Communication strategy which is performed by EFL students might be different one to another in accordance with their speaking proficiency. This research aims at analyzing the communication strategy on learners' speaking performance of interpersonal conversation differed by the oral proficiency level of the learners. The subject of the study is the English Department students as the representative of EFL learners. This study belongs to descriptive research with a qualitative approach to look at the natural things that happen in human being and the phenomena directly from the field. Data elicited from video recording of oral presentation and audio recording in stimulated recall interview to investigate communication strategies employed by the learners as well as learners' problem in communication. The finding shows that the participants resorted to thirteen types of communication strategies. The most frequently employed is pause fillers and hesitation devices and the least used strategy are comprehension check, non-linguistic strategy and literal translation. Further investigation indicates that language competency and communication apprehension influence the communication strategies used.

Issues about education in the urban areas and rural areas are crucial in the Indonesian context. The reason is the differentiation of the quality of the Indonesia education across the country because of those areas. During their practice, English teachers in that area face many limitations that hinder the process of teaching and learning. This case study aimed to explore two English teachers’ challenges in teaching in rural areas of Indonesia and how they overcome those challenges to maximize their role as a teacher through their teaching reflection on interview and document analysis. This is significant for giving the teachers’ views on facing the challenges in every condition of teaching English and for giving a picture to the government about the real condition of teaching English in the rural areas. The result showed that English teachers tried to deal with their own teaching condition and institution, their students, and socio-cultural conditions around them. As the solution, teachers overcome those problems by strengthening their roles as a teacher and understanding social pedagogy. However, there is still a need for English teachers to get more training related to their job in teaching English in rural areas.

Frontloading adalah strategi yang memungkinkan siswa untuk menstimulasi pengetahuan mereka sebelum membaca dan dilakukan secara berkelompok. Selanjutnya, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memecahkan masalah siswa dalam penguasaan kosakata yang rendah dengan menggunakan strategi Frontloading. Responden penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII.7 SMP Negeri 15 Pekanbaru yang terdiri dari 36 siswa. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian tindakan kelas (PTK) dan peneliti menggunakan format KWL yang dimodifikasi untuk menerapkan strategi ini. Peneliti menggunakan tes untuk mengumpulkan data kualitatif dan juga menggunakan daftar cek observasi, catatan lapangan, dan wawancara untuk mengumpulkan data kuantitatif. Hasilnya, peneliti menemukan beberapa peningkatan setelah perlakuan pada Siklus 1 dilakukan dan sebagian besar siswa lulus passing grade. Selain itu, faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi penguasaan kosakata siswa adalah penerapan strategi frontloading itu sendiri, penggunaan kamus sebagai media, dan minat siswa dalam kegiatan kelompok. Mengacu pada hasil ini, para peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa strategi frontloading dapat meningkatkan kelancaran kosakata siswa dalam teks deskriptif. Selain itu, strategi frontloading memudahkan siswa untuk memahami teks dan meningkatkan kosakata mereka.