This thesis is written to achieve some objectives as follows: (1) to describe the types of errors in writing descriptive texts written by the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Islam Diponegoro in the Academic Year of 2011/2012, (2) to know the percentages of errors made by the students in writng descriptive text, and (3) to know the causes of errors...

Tujuan diadakannya penelitian ini adalah: (1) mendeskripsikan tentang sejauh mana Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) dapat meningkatkan kemampuan pemahaman membaca siswa, dan (2) mengidentifikasi keadaan kelas ketika Collaborative Strategic Reading diterapkan pada proses belajar mengajar. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah...

The objectives of the study are to determine the correlation between (1) students? anxiety and speaking skill; (2) vocabulary mastery and speaking skill; and (3) students? anxiety, vocabulary mastery and speaking skill. The study was carried out in April 2012 at SMA Negeri 1 Kartasura. The method used in this study was a correlation study. The...

This study aims to identify: (1) whether or not teaching reading by using jigsaw technique can improve students? reading skill and (2) the class situation when jigsaw technique is applied during the teaching-learning process. In the research, the writer conducted a collaborative classroom action research from February 20th to May 1st, 2011 in the...

This research aims to find out whether and to what extent process approach improves the students’ writing skill and to describe the class situation when process approach is implemented in the writing class at the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Surakarta. The method used in this research is classroom action research. The...

This research aims at: (1) identifying whether Hangman game improves the students? vocabulary mastery, and (2) describing the class situation when Hangman game is implemented in the English class of the fifth grade of SD Negeri 1 Bangsri Wonogiri. The method used in this research was a Classroom Action Research (CAR). The research was conducted in...

This research aims at: (1) describing whether or not and to what extent affinity grouping can improve students’ writing skill, and (2) identifying whether or not affinity grouping can make the students active in teaching learning process. The method used in this research was a collaborative action research with a junior high school English...

This study is aimed to determine the correlation between: (1) vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension of the second grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Puring in the academic year of 2011/2012; (2) internal locus of control and reading comprehension of the second grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Puring in the academic year of 2011/2012; (3)...

This research aims at: (1) identifying whether and towhat extent the use of crossword puzzle improve students’ vocabularymastery, and (2) describing the classroom situation when Crossword Puzzle is implemented in the English class of the fifth grade of SD Negeri 2 Ngerangan. The method used in this research is a collaborative action...

This research report is mainly intended to find out whether the English textbook used for the tenth year student of senior high school English on Progress develops the skills suggested by School-based Curriculum and communicative exercises. In line with the objectives of the research, the writer uses a descriptive method. In collecting the...