The study aims to find out how Indonesian EFL students perceive and make use of washback of portfolio assessment in reading academic texts. To explore washback of portfolios, 20 students from English department at the faculty of education were interviewed. The result revealed that the students had positive perceptions because the washback improved their reading strategy, contributed positive changes to their learning attitude, and cultivated their learning autonomy. They also perceived portfolio assessment a ‘novel’ method in assessing their reading and a helpful tool in learning; therefore, they made use of portfolio assessment for future teaching and learning guidelines. In spite of the positive washback of portfolios, a further study has to be done because teachers have some challenges, such as preparing an appropriate design and taking time into account when applying portfolios in language assessment.

This paper reports the use of recast technique in correcting students’ errors in the EYL (English for Young Learners) classroom. Observation and interview methods were conducted to collect the data. While observation was implemented to find out the role of recast in teaching-learning processes, interview to ten teachers and twenty-four students was conducted in order to answer teachers and students’ perceptions of recast technique. Findings showed that teachers and students gave positive perceptions of recast. Recast can encourage students’ language awareness, motivation, and independence. The findings of this study suggest that recast technique can be used as an alternative feedback in giving correction to students’ errors. The study confirms literature showing that recast is an effective corrective feedback.

The study aims to find out the responses of Oral Corrective Feedback and Students’ Uptake on EFL students’ learning process in speaking class and to identify the most frequent type of oral corrective feedback and uptakes by one non-native teacher and EFL students. To find out the responses and the types, the classroom observation and interview were done. The results revealed that explicit correction is the most frequent type of oral corrective feedback used by the teacher and self- repair as the most frequent type of students’ uptakes. Regarding the responses of giving oral corrective feedback, the student admitted that 1) they became aware of their own errors; 2) they were motivated to improve their speaking skill; 3) their pronunciation and grammar input improved; and, 4) their vocabulary enriched. In spite of the positive responses of the students on the explicit correction, a further study should be done with a different level of English proficiency in order to obtain comprehensive contributions to the importance of feedbacks and uptakes in the learning process.

Bahwa pembangunan bertujuan untuk menciptakan hari esok yang lebih baik, kiranya tak perlu lagi dipersoalkan. Be3gitu juga bahwa keberhasilan pembangunan menuntut adanya peran serta masyarakat sudah sejak lama disadari. Makanya dalam setiap bab penutup GBHN pentingnya partisipasi masyarakat demi keberhasilan pembangunan selalu dinyatakan secara tegas.

This paper examined the impact of technological progress on poverty reduction, with unemployment rate and economic growth as moderating variables, in Indonesia during the period of 2004-2013. It was coincided with two perods of Yudhoyono administration.Technological progress was measured by total factor productivity (TFP) growth, unemployment was measuredby open unemployment rate, economic growth was measured by the growth of Gross Domestic Product based on the year of 2000 constant price, and poverty reduction was measured by the percentage of poor people. Impact analysis was conducted using SEM-Path Analysis techniques. Most data were directly gathered from the National Statistics Agency, except data on TFP growth. The results showed that first, technological progress,directly, had a not significant positive impact on poverty reduction (Path-1). Second, technological progress, indirectly, had a positive significant impact on poverty reduction (Path-2). Third, technological progress, indirectly, had a positive significant impact on poverty reduction (Path-3). Fourth, technological progress, indirectly, had positive significant impact on poverty reduction (Path-4). Technological progress was important factor for poverty reduction but it was not sufficient conditions.

Keheranan banyak orang sempat muncul ketika diberitakan oleh berbagai surat kabar bahwa sampai saat ini tercatat sekitar 12.000 unit rumah Perum Perumnas yang sulit dipasarkan. Masalahnya, di satu pihak banyak peminat rumah Perumnas sedang menunggu antrean, sementara di lain pihak banyak rumah siap huni tidak laku. Ternyata banyak hal yang telah menjadi penyebabnya. Salah satu diantaranya, yang merupakan factor paling penting adalah harga jual yang dinilai terlalu tinggi. Begitu juga dengan uang mukanya.

This paper analysis relation andimpacts of Islamicity on happiness, with human development and global competitiveness as moderating variables.Cross-nations data on Islamicity, human development, global competitiveness and happiness were collected from 123 countries and employed in a path analysis model. The result showed that there were positive and very strong correlations between Islamicity and happiness (r14= 0.81), between global competitiveness and happiness (r34= 0.76), and between human development and happiness (r24= 0.82). Path coefficients indicated that direct impact of Islamicity on happiness was positive and significant (P41= 0.36), direct impact of global competitiveness on happiness was positive and significant (P43= 0.06), direct impact of human development on happiness was positive and significant (P42= 0.46). Indirectly, the impact of Islamicity on happiness, through global competitiveness was positive, but statistically not significant (P43-P31= 0.04), the impact of Islamicity on happiness through global competitiveness and human development was positive, but statistically not significant (P43-P32-P21= 0.01) and the impact of Islamicity on happiness through human development was positive and significant (P42-P21=0.39). Implication of this finding was that applying Islamic teaching and implementing the practice of human development would be very important to make people happy and to maintain happiness.

Dikotomi Jawa - Luar Jawa yang sejak awal Orde Baru, bahkan sejak Indonesia merdeka, menjadi pokok bahasan yang sangat menarik, sekarang telah beralih ke dikotomi Kawasan Barat dan Kawasan Timur Indonesia. Hal ini tentu saja sangat relevan pada negara besar yang terdiri atas beribu pulau, berbagai suku bangsa dengan adat-istiadat dan tingkat perkembangan ekonomi dan teknologi yang sangat beragam. Hill (1994) menyatakan bahwa Indonesia merupakan satu negara yang paling "bhinneka' di dunia. Jawa telah mendominasi perekonomian Indonesia sejak jaman kolonial. Keadaan ini dipertajam setelah Indonesia merdeka dan semasa pemerintahan Orde Baru (Hill, 1994). Terkonsentrasinya berbagai fasilitas sosial, budaya, ekonomi, dan politik di Jawa (lebih khusus di Jakarta) menyebabkan kegiatan sosial-ekonomi dan politik terpusat di Jawa (Hill, 1994; 1996). Data yang ada menunjukkan bahwa lebih dari 60% output total dalam perekonomian Indonesia terkonsentrasi di Jawa, sekitar 20% di Sumatra, dan sisanya (sekitar 10%) di Kawasan Timur Indonesia (Muchdie, 1999).

Munculnya perkampungan kumuh di kota-kota besar Jakarta misalnya, sebenarnya berawal dari pesatnya pertumbuhan penduduk terutama akibat derasnya laju arus urbanisasi. Ini merupakan konsekuensi logis dari sangat timpangnya laju pertumbuhan ekonomi antara daerah pedesaan dan daerah perkotaan.

Ketidakserasian pertumbuhan pembangunan antara kota besar dan kota kecil serta daerah pedesaan telah merupakan salah satu sebab tingginya tingkat urbanisasi. Untuk Jakarta, rata-rata tingkat pertambahan penduduk karena arus migrasi (1,7%) hampir mendekati angka rata-rata laju pertumbuhan penduduk secara nasional yang 2,1% itu. Laju pertambahan penduduk yang pesat ini mau tidak mau berakibat pada peningkatan kebutuhan-kebutuhan penduduk, seperti pangan, sandang, perumahan dan fasilitas-fasilitas sosial lainnya.