ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 5| Number 2|December 2018| 97 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran |Vol. 5| No. 2|Year 2018 Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran provides a vital forum for exchanging ideas in order to enrich the theories and practices of English education in Indonesia and across the globe. The journal focuses, but not limited to, on the following topics: English language teaching, language teaching and learning, language teaching methodologies, pedagogical techniques, teaching and curricular practices, curriculum development and teaching methods, program, syllabus, and materials design, second and foreign language teaching and learning, language education, teacher education and professional development, teacher training, cross- cultural studies, bilingual and multilingual education, translation, language teaching for specific purposes, new technologies in language teaching, and testing and evaluation. It provides an academic platform for teachers, lecturers, and researchers to contribute innovative work in the field. Editorial Team Editor in Chief Amirul Mukminin, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Managing Editors Lenny Marzulina, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia Mohammad Holandiyah, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia Annisa Astrid, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia, Akhmad Habibi, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Assistant Editors Nova Lingga Pitaloka, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia Janita Norena, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang, Indonesia Deta Desvitasari, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang, Indonesia Web Production and Technical Editor Ferdiaz Saudagar, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Fahruddin, Information Technology and Data Center, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia, Indonesia Kemas Jumansyah, Information Technology and Data Center, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia, Indonesia International Editorial Board Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, The Florida State University, USA Thomas Luschei, Urban Leadership PhD Program, Claremont Graduate University, USA Judit Navracsics, University of Pannonia, Hungary Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia Florante P. Ibarra, Central Luzon State University, the Philippines http://pustipd.radenfatah.ac.id/?page=profil https://www.linkedin.com/in/kemas-jumansyah-a61181135/ ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 5| Number 2|December 2018| 98 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Dairabi Kamil, State Islamic Institute of Kerinci, Indonesia Hadiyanto, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Eddy Haryanto, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Dian Erlina, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia, Indonesia Siti Rahma Sari, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Mukhlash Abrar, Jambi University and Queens University Belfast, UK Failasofah, Jambi University and University of Pannonia, Hungary Masbirorotni, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Mohd Afifi Bahurudin Setambah, Institut Pendidikan Guru, Malaysia Muhamad Taridi, State Islamic University of Sultan Thaha Saifuddin, Indonesia Focus and Scope Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran provides a vital forum for exchanging ideas in order to enrich the theories and practices of English education in Indonesia and across the globe.The journal focuses, but not limited to, on the following topics: English language teaching, language teaching and learning, language teaching methodologies, pedagogical techniques, teaching and curricular practices, curriculum development and teaching methods, program, syllabus, and materials design, second and foreign language teaching and learning, language education, teacher education and professional development, teacher training, cross-cultural studies, bilingual and multilingual education, translation, language teaching for specific purposes, new technologies in language teaching, and testing and evaluation. It provides an academic platform for teachers, lecturers, and researchers to contribute innovative work in the field. Publication frequency Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran is published 2 times per year (June and December) in English by the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. All research articles appearing in Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran have undergone a thoroughly blind peer-review. Publisher English Education Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teaching Sciences, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Jl. Prof. K.H. Zainal Abidin Fikri No. 01 Km. 3,5 Palembang Sumatera Selatan, Email: edukasi@radenfatah.ac.idOJS: http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi ISSN 2355-3669 (Print) 2503-2518 (Online) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BAzNVJQAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=iGA0B_0AAAAJ&hl=en http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 5| Number 2|December 2018| 99 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Contents 97-100 Editorial 101-111 The Use of Gallery Walk to Enhance Speaking Ability of the Eleventh Grade Students of State Madrasyah Aliyah 2 Palembang KERISNIN OTOYO 112-126 Youtube Videos and Snowball Throwing Technique to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill NABELLA DWI MEILINDA 127-137 Students’ Grammatical Error Analysis in Speaking REFA ANJENG SARI 138-143 An Investigation into a Link between Classroom Climate and Reading Achievement RIA OKTAVIANI 144-153 Investigating the Link between Critical Thinking Skill and Argumentative Writing Skill: The Case of Islamic Senior High School RIZA OKTARI PUTRI 145-166 A Correlation between Self-Confidence and Essay Writing Achievement ROY MARDIANSYAH 167-174 Organizing Professional and Pedagogical Training to Improve English