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IMPROVE ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS BY FINDING AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING CONVERSATION PARTNER Bella Amalia University of Kuningan, Indonesia Email: bellaamalia359@gmail.com APA Citation: Amalia, B. (2019). Improve speaking skills by finding an english-speaking conversation partner. English review: Journal of English Education INTRODUCTION         English has a function as the main gate to get a better job since it used as the working language in international organizations and multinational companies (Nazara, 2010:1). This states that English is an important language that must be learned to welcome the era of globalization. Although in Indonesia English is not considered as a second language, but learning English will have a good impact on our lives. Hence, the four language skills including listening, speaking, reading, and writing should be taught integratedly (Pusat kurikulum, 2006).        Quianthy (1990:7) defines speaking as the proc...

RESUME OF ENGLISH JOURNAL EDUCATION THE IDENTITY OF THE REVIEWER NAME                               : BELLA AMALIA STUDY PROGRAM  : ENGLISH EDUCATION    DEPARTMENT EXPLORING COGNITIVE PROCESS OF RESEARCH TOPIC SELECTION IN ACADEMIC WRITING Fahrus Zaman Fadhly Emzir Ninuk Lustyantie Background Facts show that Indonesia already has several reliable scientific writers, as shown through data from Scimago. Scimago (2018) shows that Indonesia only has 75,220 articles with H-index 196. This acquisition places Indonesia ranked 11th. At this level, there is a gap to be able to contribute to language education through a review of proven processes and results of writing. The gap is an opportunity that this research will take advantages of this present research. It is a manifestation of efforts to construct the cognitive process of academic writing----selection of research topic...