This research aimed to improve students’ writing ability by using Small Group Discussion Technique. The subject of this was the 8th B Grade SMP Negeri 9 Bandar Lampung. It consisted 30 students. used Classroom Action Research (CAR) method which 2 cycles. In research, writer test and non-test in collecting data. formative summative test. Meanwhile non-test, field note observation sheet. analyzin...

Using a mixed methods design, the present study attempted to identify the factors influencing Iranian untrained EFL raters in rating group oral discussion tasks. To fulfil this aim, 16 language learners of varying proficiency levels were selected and randomly assigned to groups of four and performed a group discussion task. Thirty two untrained raters were also selected based on their volunteer...

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Educators have called for digitals games that large groups of 20-30 students can play together in classrooms, university seminars and professional training courses. Using shareable technologies, such as tablets and interactive tabletops, it is possible for games to engage large groups in face-to-face collaboration and discussion. But how can game user experience be evaluated in real-world, co-l...

Group communication protocols which have been discussed so far can be adopted for only a small group due to the processing and communication overhead. In this paper, we discuss how to provide reliable group communication for a large number of entities interconnected by a high-speed one-channel network. A group of entities is partitioned into disjoint subgroups named component clusters interconn...