Language and culture are two things that are interrelated in human life, especially in learning and langage teaching. The objective of this study is to dercribe the understanding of culture in learning English. This research belongs to qualitative research which applies libraries research to collect the data. The introduction of this culture is especially recommended for foreign language learning which places more emphasis on developing communication skills with the target language. The introduction of culture in learning English process can reduce the potential for misunderstandings to occur during the communication process.

Penelitian ini menjawab permasalahan tentang kefektifan metode pemelajaran wawancara di kelas berbicara mahasiswa. Selain itu, penelitian ini juga melihat tantangan dosen dalam pemelajaran berbicara. Praktik bahasa dalam kelas diamati dan diberi eksperimen adalah kelas Speaking pada level beginner di Universitas Muhammadiyah Pringsewu. Mahasiswa yang menjadi subjek penelitian berjumlah 72 mahasiswa. Seluruh mahasiswa akan mendapatkan perlakuan sesuai dengan kebutuhan penelitian. Hasil penghitungan statistik t-test menunjukkan, dimana t-test 4,66 lebih tinggi dari t-table adalah 2,06 itu berarti hipotesis Ha dalam penelitian ini diterima. Berdasarkan catatan hasil pengamatan, metode wawancara juga belum berhasil sempurna untuk mengajak mahasiswa menjadi aktif di kelas. Hal ini menjadi perhatian karena masih muncul 5 mahasiswa yang memilih diam ketika diajak berbicara oleh dosen.

National and regional languages spoken in Indonesia come from Austronesian language family. Meanwhile, English comes from Germanic language family. Cases, Austronesian language family has different morphological pattern with Germanic language family. In line with this issue, some EFL are getting involved with such error in using correct English morphological term. They are interfered by their first language. The aims of this research were to investigate: (1) The forms of first language morphological interference of EFL; and (2) the Factors that cause the morphological interference of EFL speech production. This qualitative research used Simak (scrutinizing) method to collect the data and it was supported by using interview technique. Descriptive analysis and error analysis theories were used to analyse the data. The result showed that they had the problem in using bound morpheme. The factor that affects them in making error was they were still interfered by the construction of language pattern in Bahasa Indonesia.

This study aims to determine the lexical and grammatical cohesion of abstracts of STKIP PGRI Lubuklinggau students. The method used is a qualitative case study. The results showed that students made ungrammatical sentences, wrong prepositions, spelling errors, and improper cohesive devices. In conclusion, lexical and grammatical cohesion is used in the abstract. The repetition of words in lexical cohesion keeps the reader on track, while grammatical cohesion is used to describe available references, conjunctions, substitutions to make a good abstract. Keywords: Abstract, Grammatical Cohesion, Lexical