This current research is intended to figure out whether: (1) Edublogs is more effective than Penzu to teach writing for the tenth-grade students of SMA ABBS Surakarta; (2) students having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity for tenth-grade students of SMA ABBS Surakarta; and (3) there is an interaction...

ABSTRACTThis thesis aims to (1) explain to what extent Treffinger learning model canimprove the students’ speaking skill; (2) describe the class situation of usingTreffinger learning model in improving students’ speaking skill; and (3) describethe difficulties of using Treffinger learning model in improving students’...

The Effectiveness of Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) to Teach Writing viewed from Students’ Creativity (An Experimental Study in the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 JATIWARAS Tasikmalaya in the Academic Year of 2017/2018). A Thesis. First Consultant: Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd. Co-Consultant: Dr. Suparno, M.Pd. Graduate Program of English Education...

The purposes of this research are (1) to identify types of communication strategies used by English learners and (2) to describe the process how the application of communication strategies to achieve communicative goal. By adopting the integrated view of communication strategies, communication strategies excerpts are not only identified and...

The research aims at investigating: (1) teacher’s perception about problem-based language learning and critical reading, (2) the implementation of PBL to teach critical reading, and (3) students’ achievement on the implementation of PBL to teach critical reading.The research is an evaluative ethnographic case study sited at a...

This study aims at (1) investigating the quality of “Buku Bahasa Inggris Untuk SMA/K” textbook to teach English for the tenth grade students of accounting skill program at SMK N 1 Randudongkal, and (2) developing English supplementary textbook for the tenth grade students of accounting skill program at SMK N 1 Randudongkal. It is a...

Language is embedded in a particular culture and learners inevitably learn about its culture while learning a language. The integration of cultural contents in ELT (English Language Teaching) materials is strongly related to the current status of English. Being a global and commonest language, many recent theories suggest that the cultural...

Key words: Prezi, PowerPoint, and CreativityThis research aims at finding out whether: (1) Prezi is more effective than PowerPoint to teach speaking; (2) The students having high creativity have better speaking skill than those having low creativity; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching media and creativity in teaching speaking.This...

There is a contradictive theory explored by the researchers about the use of first language in EFL classroom. One side believes that English is the only language should be used while another allows the practice of first language. Consequently, the presence of code-switching is still debatable. To cope with the above dilemma, this qualitative...

This research aims are (1) to investigate the quality of ‘English Alive’ textbook to teach reading skill for tenth grade of SMA Trensains Muhammadiyah Sragen; and (2) to develop reading-based supplementary materials to teach reading skill for tenth grade of SMA Trensains Muhammadiyah Sragen. This Research and Development study were...