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People in the world are facing problem. The problems could be vary, like health, financial, education, poverty etc. In facing the problem, one’s should have a personal shield that can protect him/herself from doing bad deeds. Faith is one of the personal shield. Children of Heaven is a film which tells about main characters’ problem dealing with poverty. This study aimed at analyzing the main characters’ faith in coping problems dealing with poverty. This is a qualitative study. The data in this study were taken from Majid Majidi’s Children of heaven. The result of this study found that faith brings the main role in the main character’s attitude. Ali, and his family shows how they can cope their problems dealing with poverty and the faith as their personal shield. The manifestation of the faith are shown in character’s attitude like patience, obedience to the parents, and honesty.

The current study investigated the pedagogical implication of Clause Expansion (CE) mastery to improve academic English writing skills. Fifteen students participated in the study. A two-cycle action research design was used to justify how the mastery of clause expansion contributed to the development of academic writing skills. Prior to intervention, they were assigned to write academic texts based on IELTS writing test. Then, they were given a three-week task-based e-learning instruction on CE., based on Systemic Functional Linguistic Framework of Clause Expansion.In the process of Explicit Instruction (EI) of CE, they were exposed in academic writing exercises to apply their knowledge on CE in various grammatical contexts in which it is required as Input Flood (IF). Another test was administered to see how it progressed from the pre-test. Then, another three-week task-based e-learning module, was given for their second online learning activities. A post-test was administered to see how it contributed to their overall writing skills. It turned out that CE mastery under e-learning special instruction did significantly improve their writing skills. They become more confident in writing academic texts. It is highly recommended that CE be taught as an integral part of a writing course.

Salah satu tujuan utama mempelajari bahasa Inggris di era globalisasi saat ini adalah kemampuan dalam percakapan bahasa Inggris. Namun, kemampuan percakapan bahasa Inggris masih dianggap sebagai salah satu keterampilan yang sulit dilakukan bagi banyak orang, tidak terkecuali warga belajar di PKBM. Banyak warga belajar menghadapi beberapa kesulitan ketika mereka ingin berkomunikasi dengan bahasa Inggris, meskipun mereka telah mempelajari bahasa Inggris bertahun-tahun lamanya. Sebagai solusi untuk memberikan motivasi warga belajar untuk dapat berkomunikasi dengan bahasa Inggris yaitu dengan menyediakan media pengajaran yang menarik melalui metode pembelajaran yang efektif. Pada pengabdian ini metode yang digunakan adalah dengan menggunakan Integrated Skill. Hasil dan manfaat dari kegiatan pengabdian ini salah satunya adalah memberikan pengetahuan tentang bahasa inggris dan melatih ketrampilan berbahasa inggris khusunya bahasa inggris aktif bagi warga belajar.�One of the main reasons of learning English in this globalization era is to improve the ability in speaking and communicating in English. However, the ability to communicate and to speak in English perfectly is still regarded as a difficult skill to master by some people, one of them is the students of PKBM Ar Rohmah. Most students face some difficulties when they want to communicate in English, although they have learned English language for many years they do not have sufficient capability on it. As a solution to motivate the students in order to be able to communicate in English is by providing the interesting suitable learning media and using a effective learning method. In the community service, the method used is Integrated skill. The result and advantages of this community service is to give knowledge about English language and to improve the English skill for the students.