ABSTRAK This research aims to know whether or not story telling can improve the students’ writing skill. The research design used in this research was a classroom action research. The subject of the study was the students of class VIII C of SMP Negeri I Ngrampal, Sragen in 2008/2009 academic year. The action research was conducted from...

ABSTRAK This research investigates customer services management and its effect to the students’ learning motivation in the form of qualitative study. The underlying reason of conducting this research is related to the phenomenon that recently there are a lot of students having high motivation to attend an English course for period of times,...

ABSTRACT The objective of this research is to improve students’ reading comprehension ability by using text from magazines. Related to the purpose of the study, the research design used in this study was action research. The subject of the study was the students of class VIII G of SMP N 3 Colomadu in the academic year 2008/2009. There were...

ABSTRAK This study is based on the problem of the low writing competence on the Eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Magelang. The research aims at improving students’ writing competence. Specifically, it aims at finding out of how far mind mapping can improve students’ writing competence, what is students’ perception about mind...

ABSTRACT This study is based on the problem of low vocabulary mastery of the fifth grade students of SD Negeri Pereng 2 in academic year 2008/2009. The objective of this research is to improve students’ vocabulary mastery using outdoor activity technique. It also identifies how far outdoor activity can improve the students motivation in...

ABSTRACT This thesis is written to 1) identify whether and to what extent role play improves students’ comprehension on genre and 2) describe class situation when role play is applied in the English class. The method used in this research was collaborative action research between the Junior High School English Teacher (Teacher B) and the...

ABSTRAK The aim of the research is to know what happens during the implementation of inquiry based teaching and how far the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery. The research focuses on solving the problems of Fifth grade students of SDIT Az Zahra Sragen. The problem is the students’ low vocabulary mastery. The research was...

ABSTRACT This thesis is written to: 1) identify whether and to what extend tactile and kinesthetic resource improves students’ spelling ability and pronunciation awareness, and 2) describe the class situation when tactile and kinesthetic resource is applied in the English class. This research which is conducted through action research is...

ABSTRACT The objectives of the study are to describe the use of English in teaching-learning activities at Designated International Standard School, to describe whether the use of English in teaching-learning activities in this school can make the teachers and students communicate well, and to describe the strengths and the weaknesses of the...

Abstrak This study is a type of descriptive qualitative research which is intended to analyze frustration and self-adjustment in Ernest Hemingway’s novella entitled “The Strange Country” as experienced by the main character of the novella namely Roger Hancock. In the fiction, Roger experienced frustration because his greatest stories were...