ABSTRAK This thesis is an action research study that is intended to overcome problems that appear in the teaching and learning vocabulary in order that: (1) the students can pronounce words correctly; (2) the students can remember and grasp the meaning of words easily, and (3) the students can improve their motivation in learning vocabulary....

ABSTRAK This study of action research is designed to implement TBT to improve the students’ listening ability. The aims of the research are to identify: 1) whether and to what extent the use of Text-Based Task improves the students’ listening ability, 2) the classroom situation when Text-Based Task is implemented in the listening...

The fifth year students of SD Negeri Pondok 03 Sukoharjo, Academic Year 2007/2008, had problems dealing with vocabulary mastery. First, they had difficulty to remember the meaning of words. Second, they were not interested in English class. To overcome the problems, the researcher designed an action research using realia to teach vocabulary. The...

Sebelas Maret University.The objective of this research is intended to know whether fun activities can improve students’ motivation and vocabulary mastery and what problems appear when fun activities are used in teaching and learning process. In this research, the writer conducted a classroom action research from 13 to 27 May 2008 in the second...

This research was aimed to find out whether the puzzles could be used to improve students’ grammar mastery. It was focussed on the improving students’ grammar mastery by puzzles. The observation and interview showed that the students still confused in using grammatical rules. It indicated that students` grammar mastery was low. The researcher...

ABSTRACT The research is aimed at finding out the kinds of directives expressions and the forms in expressing directives which occur in the film entitled “Sweet November”. A descriptive qualitative method was applied in this research. It employs total sampling as the technique for choosing sample. The source of the data was the film...

This study is an Action Research which is conducted to improve the teaching learning quality especially in speaking class at the second grade of SMK Mikael Surakarta. In more detail, this study focuses on finding out: 1) factors causing low ability in the speaking skills, 2) the effectiveness of videos in the speaking class in improving the...