ABSTRAK The research is aimed at: (1) finding whether or not picture series can improve the students’ ability in writing procedure texts; and (2) finding the strengths and the weaknesses of picture series used as media to improve the students’ ability in writing procedure texts. This research was a classroom action research. The research...

The research is aimed at (1) finding whether and to what extent content-based instruction improved the students’ speaking skill; and (2) describing the teaching and learning situation when content-based instruction was applied in the speaking class. This study applied action research technique to conduct the research to improve...

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) untuk mengetahui apakah TGT lebih efektif daripada Direct Intrstruction (DI) untuk mengajar pemahaman membaca siswa kelas VII MTsN 2 Paron pada tahun ajaran 2009/2010; (2) untuk mengetahui apakah pemahaman membaca siswa yang mempunyai kebiasaan membaca yang tinggi lebih baik daripada mereka yang mempunyai...

This thesis is aimed at identifying whether peer tutoring can improve students’ reading comprehension or not and describing what happens with the class when peer tutoring technique is applied in reading class. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems on main idea, details, inferences, and word meaning. The research was...

Tujuan Dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) untuk mengetahui apakah teknik Spot the Dictogloss dapat meningkatkan kemampuan listening siswa; (2) untuk mengetahui kelebihan dan kekurangan dari teknik Spot the Dictogloss ketika digunakan untuk mengajar listening. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas delapan SMP Negeri 03 Ngargoyoso,...

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...