The objectives of this research are: (1) to find out whether Send-AProblem method is more effective than Audio-lingual method to teach speaking to the tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Surakarta in the academic year of 2012/2013; (2) to find out whether the students having high self-actualization have better speaking skill than those having low...

The objective of this research is to obtain clear description of the implementation of Australian Parliamentary Debate in the teaching of speaking, and reveal how the implementation of Australian Parliamentary Debate promotes high school students’ critical thinking skill. The research was conducted in SMA Trimurti Surabaya, East Java...

The main objectives of this research are to investigate whether: (1) STAD is more effective than PPP to teach speaking; (2) students having high creativity have better ability in speaking than those having low creativity; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and students ’creativity in teaching speaking to the second graders...

The main objectives of the research are to find out whether (1) Webquest is more effective than Picture Series to teach writing skill for the tenth grade students of SMA Batik 2 Surakarta; (2) students having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity for the tenth grade students of SMA Batik 2 Surakarta; and (3)...

This research is intended to reveal whether: (1) Side by Side is more effective than Video in teaching listening ability; (2) students who have high intelligence have better listening ability than those who have low intelligence; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching media and intelligence in teaching listening. The research is an...

The objectives of the research are to identify whether: (1) Simulation Method is more effective than Process Approach in teaching writing business letters for the tenth grade students of Business Administration at SMKN 1 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) writing skill of the students having high creativity is better than that of...

The main objectives of the research are to identify whether: (1) peer tutoring is more effective than direct method to teach writing to the second year students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Pare in the Academic Year of 2011/2012; (2) the second year students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Pare having high level of creativity have better writing competence than...

This thesis aims at finding: 1) whether the Task-Based Instruction can improve students’ speaking skill, and 2) how effective Task-Based Instruction implemented in the classroom is. The problem of the research refers two aspects. First, from cognitive aspect, it was the low score of the fifth grade of elementary school in speaking activity....

The main objective of this research is to find out whether: (1) Australasian parliamentary debate is more effective than small group discussion to teach speaking; (2) the students having high risk-taking have better speaking skill than those having low risk-taking; and (3) there is an interaction between the teaching techniques and students’...

The research aims at finding out the effectiveness of teaching grammar through YouTube video whether (1) YouTube video is more effective than Textbook to teach grammar for the the first semester students of English Education of Institut Agama Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) students having positive...