ABSTRAK The objectives of the research are: (1) to know whether the mindmapping technique is more effective than the modeling technique in teaching writing for the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Prambon in the academic year 2009/2010; (2) to know whether the writing skill of the students having high IQ is better than that of those having low...

ABSTRACT The objective of the research is to know whether or not role-play technique can improve the students’ English speaking skill. The research is also intended to know wether or not role-play technique can improve the students’ motivation in learning-teaching activity. The research was conducted in SMP Negeri 1 Magetan from February to...

ABSTRACT This research is aimed at finding whether (1) group-discussion using word wall is more effective than expository teaching model to teach reading or not, (2) students’ reading competence of the students having high interest are better than those having low interest or not, (3) there is an interaction between the...

ABSTRACT Muhamad Muslihuddin Budirahardjo. 2010. Improving Students’ Reading Ability Using Reciprocal Teaching (An Action Research at the Eleventh Year of IPA-2 MAN 2 Bojonegoro Academic Year 2008/2009, Thesis, Surakarta: Graduate School Sebelas Maret University. The research aims to (1) identify whether and to what extent...

This research is aimed at finding out: (1) whether in general TPS is more effective than parallel writing for teaching writing; (2) which ones have higher writing achievement, students with high learning motivation or those with low learning motivation; and (3) whether or not there is an interaction between teaching techniques and motivation....

ABSTRAK This research is aimed at finding out: (1) which one is more effective, STAD or Conventional method to teach reading; (2) which one has better competence in reading, the students having high or low motivations; and (3) whether there is an interaction between methods and students’ motivation in teaching reading. This research was...

ABSTRACT The objective of the research is to get clear description of the implementation of Genre-Based Approach in the teaching of English, to know the effects of the implementation of Genre-Based Approach in promoting high school students’ critical thinking skill and to figure out the influence of this critical thinking skill on developing...

ABSTRAK The objective of this research is to improve the students’ ability in understanding text using small group discussion. The problem revealed in this research is the low reading ability of the third year of SMA Negeri 2 Pare Kediri in academic year 2008/2009. The research was carried out at class 3 IPA-1 because it got the worst score...

ABSTRACT The objective of the research is to review whether or not Group Work can improve the students’ comprehension in reading. Besides, the research is also designed to study what happens when group work is applied to improve the students’ comprehension in reading. The research was carried out at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al – Manaar...

ABSTRAK This study is a classroom action research implementing graphic organizers to improve students’ reading comprehension. The aims of this research are (1) to identify whether and to what extent graphic organizers can improve students’ reading comprehension and (2) to describe the classroom situation when graphic organizers are used in...