The research aims at finding out whether: (1) Graphic Organizer is more effective than Direct Instruction to teach writing; (2) the tenth grade students of SMA N 3 Kediri who have high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity to...

The objective of this research is to find out whether: (1) dictogloss is more effective than dicto-comp to teach writing skill; (2) the students with high level of risk-taking have better writing skill than those with low level of risk-taking; and (3) there is an interaction between the teaching methods and students’ risk-taking in teaching...

This research was conducted at SMK Negeri 2 Sumbawa Besar in the Academic Year 2011/2012). The research was aimed at: (1) finding whether the use of project work in teaching English improve the students’ speaking competence; and (2) describing the students’ response to the use of project work in teaching speaking. The research methodology...

The objectives of this research are to ascertain whether: (1) Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) is more effective than lecturing to teach speaking at the Tenth Graders of SMK Batik 1 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) the students who have high self-esteem have better speaking ability than those who have low self-esteem at the Tenth...

This study aims at: (1) describing the teaching of English in an integrated curriculum and (2) exploring the effects of the teaching on students’ second language acquisition. This study applies a case study method which had been carried out at TK Al Azhar Syifa Budi Solo in the first semester of the academic year of 2012/2013. The data were...

This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) dialogue journal is more effective than guided writing in teaching writing for the first semester students of the third grade science students of SMA Negeri 1 Karanganom Klaten in the 2012/2013 Academic Year; (2) the third grade science students who have high creativity have better writing skill...

The objectives of the research is to identify: (1) Whether Mnemonic technique is more effective than Direct Instruction in teaching vocabulary for the second grade students of SDIT Salsabilla Baiturrahman Prambanan in the academic year of 2012/2013; (2) Whether the students who have high creativity have better vocabulary mastery than those who...

The objectives of the research are: (1) to examine whether and to what extent the use of dictogloss model in teaching writing is able to improve the writing skill of the students; and (2) to describe the strengths and the weaknesses of using dictogloss model in teaching writing. The research was conducted from April 2010 to June 2010 at SMP...

This research aims at (1) finding out whether Story Mapping Strategy (SMS) can improve students‘ reading comprehension in finding main idea and (2) describing classroom climate when Story Mapping Strategy (SMS) is implemented in the class. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems in determining main idea of the text and...

The objectives of this study are to explore and describe teachers’ attitudes towards the use of literature in the teaching of English as a foreign language and the factors that affect the teachers’ use and non-use of literature in the EFL classroom. The study is an attempt to explorethe seemingly sense of apprehension and non-use of literature...