The Application of Moral Value in Scientific activities

(Primanda Dewanti)

As every body knows, science has given many benefits for the human. Our daily life nowadays has been very different compared to the life taken place some years or centuries ago. Human has developed science in such a way that everything seems easy to do. The next coming question is that: is there any regulation for them to do so? Can they expand science more and more in a free way without afraid of something?

Amsal Bakhtiar (2012: 162) gives a very critical question related to the matter; is knowledge always a blessing and life-saver for human being? He states it from the example that the making of bomb which was firstly dedicated to make humans work become easier and easier has given a negative effect for themselves. According to him, science has to be placed proportionally and based on good and humanistic value, unless there will be a damage as the result of careless usage of it.

"We're millionaires!"

Try to fill in the blanks without looking at the answer keys!

(Bayes in Paris)

In August 1999 three friends, Jacques Proust, Guy Fadat, and Francois Leclerc, ______ on holiday in the town of Laraque in France. On Sunday they ______ shopping in he market and they _______ a dirty, old painting of the Virgin Mary. They ______ it for 1,400 francs and they ______ it to Paris. In Paris, an expert said that the painting was by Leonardonda Vinci and it ______ worth 500,000,000 francs. The man in Laraque market _____: 'I was happy to sell the painting but now I'm very upset. I don't want to think about it!'

A red, red rose

(Robert Burns)

O my luve, is like a red, red rose,
    That's newly sprung in June.
O my luve is like the melodie
    That's sweetly played in tune.

Grammar Exercise 1

What do you think of Grammar?

Is it important to study it?

      Yes, of course. It is very important, especially for those who want to study abroad in English speaking country. Here are some questions on Grammar that were given by my dear lecturer, Mr. Martono. He is a lecturer in UNS. Let's try to do them :)

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1.       Though sporadic interest in regional dialects _____ for centuries, the first large-scale systematic studies did not take place until the nineteenth century.

(A) has existed                              

(B) it existed

(C) has it existed                          

(D) existing with it

2.        __________irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.

(A) Its                                         

(B) Because of its   

(C) Since its                                 

(D) Where its

The Importance of Pronunciation in English School Books

Primanda Dewanti

Abstract

Pronunciation is one of the most important language elements for students in studying English. Ideally, teachers should provide activities which can improve students’ pronunciation. However, most of the school teachers nowadays do not pay much attention to it, so that they rarely provide pronunciation-improving activities. Pronunciation is merely inserted in the school curriculum in the speaking skill. Furthermore, only a few school books provide it. This article will attempt to see about (1) the definition of pronunciation and its aspects, (2) why English teachers neglect it, (3) how to solve the problem, and (4) what activities can be involved in school books. Hopefully, the article provides enough information for students, teachers, and the policy maker of curriculum that pronunciation is very important in English learning.

Keywords: pronunciation, school books.

Tenses

Assalamu'alaikum.
Good morning, everyone! I hope you're doing well.

This is my first post in Ramadhan. In this post, I want to write about tenses.

Some people say that tenses are very difficult to learn. Indeed, they are right. Tenses are difficult. However, we can learn it easily by breaking down the aspects of each component in a tense.