ABSTRACT The research was conducted because the students’ critical thinking is low. The students’ low critical thinking can be seen from their speaking activities. The students got some difficulties when they should state their idea, give their reasons, give facts, and hold their argument. The facts can be seen from the...

ABSTRACT This research was conducted at MAN Sukoharjo. The subjects of the research were the eleventh year students of science one in 2008/2009 academic year. The research aims to (1) identify whether collaborative learning (CL) can improve the students’ capability in comprehending the English texts; (2) and describe the teaching and learning...

ABSTRACT This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) Teams-Games- Tournament is more effective than the lecture method to teach reading; (2) students having high self-esteem have better reading skill than those having low self-esteem; and (3) there is an interaction effect between teaching methods and students’ self-esteem on...

ABSTRACT This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) reciprocal teaching model is more effective than direct instructional model to teach reading; (2) students who have high intelligence have better reading skill than those who have low intelligence; (3) there is an interaction effect between teaching models and students’...

The purposes of this research are: (1) to know the difference in reading achievement between the students taught using KWL and those taught using Direct Instructional method in teaching of reading for the Ninth grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Kota Probolinggo in 2009-2010 Academic year, (2) to know the difference in reading achievement between the...

Abstrak The aim of this research is to know whether: (1) Teaching reading using authentic materials to the seventh grade students is more effective than using textbook; (2) The reading achievement of the students having high learning interest is better than the one of those having low learning interest; and (3) There is an interaction between...

ABSTRACT The Research was conducted at SMAN 1 Bojonegoro; the subjects of the research were the eleventh grade students in the academic year 2007-2008. The study applied action research technique to improve students’ speaking competence in delivering presentation through 3-P Technique. The research aims to (1) identify whether and to what...

ABSTRAK The study applied action research technique to improve students’ speaking ability through Acting Play Scripts (APS). Action research is a way of reflecting on teaching which is done systematically by collecting data on everyday practice and analyzing in order to come to some decisions about what the future practice should be. The...

ABSTRACT The objectives of the research are: (1) to know whether using picture series is more effective than using translation in teaching writing for the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Tanjunganom in the academic year 2008/2009; (2) to know whether the writing skill of the students having high motivation is better than that of those having...