This thesis is aimed at knowing whether cue card media can improve students’ writing skill or not, and the strengths and weaknesses of using cue card when it is implemented to teach writing. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems in writing elements: idea/content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. They...

This research is aimed at finding out whether (1) process approach is more effective than product approach in teaching writing for the eighth grade students of SMP Terpadu Ponorogo; (2) the eighth grade students of SMP Terpadu Ponorogo having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3) there is...

The objectives of the research are to find out: (1) Whether Question and Answer Realationships method is more effective than Direct Instruction Method in teaching reading; (2) Whether the students with high intelligence have better comprehension in reading than the students with low intelligence; and (3) Whether there is an interaction between...

his research was aimed at (1) improving students’ writing ability using modelled writing technique and (2) knowing the effectiveness of modelled writing technique towards the teaching of writing. The writing pre-test was held before the research and the results showed that the students’ mean score of writing pretest was 68,43. It was below...

This thesis is written to 1) identify whether and to what extent You Tube Videos (YTV) improves students’ speaking skill in using language function and 2) describe class climate when YTV is applied in the English class. The method used in this research was collaborative action research between (Teacher T) the Vocational High School English...

The objectives of the research are to describe whether questioning strategy can improve students’ writing ability in constructing recount texts at class VIIIA SMPN 27 Surakarta, and to describe the class situation when questioning strategy is applied in the writing class. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems in writing...

This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) GRASP method is more effective than Direct Instruction method to teach reading at the First Grade Students of SMK Negeri 1 Mlarak, Ponorogo in the Academic Year of 2011/2012; (2) the students who have high self-esteem have better reading comprehension than those who have low self-esteem at the...

The main objectives of the research are: (1) Whether Task-based Language Teaching can improve the second year students’ reading comprehension at SMPN I Plaosan; and (2) To know the strengths and weaknesses of teaching reading using Task-based Language Teaching. The subject of the research was second grade students of SMP N 1 Plaosan,...

This study is a classroom action research implementing language games to improve students’ speaking ability. The aims of this research are (1) to identify whether and to what extent language games can improve students’ speaking ability and (2) to describe the classroom situation when language games are used in teaching and learning process of...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui; (1) Apakah Metode Group Investigasi lebih efektif daripada Metode Pengajaran Langsung untuk pengajaran membaca; (2) Apakah mahasiswa yang memiliki skemata tinggi mempunyai kemampuan membaca yang lebih baik daripada mahasiswa yang memiliki schemata rendah; dan (3) Apakah ada interaksi antara metode...