The objectives of this research are to examine whether: (1) Peer-editing technique is more effective than Self-editing technique to teach writing, (2) the students who have high critical thinking have better writing skill than those who have low critical thinking, and (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students‘ critical...

ABSTRACT ZAINAL ‘ARIFIN. S890907036. The Effectiveness of Project Based Learning Method in Teaching Reading for Academic Purposes Viewed from Students’ Reading Interest (An Experimental Study). Thesis. Surakarta. English Education Department, Graduate School of TT&EF, Sebelas Maret University, 2013. First consultant: (I) Prof. Dr Joko...

This research was a classroom action research. The research was conducted from February 2013 to August 2013 at SMP Negeri 1 Kedungbanteng, Banyumas. The subjects of the research were the second grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Kedungbanteng, Banyumas. It consists of 25 students, 12 female and 13 male. The research was conducted in two cycles that...

The ability of English as foreign language nowadays is a necessity for all students. English is taught from primary to university level. It is expected that teaching English can bring good English proficiency on the students. This encourages the government to issue bilingual learning program to accelerate the quality of...

The objective of the research are: (1) to find out whether Retelling story can improve the students’ speaking skill. (2) to describe the teaching and learning condition when Retelling story is implemented to improve the students’ fluency and accuracy. This study belongs to Classroom Action Research (CAR). This classroom action research...

This research aims at revealing empirically whether: (1) RAFT is more effective than guided writing to teach writing for the third semester students of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in the academic year of 2013/2014; (2) students having high creativity have better writing skill...

This research aims at developing English for Specific Purposes (ESP) textbook to fulfil the students‘ need toward the material at vocational high school using Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT). It was conducted to investigate (1) the quality of the existing course book used in vocational high school, (2) the development of the ESP textbook...

The main objective of the research is to identify whether: (1) Index Card Match Game is more effective than Guided Writing technique to teach writing; (2) Students having high creativity have better writing skill than the students having low creativity; and (3) There is an interaction effect between teaching techniques and students’...