This research aims to investigate whether: (1) cartoon film media is more effective than picture series in teaching speaking to the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Gubug in academic year of 2015/2016; (2) students having high self- confidence have better speaking skill than those having low self confidence; and (3) there is an interaction between...

AbstrakThe main objectives of this research are to investigate whether: (1) Clustering Technique is more effective than direct instruction to teach writing; (2) the students having high creativity have better writing skill than those who having low creativity; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques used to teach writing and...

AbstrakMembaca adalah keterampilan utama yang diajarkan disekolah. Untuk menguasainya, para guru memberikan berbagai macam teks-teks bacaan. Untuk memahami teks-teks bacaan tersebut dengan mudah, teks-teks bacaan membutuhkan koherensi dan kohesi yang bagus. Salah satu unsur koheren dan kohesi bisa dilihat pada perkembangan tematiknya.Penelitian...

There  is  an  interaction  between  lecturer  and  students  in  learning  process especially on students’ performance in speaking class. It can be shown by the role of feedback that involveslecturer and students.The aims of the research are: (1) to explain the focus of feedback given by the lecturer in Speaking class for second...

The objectives of the research are: (1) to investigate the grammatical errors committed by students in translating Indonesian into English, (2) to investigate the sources of the errors made by the students in translating Indonesian into English, and  (3)  to  describe  the  strategies  or  techniques  used  by  students  in  their...

AbstrakThis research is aimed at developing an ESP learning material to fulfill the students’ needs in learning speaking towards international relations program at higher education. It carries out Research and Development (R&D) proposed by Borg and Gall as the research design of this research. This study was oriented to the product development...

AbstrakThe main objectives of this research are to find out whether: (1) AIR method is more effective than ALM to teach speaking at the tenth grade of SMA Negeri 7Surakarta in the academic year of 2016/2017; (2) students with high risk-taking have better speaking skill than those with low risk-taking; and (3) there is an interaction between...

AbstrakThe main objective of this research is to know whether: (1) POWER is more effective than guided writing to teach writing to the tenth grade students of SMA Al-Abidin Bilingual Boarding School; (2) the students having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity for the tenth grade students of SMA Al-Abidin...

AbstrakThis research is conducted in SMP N 9 Magelang from November 2015 to July 2016. The objectives of this research are to investigate: (1) the teachers’ beliefs on English teaching based on 2013 Curriculum; (2) the factors shaping teachers’ beliefs on English teaching and their classroom practices based on 2013 Curriculum.; and (3) the...

AbstrakThe objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether the use of 3D Pop-up pictures can improve the students’ skill to generate ideas in writing descriptive text or not; and (2) to describe the difficulties in implementing 3D Pop-up pictures in this research.    The Classroom Action Research was conducted at SMP N 1 Mayong,...