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About the Authors Josefa J. Mardijono is currently a senior lecturer of The English Department-Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University in Surabaya-. She graduated from the English Department in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Widya Mandala Catholic University. She has participated and presented papers in both local and overseas conferences. Dr George M Jacobs teaches at James Cook University, Singapore. His interests include Humane Education and such Student Centred Learning methods as cooperative learning and extensive reading. Many of his previous articles are available at georgejacobs.net. Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali is a lecturer at English Language Education Program, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia. He earned his Master Degree from the Graduate Program of English Language Studies, . His research interests are in the area of English Education, Education Technology, and Second Language Acquisition. Andrias Tri Susanto. is currently residing in Melbourne, Australia for his independent field work in sociolin-guistics research. It majorly taps upon practical issues on how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) successful learners interact socially with others (both EFL users and native English speakers), particularly within business communication settings. This is based upon the findings of his research on Associative Cognitive CREED published in this issue. Fatemeh Mahdavirad (PhD in TEFL) is an assistant professor of ELT at the English department of Yazd University, Iran. Her main research interests include task-based language teaching, syllabus design, discourse analysis, and SLA research. Sapto Dwi Anggoro was born in Surabaya, Indonesia on February 7, 1977. He is currently teaching English in a nursing school, Stikes (Nursing Undergraduate Department) Hang Tuah University, Surabaya. He got his undergraduate degree from UNESA (The State ) and his master degree from Universitas Widya Mandala Surabaya. Grace Silviana Bastian is an IELTS tutor in AusEd-UniEd Group (AUG) Student Service Surabaya. She holds an MA in TEFL from Widya Mandala Graduate School. Her pedagogical interests include Course Evaluation, Language Assessment, and Writing Development especially in EFL.