This research is aimed to reveal whether: (1) Teaching writing using POW+C-SPACE Strategy is more effective than Guided Writing Strategy; (2) High-creativity students have better writing skill than low-creativity students; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching strategies and students’ creativity in teaching writing.This...

ABSTRAKKata Kunci : Process Approach, Penelitian Tindakan, Kemampuan Menulis.  Menulis dianggap sebagai ketrampilan yang paling sulit bagi parasiswa. Process aproach diduga dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa. Penelitian ini bertujuan; (1) menemukan apakah process approach dapatmeningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa ataukah...

Kata Kunci: Problem-based Learning, Direct Instruction, Keterampilan Wicara, Kreatifitas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: 1) mengetahui efektivitas penggunaan Problem-based Learning dibandingkan dengan Direct Instruction dalam pengajaran keterampilan wicara untuk siswa kelas VIII SMP Negeri 4 Saradan Kab. Madiun Tahun  Pelajaran...

An autonomous learning emphasizes students’ responsibility in their own learning process. Nonetheless, it does not mean that students learn by themselves without teachers’ guidance. Many concepts about autonomous learning have been proposed by many educators. Thus, teachers must understand the concept of autonomous learning, their own...

This research is aimed at developing an ESP learning material to fulfill the students’ needs in learning reading towards technical automotive skill program at vocational high school. It uses Research and Development (R&D) proposed by Borg and Gall as the research design of this research. This study was oriented to the product development...

This research is aimed to reveal whether: (1) Digital storytelling is more effective than picture-cued storytelling in teaching speaking; (2) Students with high motivation have better speaking skill than those who have low motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching media and students’ motivation in teaching speaking.This...

The purpose of this study is to describe the perceptions of English teachers in Cawas, Klaten on educational supervision in relation to their professionalism. There are three areas to describe: (a) the English teachers? perception on educational supervision; (b) the English teachers? perception on their professionalism after being supervised; and...

This thesis is aimed to (1) identify how corpus is used to improve students’ vocabulary mastery at fifth grade students of SD Ta’mirul Islam Surakarta; and (2) identify the strengths and weaknesses of corpus when it is implemented in the teaching learning process of English.This classroom action research was conducted at SD...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis strategi pembelajaran yang digunakan oleh siswa laki-laki dan perempuan dalam mengembangkan bahasa Inggris di SMP Muhammadiyah Program Khusus Surakarta. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif jenis studi kasus. Siswa kelas tujuh berpartisipasi sebagai responden untuk mengisi kuesioner dan sepuluh...

The objectives of the research are (1) to explore teachers’ beliefs about teaching English in primary school, (2) to investigate how those beliefs are reflected in classroom practices, and (3) to explore factors that affect the shaping of teachers’ beliefs in teaching and learning process in primary school. This study reports the...