ABSTRAK Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data adalah naskah film berjudul “The Fellowship of the Ring”, seri pertama dari film “The Lord of the Rings”, dipimpin oleh Peter Jackson berdasarkan buku “The Lord of the Rings” yang ditulis oleh J. R. R. Tolkien. Di dalam penelitian ini, penulis menemukan 45...

ABSTRACT The first grade students of SMA N 1 Karanganyar in the academic year of 2011/2012 had problems dealing with reading comprehension. To overcome the problems, the researcher designed a classroom action research to teach reading comprehension by using buzz groups technique. The objectives of the research are: (1) to describe whether or...

Pramesti Utami. K2208089. IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH OSTENSIVE MEANS (A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Grade Students of SD Negeri Dalangan 01, Tawangsari, Sukoharjo in the Academic Year of 2011/2012). A thesis. Surakarta. Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Sebelas Maret University, 2012. The objectives of the...

ABSTRACT The aims of this research are to investigate: (1) whether there is a significant difference in reading skill achievement between the students taught using structured problem-solving technique and those taught using send-a-problem technique of the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Boyolali; (2) whether structured problem-solving...

The Objectives Of This Research Are: (1) To Find Whether Wall Chart Can Improve The English Vocabulary Mastery Of The Fifth Grade Students Of SD Negeri Parangjoro 1 Sukoharjo In Academic Year 2011/2012; (2) To Find Out Students’ Motivation When Wall Chart Is Used In Teaching Vocabulary. The Study Is An Action Research Which Was Conducted In Two...

This research is aimed at: (1) finding whether the use of Think-Pair-Share improves the student?s reading skill oftheFirst Grade of SMP N 8 Surakarta; and (2) describing the situation whenThink-Pair-Share is implemented in the reading class of the First Grade of SMP N 8 Surakarta. Related to the purposes of the study, the research design used in...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is: (1) To find out whether there is any correlation between learning motivation and reading competence of the second grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Surakarta academic year 2011-2012, (2) To find out whether there is any correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading competence of the second grade...

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah strategi scaffolding dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa serta meningkatkan motivasi siswa dalam berbicara tentang opuini dan meminta/memberi sesuatu. Masalah yang mendasari penelitian ini adalah kemampuan berbicara siswa...

This research focuses on the implementation of Experience-Text- Relationship (ETR) method to improve students’ reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Mojolaban in the academic year of 2011/2012. It is aimed at (1) finding whether and to what extent the use of ETR improves students’ reading comprehension and (2)...

This research aims to describe whether and to what extent the use of Facebook improves the students’ skill in writing descriptive text and to analyze what happens with the classroom situation when Facebook is used to teach writing skill. The method used in this research was a classroom action research. The research was conducted in two cycles...