This research aims to: 1) identify how the implementation of talking chips can improve the students’ speaking ability; and 2) describe the situation when talking chips is implemented in the speaking class. The problems faced by some students included: a) lack of vocabulary to speak up; b) difficulty in pronunciation; c) difficulty in grammar; d)...

This thesis aims to (1) describe whether and to what extent the use of picture as the teaching media which is combined with a four-phase technique can improve the students’ writing skill of narrative text; and (2) describe the class situation when picture and a four-phase technique are implemented in the writing class. The research design...

teaching and learning activities at a designed international standardized elementary school; (2) The communication between the teachers and the students; and (3) The benefits and challenges in using English as an instructional language in teaching and learning activities in this school. The method used in this research is naturalistic inquiry....

This research aims at identifying whether and to what extent the use of picture series video improves students' skill in writing narrative text and describing the class climate when picture series video is implemented. The method used in this paper is a collaborative action research. This research has been implemented within two sequenced cycles...

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...