The objectives of this study are: (1) finding out whether the teaching documents (syllabus, lesson plan, materials, and students’ assessment) are in accordance with the ones set by the government which are scientific approach based; (2) analyzing whether the stages of the teaching English particularly speaking is in accordance with the ones...

ABSTRACTThis research aims to verify whether: (1) SAVI is more effective than TSTS toteach writing; (2) The students who have high critical thinking have better writingskill than those who have low critical thinking; and (3) There is an interactionbetween teaching methods and students’ critical thinking in teaching writing.This experimental...

ABSTRACTThe objectives of the research are to describe (1) whether and to what extent PBL can promote the student’s writing ability especially in organizing recount text; (2) whether and to what extent PBL can enhance the student’s participation in teaching and learning process; (3) the difficulties of the implementation of PBL in...

ABSTRACTThis study aims to verify whether: (1) A blog-based writing medium is moreeffective than a diary to teach writing on recount text; (2) The students with highmotivation have better writing skill than those having low motivation; and (3) Thereis an interaction between teaching media and students’ motivation in teachingwriting.This...

This research is aimed to find whether: (1) Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD)is more effective than Direct Method to teach writing to the eighth grade students of SMP N 1Prambanan Klaten in the Academic Year of 2015/2016; (2) the eighth grade students of SMP N 1Prambanan Klaten who having high creativity have better writing skill than...

The aim of this research is to find out: (1) whether RAFT technique ismore effective than direct instruction technique for the 11th grade students of SMAN 2 Surakarta in the academic year of 2015/2016; (2) whether students havinghigh creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3)whether there is an interaction...

This study is a case study which has two main objectives: 1) To describethe effects of the national examination on teachers’ perception of ELT, and 2) Todescribe the effects of the national examination on teachers’ practice of ELT.The writer uses the descriptive qualitative research. The data were collectedthrough giving questionnaire,...

The aims of the thesis are; (1) to reveal tongue twisters can improve thestudents’ ability to pronounce fricative consonants; (2) to reveal tongue twisterscan improve the students’ ability to pronounce long vowels (3) to reveal theproblems related to the implementation of tongue twisters in teachingpronunciation.This research is...

This research is aimed at investigating the influence of Guided Discovery Learning and self-actualization on students’ cohesive devices mastery in writing recount text: (1) whether or not Guided Discovery Learning is more influential than Dyadic Essay; (2) whether the students having high self-actualization have better cohesive devices...

This study aims at investigating whether: (1) Model United Nations is more effective than Small-Group Discussion to teach speaking; (2) The students with high learning-motivation have better speaking skill than those having low learning-motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching method and students? learning-motivation in...