ABSTRAK The aim of the research is to know what happens during the implementation of inquiry based teaching and how far the improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery. The research focuses on solving the problems of Fifth grade students of SDIT Az Zahra Sragen. The problem is the students’ low vocabulary mastery. The research was...

ABSTRACT This thesis is written to: 1) identify whether and to what extend tactile and kinesthetic resource improves students’ spelling ability and pronunciation awareness, and 2) describe the class situation when tactile and kinesthetic resource is applied in the English class. This research which is conducted through action research is...

ABSTRACT The objectives of the study are to describe the use of English in teaching-learning activities at Designated International Standard School, to describe whether the use of English in teaching-learning activities in this school can make the teachers and students communicate well, and to describe the strengths and the weaknesses of the...

Abstrak This study is a type of descriptive qualitative research which is intended to analyze frustration and self-adjustment in Ernest Hemingway’s novella entitled “The Strange Country” as experienced by the main character of the novella namely Roger Hancock. In the fiction, Roger experienced frustration because his greatest stories were...

ABSTRAK This thesis is intended to 1) analyze the process of teaching and learning vocabulary at the fifth year students of Ngringo 02 elementary school, 2) identify difficulties faced by the students in vocabulary learning, 3) identify and formulate factors causing vocabulary learning difficulties, 4) investigate strategies used by the teacher...

ABSTRAK This research was carried out using social psychological approach. It analysed the influence of Don Vito Corleone towards the attitudes of his men. The objectives of this study are to find out Don Vito Corleone’s motivation, form and process in influencing the attitude of his men. Some social psychological theories that are applied to...

ABSTRAK The research is to analyze the type of code switching, the function of code switching and the factors motivate the staffs of “Istana Griya” homestay apply code switching when having conversation with their foreigner guests in Surakarta. In collecting the data, a qualitative method using purposive sampling was applied by...

Abstract The fifth year students of SD Negeri Wirosari 2, Academic Year 2006/2007, had problems dealing with vocabulary mastery. First, they had difficulty to remember the meanings of words. Second, they had bad pronunciation. Third, they were not interested in English class. To overcome the problems, the researcher designed an action research...

ABSTRAK This study is concerned with the interaction analysis on the speaking classroom for the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta. It concentrates on the percentage of teacher talk time and students talk time in the speaking classroom interactions. The other dimension explored by the writer is to find out the pattern of...