The objectives of this research are to find out the correlation between (1) grammar mastery and speaking skill; (2) self-confidence and speaking skill; and (3) grammar mastery and self-confidence simultaneously and speaking skill. The research used correlational method. The research was carried out from January to June 2013 at English Education...

This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The source of data is the manuscript of “The Iron Lady” movie. It is a British biographical film based on the life of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd. The writer found 92...

The aims of this research are (1) to describe teaching strategies implemented by teacher to students with hearing impairment for effective English teaching and learning in the second grade of Junior High School at SLB YRTRW in 2012/2013 academic year in terms of teaching method and technique, teaching media, source of teaching materials, class...

This research focuses on evaluating writing materials in the textbook “English in Focus” used by second grade students of SMP Negeri 7 Surakarta. The aim of this research is to find out: (1) whether the writing materials are compatible with the School-based Curriculum; (2) whether the writing materials facilitate students’ needs to develop...

The objectives of this research are to find out the correlation between (1) students? emotional intelligence and reading comprehension; (2) student?s vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension; and (3) students? emotional intelligence and vocabulary mastery toward reading comprehension. This researcher uses descriptive research method, with...

This study is based on the speaking problems of vocational school students. The aims of this study are to identify whether or not Task-Based Learning improves the students? speaking ability and to analyze the class climate when Task-Based Learning is implemented in the classroom. In the research, the writer conducted a classroom action...

This research aims to identify: 1) whether guided writing technique can improve the students’ writing skill; 2) the students’ motivation of learning English especially writing skill which is related to guided writing in teaching learning process. The problems faced by the students include the difficulty to: a) use the correct and...

This research aims to identify: 1) whether guided writing technique can improve the students’ writing skill; 2) the students’ motivation of learning English especially writing skill which is related to guided writing in teaching learning process. The problems faced by the students include the difficulty to: a) use the correct and...

The objectives of the research are: (1) To investigate how the use of Work Based Learning model improves the speaking skill of eleventh grade students of Marketing Class in SMK Negeri 1 Surakarta. (2) To describe the strengths and weaknesses of the use of Work Based Learning model to improve the speaking skill of eleventh grade students of...

This thesis is written to identify: (1) whether and to what extent dubbing practice through YouTube video improve students‟ self-confidence in speaking, and (2) the strengths and weaknesses of dubbing practice through YouTube video when it is implemented in teaching and learning process. In this research, I conducted action research...