Pemahaman listening masih menjadi masalah besar bagi pebelajar Bahasa Inggris, sehingga strategi Top-Down dan Bottom-Up merupakan salah satu strategi yang dapat membantu dalam memahami dan mengerti Listening Comprehension. Top-Down processing mengacu pada penggunaan skemata atau pengetahuan pebelajar untuk memahami informasi yang diterima, sedangkan Bottom-Up processing mengacu pada proses pemahaman informasi melalui analisis bunyi, arti kata, maupun tata bahasa. Dalam penerapannya, strategi Top-Down dan Bottom-Up di dalam kegiatan Pre-listening, While-listening dan Post-listening. Di dalam kegiatan Pre-listening kegiatan yang dibangun adalah pebelajar dapat menghubungkan konteks dari apa yang didengar dengan latar belakang pengetahuan yang dimiliki. Di dalam kegiatan While-listening, pebelajar memprediksi apa yang penting dan yang tidak penting untuk diperhatikan untuk mendorong siswa memahami apa yang mereka dengar. Di dalam kegiatan post-listening, pebelajar didorong untuk menanggapi apa yang mereka dengar. Keseluruhan kegiatan pembelajaran diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan dalam Listening Comprehension di kelas.

This study specifically examined the grammar and lexical cohesion of a speech from one of the controversial figure, Donald Trump, regarding with a current reckless assassination upon Iran’s highest general, Qasem Soleimani, in early 2020. Such investigation required the use of textual analysis of a designated speech from a YouTube video, which transcripted further be thoroughly examined. The results showed that Trump positively justified his action while negatively claim the opposite of his addressee. This was shown with the most frequent form of cohesion for the grammatical section is the reference with 65 pieces of evidence, as well as near-synonym and repetition with only 9 evidence for lexical section. While the least form is the conjunction with 23 evidence, also both synonym and general word with only 1 evidence. This also highlighted that the use of some cohesion features displays a different aim and effect. All in all, this study presented a theoretical implication, where all elements of a related proper speech entailed the use of grammatical and lexical cohesion altogether.

Cooperative Learning is a teaching arrangement that refers to small, heterogeneous groups of students working together to achieve a common goal (Kagan, 1994). This research is done to know the response of students used cooperative learning in reading comprehension. The data of this study analyzed qualitatively without applying statistical calculations. The subject of the study were the students of the first semester in Midwifery faculty of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo . There researcher used one class which consist 29 students. The students gave the positive responses and dominantly agreed to the implementation of cooperative learning type Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) in reading comprehension. From the questionnaire, the researcher concludes that are 40% students are agreed, 50% students strongly agree, and 10% less agree  with cooperative learning type Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) in reading comprehension. The conclusion is students respond well to cooperative learning model type Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) to improve students' reading comprehension. This cooperative learning type Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) can be the one of the model to teach reading comprehension.

In the aim to engage the volatile future, Kemendikbud considered developing the textbooks with cultural values imbued for the 2013 Curriculum. This study is a content analysis that seeks to examine the cultural elements found in the English textbooks for junior high schoolers, to discover the evidence of global cultural manifestation in the textbooks, as well as to find out the space given to local culture in the textbooks. The data were collected from the latest revision of ‘When English Rings a Bell’ textbook for both 7th & 8th grade, and ‘Think Globally Act Locally’ textbook for 9th grade. The data then analyzed qualitatively. The findings showed that: (1) social group & social identity dictate the cultural dimension, followed by belief & behavior. While another aspect, such as stereotypes & national identity, social interaction, the life-cycle & socialization, national culture heritage, national geography, national history as well as socio-political institution, are not commonly presented. This idea is in line with the curriculum objectives to facilitate the development of students with proper character, behavior and a strong sense of nationality. In terms of proportionality as shown by cultural dimensions, it is inferred that the English textbooks are on their way to perfection; (2) the existence of the target cultures is still dominant, yet the authors had tried to maintain the initial content of the source culture, as well as (3) the students require to realize the importance of learning culture from their English textbooks & develop their cultural competence and a certain degree of respect, as well as tolerance for others.

PENDAHULUANMembaca adalah sarana yang sangat penting bagi anak-anak untuk membuka cakrawala ilmu pengetahuan. Dengan membaca, anak akan memperoleh berbagai informasi yang sangat bermanfaat bagi kehidupan anak di masa sekarang maupun di masa yang akan datang. Kehadiran gadget pada zaman modern sekarang ini merupakan salah satu faktor menurunnya minat baca pada anak-anak. Semakin menurunnya minat baca anak mengharuskan kita untuk Abstrak Upaya untuk meningkatkan minat baca sangat diperlukan untuk menumbuhkan minat baca sebagai kebiasaan dari anak-anak sampai dewasa. Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui minat membaca siswa terhadap karya sastra, diharapkan bahwa kita dapat memberikan fasilitas kepada anak-anak untuk memilih literatur buku anak-anak yang menjadi favorit untuk meningkatkan minat membaca. Penelitian dilakukan pada siswa kelas V SD Muhammadiyah 1 Sidoarjo yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui minat bagaimana siswa dalam membaca sastra. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif kualitatif, dengan populasi siswa dari SD Muhammadiyah 1 Sidoarjo. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah kelas lima SD siswa sekolah SD Muhammadiyah 1 Sidoarjo. Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode atau teknik kuesioner, wawancara dan observasi. Hasil penelitian sebagian besar siswa suka membaca buku gambar atau komik, dengan kepemilikan buku 6-15 buku. Para siswa menghabiskan waktu membaca selama 0-60 menit sehari.