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...

This action research is carried out to improve the students’ reading comprehension using directed reading and to know what happens when directed reading are used in classroom. The problem highlighted in this action research in the low, poor and different level reading comprehension of En3/2 class at Champasak University in Lao PDR. That caused...

This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) Test Taking Teams is more effective than Direct Instruction Model to teach reading at the Eighth Grader of MTs. NW Penedagandor in the Academic Year of 2010/2011; (2) the students who have high interest have better reading skill than those who have low interest at the eighth Graders of MTs.NW...

The objectives of this research are to know whether KWL technique can improve students’ ability in comprehending expository text and to know the strengths and weaknesses when the technique is applied to improve the students’ ability in comprehending expository text. The subject of the research was the tenth graders of SMA Negeri 4 Kendari in...

The objectives of the research are to: (1) identify whether mind map could improve students’ ability to generate their ideas; and (2) describe how the class situation was when mind map was applied in the writing class. This research is also designed to analyze the strengths and the weaknesses of the implementation of teaching writing using mind...

The objectives of this research are to find out whether KWL Strategy is able to improve students’ reading comprehension and to find out what happens to the class situation if KWL (Know, Want to know, Learned) Strategy is used to improve students’ reading comprehension.The research method applied in this research is action research with two...