This research aims to review whether: (1) Blended Learning Method is more effective than Lecturing Method to teach writing; (2) The students with high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students? creativity in teaching writing.This experimental study...

This study is a Research and Development (R & D) study and was carried out atSMP N 1, SMPN 4, and SMPN 12 Surakarta. The procedure used in this researchis adapted from Borg and Galls (1983) simplified by Sugiyono (2013) whichincludes: (1) exploration study and (2) development study. Exploration studyinvolves textbook evaluation toward WERB and...

In 2013, the Indonesian government published 2013 curriculum. One of the characteristics of 2013 curriculum is the use of Scientific Approach (SA). SA consists of observing, questioning, exploring, associating, and communicating. However, the implementation of 2013 curriculum brings up some controversies. This research is conducted to explore more...

The research aims at revealing whether: (1) Team Assisted Individualization is more effective than Peer Tutoring method to teach Vocabulary; (2) the students with high level of Motivation have better Vocabulary mastery than those with low level of Motivation; and (3) there is an interaction between the teaching methods and students’...

The aims of this research are to find out whether : (1) Dialogue JournalsMethod is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach writing; (2) Thestudents having low writing apprehension have better writing skill than thosehaving high writing apprehension; and (3) There is an interaction betweenteaching methods and students’ writing...

ABSTRACTThe research aims at revealing whether: (1) Shadow-Reading is moreeffective than Guided Reading to generate students’ reading comprehension; (2)the students with high level of motivation have better reading comprehension thanthose with low level of motivation; and (3) there is an interaction betweenteaching methods used and...

Nowadays, corrective feedback in writing English is considered as the controversial issues being confronted among researchers and it has attracted a number of researches recently. However, most of the researches conducted recently concern more on the effectiveness of corrective feedback instead of the psychological aspect of attitude as their...

ABSTRACTThe objectives of this study are: (1) to describe the teachers’ belief about languagelearning of learner-centered approach in Junior high school in teaching English,(2) to analyze the implementation of learner-centered approach employed byjunior school teacher in teaching English.The research method is qualitative research in which...

ABSTRACTThis study aims at (1) investigating the quality of “When English Rings A Bell” textbook to teach reading skill for seventh grade students of Junior High School, and (2) developing supplementary reading materials for seventh grade students of SMP Negeri in Surakarta. This study is categorized as a Research and Development...

ABSTRACTThis research aims to explore (1) the strategies being used by students in speaking; (2) the way students use the learning strategies; and (3) the students’ reasons in using the learning strategies.This research was conducted in a private vocational high school in Kawedanan, Magetan. The subjects of the research were eight students...