ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 6| Number 1|June 2019| 188 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran |Vol. 6| No. 1|Year 2019 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 Lenny Marzulina, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia Managing Editor Amirul Mukminin, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Assistant Editors Annisa Astrid, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia, Akhmad Habibi, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jambi University, Indonesia Mohammad Holandiyah, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah, Palembang, Indonesia Nova Lingga Pitaloka, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia Deta Desvitasari, State Islamic University of Raden Fatah Palembang, Indonesia Hilma Suryani, State Islamic University of Sultan Thaha, Jambi, Indonesia Dedi Rahman Nur, Widya Gama Mahakam University, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Web Production and Technical Editor 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 Karim Sadeghi, Urmia University, Iran Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States Thomas Luschei, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, United States Judit Navracsics, Pannon Egyetem, Veszprem, Hungary Hadiyanto, Jambi University, Jambi, Indonesia Eddy Haryanto, Jambi University, Jambi, Indonesia Failasofah, (Scopus ID: 57195244114), Jambi University and University of Pannonia, Hungary http://pustipd.radenfatah.ac.id/?page=profil https://www.linkedin.com/in/kemas-jumansyah-a61181135/ ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 6| Number 1|June 2019| 189 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Masbirorotni, (Scopus ID: 57204809540), Jambi University, Jambi, Indonesia Mohd Afifi Bahurudin Setambah, Institut Pendidikan Guru, Malaysia Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia Florante P. Ibarra, Central Luzon State University, Munoz, Philippines Dairabi Kamil, State Islamic Institute of Kerinci, Jambi, Indonesia Dian Erlina, (Scopus ID: 57168893300), Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang, Palembang, Indonesia Siti Rahma Sari, Jambi University, Jambi, Indonesia Ferdiaz Saudagar, Jambi University, Jambi, Indonesia Umar Fauzan, (Scopus ID: 57205097271), State Islamic Institute of Samarinda, 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 has 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) http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 6| Number 1|June 2019| 190 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Contents 188-192 Editorial 193-204 Reading Attitude and Its Influence on Students’ Reading Comprehension SEMI SUKARNI 205-213 Investigation into a Link between Students’ English Reading Speed and Reading Comprehension Achievement: The Case of Indonesian EFL Student Teachers ANDRI PRATAMA 214-228 Learning Styles and English Proficiency of Undergraduate EFL Students at One State Islamic University in Sumatera, Indonesia LENNY MARZULINA, NOVA LINGGA PITALOKA, AREN DWI YOLANDA 229-246 EFL Students’ Perspectives on Effective Lecturer JULIANA BASRI 247-259 Gender Representations in EFL Textbooks FREN DWIYAN SAPUTRA 259-269 An Analysis of Politeness Strategies of Disagreement: The Case of Students of English Education Study Program in One State Islamic University in Sumatera, Indonesia WITRIA WINDIKA ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 6| Number 1|June 2019| 191 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi Editorial The sixth volume and issue 1 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 “Reading Attitude and its Influence on Students’ Reading Comprehension by SEMI SUKARNI. The purposes of his study were to investigate the level of the students’ reading attitude and examined its influence on their reading comprehension in undergradute program of English Education Muhammadiyah Purworejo University. The finding showed that the students’ reading attitude was high as the mean was 78.66 while, the reading comprehension is sufficient as the mean was 64.02. Reading attitude had significant correlation toward reading comprehension as the r-value was 0.568. In addition, reading attitude had positive and significant influence on students’ reading comprehension as the R-square= 0.322 with sig. 0.000. Reading attitude influenced reading comprehension as much as 32.2%, while 67.8% was influenced by other factors. For the second article, “Investigation into a Link between Students’ English Reading Speed and Reading Comprehension Achievement: The Case of Indonesian EFL Student Teachers”, ANDRI PRATAMA did his study to look at the link between English as a foreign language (EFL) student teachers’ reading speed and reading comprehension achievement and whether it influenced their reading comprehension achievement or not. It was found that the correlation between EFL student teachers’ English reading speed attitude and their reading comprehension achievement did not exist. As the result, the second problem was eliminated. In short, reading speed did not have any relation to reading comprehension achievement. “Learning Styles and English Proficiency of Undergraduate EFL Students at One State Islamic University in Sumatera, Indonesia”, LENNY MARZULINA, NOVA LINGGA PITALOKA, and AREN DWI YOLANDA investigated the correlation between each learning style and English proficiency, and investigated the influence of each learning style to English proficiency of undergraduate EFL students of one state Islamic University in Sumatera, Indonesia. The result showed that 1) 34.0% of students preferred in visual learning style, 43% of students preferred in Auditory learning style, and 23% of students preferred in Kinesthetic learning style. 2) the coefficient correlation between visual learning style preference and English proficiency with r-obtained was (0.430). It was higher than r-table (.2565), then Ha1 was accepted and Ho1 was rejected. It indicated that there was a significant correlation between visual learning styles and their English proficiency. 3) The coefficient correlation between Auditory learning style and English proficiency was (0.2565). It was lower than r-table (.2565), then Ho2 was accepted and Ha2 was rejected. 4) The coefficient correlation between Kinesthetic learning styles and English Proficiency was (-0.166). It was lower than r-table (.2565), then Ho3 was accepted, and Ha3 was rejected. Besides, there was no significant correlation between kinesthetic learning style and English proficiency of EFL students. Besides, there was also a significant influence of visual learning style on English proficiency with 18.5% contributions. Another attention-grabbing article proposed by JULIANA BASRI, is entitled “ EFL Students’ Perspectives on Effective Lecturer. The purposes of her study were to know EFL students’ perception on effective lecturer. The result of the questionnaire used tp obtain the data revealed that instrument which contained 42 items with seven response categories on rapport (26.2%), delivery (40.5%), fairness (11.9%), knowledge and credibility (7.2%), and organization and preparation (14.3%) were perceived very good by the students. It was supported by the result of interview that students were perceived very good to all aspects of effective lecturer, but there were some lecturers who were not. The fifth article “Gender Representations in EFL Textbooks” is authored by FREN DWIYAN SAPUTRA. His study was aimed at at finding out the proportion of gender ISSN |2355-3669| E-ISSN |2503-2518| Volume 6| Number 1|June 2019| 192 Available online at http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi representation in EFL Textbook: When English Rings A Bell VII whether it showed equal proportion or not. The result of the study showed the percentage of characters of male was 71% and 29% for female category. Under picture analysis, 55% was male category and 45% was female category. It indicated that When English Rings A Bell VII did not have a balance proportion or an equal representation between male and female category, both under characters and pictures analysis. Finally, this volumes presents an article, “An Analysis of Politeness Strategies of Disagreement: The Case of Students of English Education Study Program in one State Islamic University in Sumatera, Indonesia” written by WITRIA WINDIKA whose study was to find out the realizations of politeness strategies of disagreement by the sixth semester students of English Education students of Islamic State University in Sumatera, and to figure out the most common types of politeness strategy used by them. The study revealed that female and male English language learners experienced four types of politeness strategy: positive politeness, negative politeness, bald-on-record politeness, and off-record politeness with negative politeness as the most frequent strategy used by female and male English language learners. We wish you good reading! LENNY MARZULINA MOHAMMAD HOLANDYAH ANNISA ASTRID AKHMAD HABIBI