Rhetorical Analysis of English Speech from the Perspective of Pathos ----Case Study on Michelle Obama's Final Speech at the White House in 2017

Aristotle’s famous theory on rhetoric (Logos, Pathos, Ethos,) is a cornerstone in public speech. The paper would focus on Ethos and its implement in rhetoric devices in public speech. It would make an analysis on Michelle Obama's farewell speech at the White House on its rhetorical applications in lexis, syntax, phonetics and gestures. From the paper, the readers can obtain some experiences for appreciating public speeches and the teachers can find more effective ways in composition teaching of public speech.

STUDENT WORKSHEETS FOR ARABIC COMPOSITION MATERIAL BASED ON ERROR ANALYSIS THEORY

Purpose of the study: This study aims to produce Composition teaching material to improve Arabic writing skills for students class II Kulliyyatul al-Mu’allimin al-Islamiyyah Al-Iman Putra Islamic Institution in the form of an exciting, fruitful Student Worksheet exercise, drawing assignments and their feasibility as an alternative step in solving the students’ mistakes in structuring Arabic sentences. Methodology: In collecting data, researchers used the method of Documentary, Observation, Test, and Questionnaire, so that this research instrument was the result of Composition santri, observation guidelines, test questions, and questionnaires. To analyze the data collected, researchers used a descriptive percentage formula and t-test formula. Main Findings: The results of the Student Worksheets trial arranged can effectively improve the ability of students in composition. This is evidenced by the significant increase in value from the comparison of the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores after the teaching material is applied, which results in a t-test score of 7,740 and is greater than the price of the t table of 2.704. Also, this worksheet is very popular with students because it can facilitate them in developing Arabic language markers. Applications of the study: Analysis of language errors as an applied linguistic theory can be used in which results are used as remedial material in the form of interesting teaching materials and following the abilities and development of students at that time. Novelty/Originality of the study: Student Worksheet is teachers can use one of the teaching materials it’s serving students in developing the ability of composition in the learning environment. This research provides a positive contribution for teachers that the development of worksheets as important teaching materials in the learning process.

Working with College Students to Improve Their Improvisation and Composition Skills: A Self-Study with Music Teacher Educators and a Music Theorist

The purpose of this self-study of teacher education practices was to examine and improve improvisation and composition teaching practices for three university professors at the same institution. Primary data sets were individual researcher journals and transcripts of seven researcher meetings. Secondary data sets were music major surveys, interviews, observations, and written communications. Findings are discussed in three sections: origins of our insecurities, turning point realizations and conversations, and our changed teaching practices and students’ learning. With the encouragement and support of our coresearchers, each of us experienced greater success in regularly integrating improvisation and composition into our teaching, which yielded notable increases in our students’ confidence and skills when improvising and composing, as well as willingness to incorporate them into their own teaching. We noticed improved student learning in many areas, as well as a more sophisticated transference of knowledge between playing, reading, and writing music.