The objectives of the research are: (1) to find out whether optimizing the use of pictures can improve students‟ speaking competence. (2) To find out what is the classroom situation when pictures are optimally used. This research was carried out at SMAN 1 Cigugur, Kuningan. It was conducted from July 2012 up to October 2012. The subject of...

The objectives of this study are to discover specific English foreign language learning strategies used by students categorized as good language learners in learning English and to identify the influence of language learning strategies to their achievement in learning English. This research was conducted on four students in the SMA Negeri 2...

The main objective of the research is to find out whether (1) Experience Task is more effective than Guided Writing to teach writing for the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Karanganyar; (2) students having high creativity have better writing than those having low creativity for the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Karanganyar; and (3)...

The objectives of this study are to explore the ways of the teacher gives tasks to the students, the ways of the students in perceiving the tasks from the teacher, and the ways the students accomplish the tasks in the speaking class. Through conducting this research, the researcher tries to seek and discover whether the clarity of the teacher in...

This study aimed at developing teachers’ guide to use Facebook Group in a blended Writing Course. There were two stages of research which include exploration stage and product development stage. The objective of the exploration stage was to investigate the existence and the quality of teachers’ guides used for Writing Course in one of...

This research investigated the implementing of Simultaneous Roundtable in improving the students’ ability in employing references in writing descriptive text. The underlying reason in doing this research is related to the phenomenon that there were some problems of the students in using references in writing. The problems of the research are (1)...

The research aims at investigating: (1) the considerations of the implementation of IBT to teach reading for EAP, (2) teachers’ comprehension about IBT to teach reading of EAP, (3) the implementation of IBT to teach reading for EAP and, (4) the strengths of the implementation of IBT to teach reading for EAP, (5) the limitations of the...

The Objective Of The Research Are: (1) To Identify Whether Or Not And To What Extent Edmodo Posting Improve The Students’ Reading Competence And (2) To Describe Improvement Of Classroom Situation Of The Students’ Activities In The Process Of Teaching And Learning Reading. The Research Was Carried Out At Smp N 17 Surakarta, Surakarta From...

The Research Is Specifically Aimed At Finding Out (1) Whether Scaffolding Teaching Technique Improves The Students‟ Writing Skill Of The Tenth Grade Students Of Sma Negeri I Sumberlawang; And (2) What Happens In The Class When Scaffolding Teaching Technique Is Administered. The Research Was A Classroom Action Research Which Applied...

This research is aimed to find out whether: (1) Synectics Methodis more effective than Direct Method in teaching writing to the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1Maospati Magetan; (2) the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1Maospati Magetan having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3) there is...