This thesis is aimed at identifying whether card sort can improve students’ reading comprehension or not and describing the strengths and weaknesses of using card sort to teach reading comprehension. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems on main idea, specific information or details, word meaning, generic structure, and...

The objectives of this research are to: (1) identify whether and to what extent filmstrip can improve the students’ speaking competence; and (2) identify the class situation of the speaking class when filmstrip is implemented. The research methodology applied in this research is action research with two cycles in which each cycle is divided...

The objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether email can improve the students’ English writing skill; and (2) to describe the situation of teaching learning at writing class when email is applied. This research was carried out at SMPN 2 Selong East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. It was conducted from June 2010 up to May 2011. The...

This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) cooperative reading groups method is more effective than direct instruction method for teaching reading at the eleventh grade students of SMAN 5 Mataram NTB in the academic year of 2010/2011; (2) the students having high intelligence have better reading skill than those having low intelligence at...

Penleitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) apakah metode Simulasi lebih efektif daripada metode Audiolingual dalam pengajaran kemampuan berbicara; (2) apakah siswa yang mempunyai tingkat kepercayaan diri yang tinggi mempunyai kemampuan berbicara yang lebih baik daripada siswa yang mempunyai tingkat kepercayaan diri yang rendah; (3) apakah ada...

The objective of the research is to examine whether or not Critical Debate Technique can develop the speaking ability of the second year students of SMAN 1 Sakra, besides that, the researcher is aimed at knowing the teaching-learning progress when Critical Debate Technique is applied at the second year students of SMAN 1 Sakra. The research was...

The objectives of the research are to know whether: (1) Fishbowl is more effective than Translation to teach reading for the eighth grade students of MTs. Mu’allimin NW Pancor in the academic year of 2010/2011; (2) The students having high self-confidence have better reading ability than those having low self-confidence; and (3) There is an...

This action research is carried out to (1) identify whether graphic organizers can improve students’ reading comprehension; and (2) to describe the classroom situation when graphic organizers are employed in instructional process of reading comprehension. The research is conducted in two cycles from March to May 2010 in the second grade of SMA...

The purpose of this research was to find out whether the use of discussion technique was able to improve students’ speaking ability and motivation and what the strengths and weaknesses of the discussion technique in teaching speaking are. This classroom action research was conducted to the eight-grade of SMP N 4 Kepil Wonosobo in the 2009/2010...

The objective of the research is to know whether or not the use of Buzz Group can improve the students’ speaking skill. Besides, the study is also intended to know the effects that may happen in using Buzz Group to improve the students’ speaking skill. The research was conducted at NBPHS from October 2010. The method he uses is a...