Teachers’ Skills: A Literature Review URIP SULISTIYO, SEPTU HASWINDY 175-187 The effect of Discussion Method and Cognitive Style on Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievements at One Indonesian University YANTI ISMIYATI, TAHRUN, INDAWAN SYAHRI, MAKMUR Editorial The fifth volume and issue 2 of Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran presents together eight articles that look into different issues on English teaching and English Education. This volume commences with the article “The Use of Gallery Walk to Enhance Speaking Ability of the Eleventh Grade Students of State Madrasyah Aliyah 2 Palembang by KERISNIN OTOYO. The purposes of his study were to find out the significant improvement on the eleventh grade student’s speaking ability before and after being taught using Gallery Walk strategy at one State Madrasyah Aliyah in Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia and the significant difference on the eleventh grade students’ speaking ability between those who were taught by using Gallery Walk Strategy and those who were not at State Madrasyah Aliyah in Palembang. The result of this study showed that (1) significant improvement on the eleventh grade students’ speaking ability before and after the treatment at was found since the p- output was lower than 0,05; and (2) significant difference from students’ posttest score in experimental and control group on the eleventh grade students’ speaking ability taught by using Gallery Walk Strategy and teacher’s strategy were found since the p-output was lower than 0,05. In short, Gallery Walk strategy can be implemented as one of the strategies since it can enhance students’ speaking ability. For the second article, “Youtube Videos and Snowball Throwing Technique to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill”, NABELLA DWI MEILINDA did her study to reveal if there was significant ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 5| Number 2|December 2018| 100 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi difference in the eleventh graders’ speaking skill between those who were given intervention by using youtube video with snowball throwing technique and those who were not, and there was significant difference among good, average, and poor speaking categories among the sample. The result revealed that there was significant difference in speaking skill between students taught by using youtube video with snowball throwing technique and those who were not. Last, there was significant difference among good, average, and poor speaking categories among the sample. “Students’ Grammatical Error Analysis in Speaking”, REFA ANJENG SARI identified the kinds of students’ grammatical error, and to figure out the dominant kind of grammatical error in speaking. The result reveled that the dominant kind of grammatical error was about number. The lowest percentages were about third person singular incorrectness, and comparative adjective/adverb incorrectness. Another attention-grabbing article proposed by RIA OKTAVIANI, is entitled “An Investigation into a Link between Classroom Climate and Reading Achievement.” The purposes of her study were to investigate a link between classroom climate and reading achievement, and discover the influence of the classroom climate and reading achievement of the students at one junior high school in Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia. The result showed that classroom climate did not give substantial influence on students’ reading achievement. The fifth article “Investigating the Link between Critical Thinking Skill and Argumentative Writing Skill: The Case of Islamic Senior High School” is authored by RIZA OKTARI PUTRI. Her study was aimed at describing the link between the second year students’ critical thinking skill and their argumentative writing skill at Islamic Senior High School in Palembang, South Sumatera, Indonesia. The result showed that critical thinking skill had the link with argumentative writing skill, and it gave 48.4 % constribution to the students’ argumentative writing skill. This volume also presents an article, “A Correlation between Self-Confidence and Essay Writing Achievement”, by ROY MARDIANSYAH. He investigated the correlation between self-confidence and essay writing achievement, and investigated the influence of self-confidence on essay writing achievement of undergraduate English education study program students of one University in Palembang. The result indicated that there was a significant correlation between students’ self-confidence and essay writing achievement. The other thought-provoking article for this issue, “Organizing Professional and Pedagogical Training to Improve English Teachers’ Skills: A Literature Review” is written by URIP SULISTIYO and SEPTU HASWINDY. The aim of the study was to address the current issues on English teachers’ problems in their efforts to develop their professional and pedagogical competence in Jambi Province, Indonesia. This review study revealed that, among other things, English teachers need to become better role models for student teachers through the effective demonstration and modelling of concepts and the practical aspects of learning and teaching. In-service training can address several identified aspects of what teachers need to know and be able to do to provide ‘learning’ to students. This can be done by exposing them to new pedagogies for EFL teaching and to new educational theories and knowledge. Finally, this volumes presents an article, “The effect of Discussion Method and Cognitive Style on Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievements at One Indonesian University ” written by YANTI ISMIYATI, TAHRUN, INDAWAN SYAHRI, and MAKMUR whose study was to to investigate the effect of discussion method and cognitive style on students’ reading comprehension achievement. The result of their study indicated that Discussion Method and Cognitive Style had significant effect on students’ reading comprehension achievement We wish you good reading! LENNY MARZULINA MOHAMMAD HOLANDYAH ANNISA ASTRID AKHMAD HABIBI