The development of information and technology has influenced many aspects of life including education. a lot of people start from students in the university and worker already speaking English fluently, but still there are some problem specifically for the students to speak English, university that have English English language programt is looking to find the solution. By hiring native English teacher or leacturer to improve their student’s motivation in English communication skill, the question is can the native English teacher gives the influence to the student. This research made to analyze how well the native English teacher can give the influence to the students especially in  Darma Persada University for the students that are majoring in English Literature and in English Department. This research  showed whether hired Native English teacher is a good idea or it isn’t. In this study, researcher used aquantitative approach to analyze the influence of native English lecturer in improving students motivation communication skill.. This research was conducted using the experimental method using pre-test and post-test control design.

<p><span lang="IN">Grammatical error is difficult to be avoided by every learner. Grade 7 students in class observed are smart enough. Yet, they frequently make grammatical errors in the sentences when they write essay. Because of that, analyzing the errors in writing is one of appropriate ways to know student’s ability. In this research, the researchers ask the students to make descriptive text or essay. There are 7 titles of essay that each student can choose. There are only 7 texts that the researchers analyze in which each text represents different title of text. To analyze the texts, the researchers use Corder’s theory which focuses on 4 types of error, namely: (1) Error of Omission, (2) Error of Selection, (3) Error of Addition, and (4) Error of Ordering. The highest percentage of error is Error of omission that takes 45.28%. Error of Selection, Error of Addition, and Error or Ordering follow with 33.96%, 18.87%, and 1.88%. Based on the analysis, the reasons of why the students make errors are: (1) the students do not master grammar in detail, (2) the students forget the grammar rules though they have learnt it, and (3) the students have limited vocabularies. Further studies need to be conducted for more detail findings.</span></p>

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Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara yang rawan terhadap bencana erupsi gunungapi. Oleh karena itu, upaya transformasi pengetahuan tentang erupsi gunungapi perlu diberikan kepada siswa dengan tepat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis tingkat pengetahuan dan miskonsepsi siswa terhadap materi bencana erupsi gunungapi di SMP Muhammadiyah Srumbung, Indonesia. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain survei. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa SMA Muhammadiyah Srumbung, sedangkan teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah sensus. Pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan kuesioner dan wawancara. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner dan pedoman wawancara yang telah divalidasi dengan Teknik expert judgment. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat pengetahuan siswa terhadap materi bencana erupsi gunungapi pada materi definisi bencana 99,12%, jenis-jenis bencana 98,87%, dampak bencana 91,57% dan penanggulangan bencana 93,6%. Tingkat miskonsepsi materi kebencanaan gunung api SMP Muhammadiyah Srumbung berada di bawah 2,5%, sehingga dapat disimpulkan tidak terdapat miskonsepsi siswa SMP Muhammadiyah Srumbung terhadap materi bencana erupsi gunungapi. Hal tersebut terjadi karena kebijakan sekolah yang telah mengintegrasikan materi kebencanaan dalam pembelajaran di sekolah.