Since 1982 multilinear and interactive literature has been written in the hypertext media. Until now the authors have been obsessed with traditional literary conventions, which has often made the hypertexts seem rather academic and pretentious. But that may change. During the last five years a new breed of writers have discovered the possibilities on the Internet. They address a wider audience than lecturers and very enthusiastic bibliophiles, in a form that finds a more popular balance between traditional storytelling virtues and the more avant-garde elements. This new tendency can be observed in hyperfictions like The Unknown and on the following pages I will establish how and why it should be possible to make hyperliterature more popular than it is at the present, if writers are willing to move a little further towards the more lay readers. As an example of how this could be happening the conclusion will list what seems to be the main reasons why The Unknown to a higher degree seems to succeed when it comes to capturing the reader without loosing any of the experimental edge that is still a part of hypertext due to its modest age.

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This study observed the apology strategies used by five customer service officers of Mandiri Bank and five customer service officers of Mega Bank in Surabaya. The data were analyzed using the theory of apology strategies proposed by Trosborg (1995). The findings show that both the customer service officers of Mandiri and Mega Bank mostly used Checking strategy when handling the complaints. Overall, it was found that all customer service officers used seven types of apology strategies and they did not use sixteen apology strategies. This happened probably probably because they had tendency to use strategies commonly used among Indonesians and probably because they were not trained to use other strategies.

Asian countries and required as an essential skill for nearly every profession, English majors, who in the past possessed the competitiveness of being proficient English users, are rapidly losing their advantages. English departments are criticized for developing graduates who can merely use English

score in Grammar / Spelling even though they have already studied about grammar. Moreover, from the data of each student scores, the writer found that the students got average to good, that is 64,81. So the ability of the fourth semester English Department student of FKIP UR in writing a persuasive

. Conclusion/Recommendations: The results of this study will inform EFL educators as to whether this mode of learning would serve as viable component of future ELT university programmes in English departments in Saudi universities and guide future research efforts towards more efficient and competitive online

of teaching and research into discrete academic departments. English departments, along with many others, were first established in American universities in the 1870s and 1880s. To organize these departments, the new breed of university presidents turned to the young Americans who had traveled to Germany

This paper argues for the use of literature for language teaching purposes. More important, it claims consistently that the use of literature for language teaching purposes can promote literary understanding and general linguistic awareness in col-lege students. It first reviews some issues underlying the literary curriculum and lit-erary pedagogy in colleges. In response to the problems identified, some suggestive accounts are made from broader theoretical perspectives for a pedagogic change. A “multi-directional approach ” is then proposed for the teaching of literature. Follow-ing this model of language instruction, we have sought to provide a rationale for such an approach. The article may therefore be more theoretical and concerned with principles than classroom-oriented practice.

kata yang paling sering digunakan oleh mahasiswa dan penggunaan strategi berdasarkan pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata yang tergolong ke dalam pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata tinggi, sedang, dan rendah, serta alasan penggunaan strategi tersebut. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah 30 mahasiswa pada Jurusan Bahasa Inggris Politeknik Negeri Bengkalis tahun akademik 2012/2013. Data dikumpulkan melalui tes kosa kata, angket, wawancara, dan observasi. Temuan penelitian deskriptif ini menunjukkan bahwa ‘expanding strategies ’ adalah strategi yang paling sering digunakan, sedangkan ‘social discovery strategies ’ adalah strategi yang paling jarang digunakan dalam belajar kosa kata. Kelompok pencapaian hasil belajar yang tergolong kedalam pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata tinggi menggunakan ‘expanding strategies’ dan ‘guessing strategies ’ strategi yang paling sering digunakan. Kelompok pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata yang tergolong kedalam pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata sedang menggunakan ‘expanding strategies ’ dan ‘practice strategies ’ sebagai strategi yang paling sering digunakan. Selanjutnya, kelompok pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata yang tergolong kedalam pencapaian hasil belajar kosa kata rendah paling sering menggunakan ‘repetition strategies ’ dan ‘expanding strategies’. Adapun alasan-alasan penggunaan strategi belajar kosa kata yang digunakan responden adalah aksesibilitas, ketertarikan, keakuratan, dan budaya.

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