ABSTRACT : The third year students of SMU Negeri I Karanganyar, Academic Year 2009/2010, had problems dealing with writing skill. First, they found it hard to express their idea in writing. Second, they found it hard to construct correct sentences. Third, they lacked vocabulary mastery. To overcome the problems, the researcher designed an...

ABSTRACT This study is based on the problems of the low vocabulary mastery of the third grade students of SD Negeri Kalimacan. This study is intended to know whether or not Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) will improve students’ vocabulary mastery. It also focuses on the responses of the students when Contextual Teaching and...

ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to know whether or not English final test items for the twelfth grade students are considered appropriate. The motive of the study is the existing phenomenon in the teaching and learning process which emphasizes its measurement through tests. The concern of the study is the appropriateness of multiple choice...

This research is based on the reason that there is a close relationship between psychology and character description. Therefore the researcher is intended to study the relationship between the characters of The Mysterious Stranger and types of personality in psychoanalysis proposed by Sigmund Freud. The study is also intended to find its...

ABSTRACT This research is aimed to know whether the technique of using pictures and songs under Total Physical Response can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery and to describe what happens during the implementation of pictures and songs under Total Physical Response in English teaching at class B of TK Dharma Wanita Puhpelem,...

ABSTRACT This research is a classroom action research. It is aimed at finding out whether or not picture series can improve the students’ skill and motivation in writing narrative text. The problems highlighted in the research are the students’ low writing skill and motivation toward writing lesson at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1...

ABSTRACT The title of the thesis is ‘An Analysis of Second Personal Address Forms in the Film entitled Notting Hill’. In this research, the researcher uses Sociolinguistics approach and also manipulates some other supporting theories related to the matter discussed, namely domain of language use, social dimension of investigation and rule...

ABSTRACT The objective of the research is to identify the effectiveness of using video in teaching listening of oral narrative text. Related to the objective of the research, the writer uses experimental method. The research was conducted at SMP N 1 Sawit, Boyolali from 13 January to 28 February 2010, in the academic year 2009/2010. The...

ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to describe the implementation of KTSP in teaching English at the second year of SMP N 1 Wedarijaksa Pati which is viewed from the teaching learning activity in English classes, the evaluation system used in the school, and the teaching materials. Furthermore, it is also aimed to know the strengths and...

ABSTRACT Muhammad Fitriyanto, IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SDN GURAWAN SURAKARTA BY USING CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) ( A Classroom Action Research). Thesis, Surakarta: Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University Surakarta, April 2010 This research was carried out to show...