This paper reported the attempt teachers did in developing native-like (NLS) listening materials for their EFL learners using a text-to-speech (TTS) technology. Observation was carried out to record teachers’ procedures for developing NLS materials. Interview with teachers were undertaken to explore their’ perceptions towards the NLS listening materials and the benefits they gained from developing instructional media using technology. In addition, a questionnaire was distributed to 65 eight-grade pupils to gather information related to their opinions regarding the listening materials developed and used by their teachers. The findings show that teachers and pupils responded positively towards the NLS materials for listening comprehension. In addition, teachers were found to have more confidence in teaching listening skill while using the technology. There are three conditions which endorse this teaching confidence: the suitability of instructional materials used with the learning curriculum and pupils’ level of English proficiency, teachers’ self-efficacy to the teaching task, and the integration of technology in classroom teaching. The study suggests that TTS system can be used as computer assisted language learning (CALL) application particularly in the development of listening comprehension materials. The study also confirms earlier studies that teacher professional development can be promoted through integrated training on technology for classroom use.

The development of information and communication technology has led to many changes, including in the field of education which is established the concept of e-learning. By using e-learning, learning is become more effective and efficient. Information and communication technology is also used in schools, it is possible to produce the concept of e-pesantren. Through the use of ICT, religion teachers and students at the school could be preaching, teaching and learning with greater ease, and the teaching models e-pesantren is also very useful, both for students and teachers (religion teacher), even for the managers of pesantren, of which is increasing prestige and institutional accountability. E-pesantren allows creating a system of distance education and virtual school / boarding. The integration of information and communication technology in education in schools is to improve the quality of education in schools and ease of propagation.

This research study is aimed at: (1) developing multimedia of English vocabulary instruction in yearfive of the elementary school, (2) revealing the quality of the developed instructional multimedia viewed from the aspects of content, instruction, appearance, and programming, (3) revealing the aspect of attraction of the developed instructional multimedia, and (4) revealing the learning mastery of the students after using the developed multimedia. This study was developmental research. The research validators included one expert in English education and one expert in instructional multimedia. The research subjects consisted of three students for the one-to-one try-out and twenty students for the large group try-out. The instruments employed in this study were a questionnaire, observation guide, and pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The findings of the study are: (1) the development of English vocabulary instructional multimedia in year-five of the elementary school proceeded in six steps, namely, analyzing, designing, producing, validating, revising, and trying-out; (2) the quality of the developed instructional multimedia viewed from the aspect of content, instructional, appearance, and programming is good. The score range of 1 to 5, the content aspect shows a mean score of 3.75, the instructional aspect shows a mean score of 3.71, the appearance aspect shows a mean score of 3.87, and the aspect of programming shows a mean score of 3.75; (3) the aspect of attractiveness shows that the developed instructional multimedia was very interesting: in the one-to-one tryout, of the three students observed, two students indicated that the product attraction was very interesting, and one student indicated that the product attraction was interesting; in the large group try-out, of the twenty students observed, twelve students indicated that the product was very interesting, and eight students indicated that the product was interesting; and (4) learning by using instructional multimedia has good impact on students’ mastery learning: in the large group try-out, out of twenty students, nineteen students (95%) have accomplished mastery learning in the English vocabulary instruction.

This research examines the effectiveness on how mathematics teachers have begun to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) with reciprocal teaching model to improve students’ mathematics critical thinking ability into seventh junior high school classroom practice. This study was experimental research with a quasi-experimental design. The samples of the study are 36 students for classroom experiments and 36 students for classroom control. The instruments employed in this study were pre-test and post-test. All the instruments are made in essays forms. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. Based on the research findings, it was gotten that (1) the development of teaching instructional multimedia of the seven grade students of junior high school; (2) the improvement of students’ mathematics critical thinking ability in experimental class; (3) the aspect of attractiveness shows that the developed instructional multimedia was very interesting; and (4) reciprocal learning has good impact on students’ mathematics critical thinking ability.

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This article is written to understand the Gender Based Family Financial Literacy Management. The recurring problem in the family finance is overspending and minimum income; therefore there is a need for a financial planning in the family. Most family did make some family financial planning. However this kind of planning is not sufficient, because there are always unpredictable expenses in every month. Therefore, to overcome those problems, to plan the family expenses are not enough, there must also be some familial budget planning. One of the skills a mother has to have is a financial skill to properly manage family finance. By applying the proper financial management, the family can reap maximum benefit from their assets. The mother had to possess the financial management know – how in managing family finances. As a conclusion, familial financial management education has a positive correlation with financial literacy by making and recording family monthly expenses so as to be able to better plan their family financial budget. A mother has to had a home-grown financial literacy.

Penelitian ini berkontribusi terhadap analisis 'official discourses' tentang dakwah dan 'lived religion' dikalangan gerakan-gerakan Islamis kontemporer. Penelitian ini mengkaji bagaimana dakwah gerakan Tarbiyah telah ditransformasikan oleh perubahan dinamika-dinamika keagamaan, sosial, ekonomi dan politik Indonesia sejak tahun 1980-an. Secara khusus, penelitian ini menguji aspek official discourse dan lived experiences terkait hubungan-hubungan dan ketegangan-ketegangan antara leaders dan members gerakan Tarbiyah. Berdasarkan penelitian etnografi di Jakarta, saya berpendapat bahwa walaupun persepsi gerakan Tarbiyah saat ini sering didominasi oleh agenda dakwah publik yang diasosiasikan dengan PKS, pengalaman yang nyata dari anggota dan mentor [perempuan] Liqo secara umum terus menekankan pada pengaruh dakwah terhadap kehidupan pribadi mereka.

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As a social media, WhatsApp is a messenger application that allows us to send files, messages, pictures, videos and online chatting as if Blackberry Messenger, but WhatsApp is more popular in iPhone users. WhatsApp first release is on iPhone by Apple, and in its development, now it’s available in Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and also Symbian version. It’s also the most downloaded application in the world these days, especially for smartphone users. To operate WhatsApp, it needs no credit like text messaging, because it only needs internet data ( EDGE/3G ) or wifi. WhatsApp user’s contact can be automatically detected on our smartphone devices, if our phone contacts are also using WhatsApp Messenger. The purpose of this writing paper is to give instant comprehension about using WhatsApp media on baby’s growth and development activities which babysitted on child day care. True, baby is inseparable from how their childhood educational proceed in the family. Every parents are given mandate to take care the birth and first steps of human lives. Through parent’s hand, every helpless little babies are gently loved with warmth, given nutritions, and also breastfeeding, etc. In the other side, for the sake of decent living and survival, young mothers have a limited time so that they need to put their babies in the child day care. Several notable ideas in this writing can be referral to many parties. Especially about the importance of WhatsApp as a media for child day care supervision. WhatsApp is used to create and establish communication between parents and the day care. Parents usually left their babies from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. This day care is truly an answer to parent’s limited time for taking care of their children. In this writing, the writer situated the WhatsApp Messenger as an effective means with hope that it is capable to bridge the communication between day care and parents so that lessons taught to the babies in the day care can be shared to their parents, so children can continue the lessons at home. Also through WhatsApp media, teachers and parents can share plenty information about children, either in education, health, as well in parenting.