the test was neither too easy nor too tough. On the discrimination (D) scale, there were 6 (20%) items with outstanding classification, 1 (3,33%) item with adequate classification, and 23 (76,6%) items with good classification. Distractor effectiveness is likewise weak, since 12 (40%) of the items have very poor distractors. On the validity 9 (30%) items were invalid and need to be replaced. However, 21 (70%) items were valid. The final test for senior high school at the second grade SMA Negeri 3 Parepare is reliable since the reliability index 0,972, it was higher than the table value of critical of product moment it has shows that the final test was reliable.