The tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Boyolali in the academic year 2010/2011 had problems dealing with writing skill. To overcome the problems, the researcher designed a classroom action research to teach writing using Edublog. This research aims to find out whether using Edublog can improve students’ writing skill and how using Edublog can...

In the earlier stage of the research, several problems of speaking skill are found in the XI IS 1 students of SMA N 3 Surakarta in the academic year 2010/2011. The first problem is that the students’ speaking skill is in low level. It is indicated by the low score of speaking test. The second problem is that the students’ motivation in...

The objectives of this research are to know whether the use of animated video can improve students’ speaking skill and to describe what happens in the class when animated video is applied in teaching speaking. The method used in this research was action research. The researcher conducted this research from September until October 2010 on SMP...

This thesis is written 1) to find out whether or not Cooperative Learning methods improve students’ English proficiency to score higher in TOEIC; 2) to know the students’ interest toward the TOEIC class using Cooperative Learning methods; and 3) to describe the students’ activity during the TOEIC class using Cooperative...

The objectives of this research are (1) to identify whether or not and to what extent Paired Storytelling improved students’ speaking proficiency, and (2) to analyze the situation when paired storytelling is implemented in the speaking class. The problem highlighted in this research is the low speaking proficiency of the eleventh grade of...

The objective of this research is to know whether or not the use of realia can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery or not. In this research the writer limits mastering vocabulary on meaning. The action hypothesis of the research is the use of realia in teaching can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. The...

Penelitian ini meneliti pengaruh supervise terhadap kualitas proses pembelajaran bahasa inggris dalam bentuk penelitian kualitatif. Alasan utama dalam pelaksanaan penelitian ini berhubungan dengan adanya fenomena yang berasumsi bahwa supervise saat ini tidak meningkatkan kualitas proses pembelajaran. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk...

This thesis is written to (1) describe whether or not and to what extent YouTube video can improve students’ listening comprehension; and (2) identify what happens when YouTube video is implemented in the listening classes. The method used in this research was a collaborative action research with a senior high school English teacher (Teacher...

This thesis is written 1) to describe whether cartoon films can improve students’ pronunciation ability and to what extent cartoon films can improve students’ pronunciation ability and 2) to identify what happens when cartoon films are used as a teaching learning media in pronunciation practice in the eighth grade students of SMP...