The aim of this research is to find out: (1) whether RAFT technique ismore effective than direct instruction technique for the 11th grade students of SMAN 2 Surakarta in the academic year of 2015/2016; (2) whether students havinghigh creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3)whether there is an interaction...

This study is a case study which has two main objectives: 1) To describethe effects of the national examination on teachers’ perception of ELT, and 2) Todescribe the effects of the national examination on teachers’ practice of ELT.The writer uses the descriptive qualitative research. The data were collectedthrough giving questionnaire,...

The aims of the thesis are; (1) to reveal tongue twisters can improve thestudents’ ability to pronounce fricative consonants; (2) to reveal tongue twisterscan improve the students’ ability to pronounce long vowels (3) to reveal theproblems related to the implementation of tongue twisters in teachingpronunciation.This research is...

This research is aimed at investigating the influence of Guided Discovery Learning and self-actualization on students’ cohesive devices mastery in writing recount text: (1) whether or not Guided Discovery Learning is more influential than Dyadic Essay; (2) whether the students having high self-actualization have better cohesive devices...

This study aims at investigating whether: (1) Model United Nations is more effective than Small-Group Discussion to teach speaking; (2) The students with high learning-motivation have better speaking skill than those having low learning-motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching method and students? learning-motivation in...

The objective of this study is to reveal whether: (1) Problem BasedLearning technique ismore effective than Discussion technique to teach speaking;(2) The students having high self-actualization have better speaking skill thanthose having low self-actualization; and (3) There is an interaction betweenteaching techniques and students’...

The main objectives of the research are to find out whether (1) Inquiry Based Teaching is more effective than Guided Writing to teach writing skill; (2) students having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3) there is any interaction between teaching methods and students creativity in teaching writing...

This resarch is aimed to: (1) identify how teachers developed their knowledge of TBLT; (2) identify the teachers’ knowledge of TBLT in the English teaching and learning process; (3) describe and identify the implementation of TBLT in the English teaching and learning process in SMAN 1 Pecangaan Jepara; (4) identify the difficulties faced by...

This study is aimed at: (1) finding out the quality of the existing media in the school, (2) developing and providing an appropriate English Playing Card to teach vocabulary, (3) identifying how far the effectiveness of Smart Vocab-4 Playing Card to teach vocabulary. The result of this study is expected to provide a learning media as a form of...

The objective of this research was to describe English instructional design for the teaching of English at SMP Negeri 24 Surakarta covering (1) syllabus, (2) learning objectives, (3) classroom procedure, (4) classroom techniques, (5) instructional materials, (6) media, (7) teacher‘s roles, (8) students‘ roles, (9) assessment, and (10)...