Speaking is one of the most important subjects in learning a foreign language. In speaking class, there are some mistakes that students found, which must be corrected. One way that teachers usually do to help the students cope with their problems is giving feedback. This study was aimed to find out about students’ perceptions towards direct and indirect feedback in Speaking for Social Purpose class. This study was guided by these two questions: What are PBI students’ perceptions towards direct feedback given by the teacher in the Speaking for Social Purposes class? What are PBI students' perceptions towards indirect feedback given by the teacher in the Speaking for Social Purposes class? This research involved 5 fifth-semester and 5 eight-semester students from the English Language Education Program (ELEP), Faculty of Language and Arts (FLA), Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Central Java. They were randomly chosen to be the participants for the research sample. A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data. The researchers found that there were several problems faced by students during the Speaking for Social Purposes class. Moreover, it was found that the students recognized teachers’ feedback was very important for their study, especially in speaking because it helped them to know their mistakes or problems and they can correct their mistakes. The direct feedback became the most favorite kind of feedback and was very important for the students. 

Homeschooling is an educational system that is different from the usual school system. From the name, homeschooling means an educational system that is done at home. In other words, homeschooling is family-based education. The levels of education covered in homeschooling can range from primary to secondary education. This study deals with twelve (12) teenage students’ motivations for learning English in a homeschool in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia. The participants aged between 12 and 13 years old. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews with the students. Findings revealed that the twelve students had both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in learning English. This study is hopefully beneficial for teachers teaching students in homeschools so that they can understand more deeply their students’ motivations in learning English. Also, it is hoped that EFL teachers teaching homeschooled students can motivate their students to have stronger motivations in learning this international language.

Penelitian Tindakan Kelas merupakan pengembangan dari penelitian tindakan. Penelitian tindakan (action research) dikembangkan dengan tujuan untuk mencari penyelesaian terhadap masalah sosial. Penelitian tindakan diawali dengan kajian terhadap suatu masalah secara sistematis. Hasil kajian ini dijadikan dasar untuk menyusun suatu rencana kerja (tindakan) sebagai upaya untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut. PTK adalah penelitian tindakan yang dilaksanakan di dalam kelas ketika pembelajaran berlangsung. PTK dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk memperbaiki atau meningkatkan kualitas pembelajaran. PTK berfokus pada kelas atau pada proses pembelajaran yang terjadi di dalam kelas. Mengingat pentingnya membekali guru-guru peserta PPG Daljab PBI UKSW angkatan I tahun 2021 ini, maka Koordinator dan Team instruktur PPG PBI menyelenggarakan sebuah webinar mengenai Classroom Action Research (CAR) atau Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Dalam program pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini, tema yang diusung adalah: Action Research: What, Why, and How? Program PkM ini dilaksanakan untuk guru-guru peserta PPG Daljab (dalam jabatan) pada bulan April 2021.

This study presents a quantitative study conducted in a private university in Central Java, Indonesia. The main aim of this study is to find problems and solutions in Speaking for Social Purposes class. A survey was done on seventy-four (74) students from an English Department (ED) about the difficulties and solutions they experienced in the speaking class. Hopefully, this study will be beneficial for both teachers and students of speaking classes.