This thesis is aimed at knowing whether inquiry based learning can improve students’ writing ability or not, how it can be implemented in the class, and the strengths and weaknesses of inquiry based learning when it is implemented to teach writing. The preliminary research showed that the students had problems in writing elements: organization,...

The aim of this Research is intended to know whether: (1) Three-Phase Technique is more effective than conventional method for teaching reading; (2) The reading achievement of the students with high intelligence is better than the students with low intelligence; and (3) There is an interaction between the technique of teaching and the degree of...

The objectives of this research are to: (1) identify whether and to what extent filmstrip can improve the students’ speaking competence; and (2) identify the class situation of the speaking class when filmstrip is implemented. The research methodology applied in this research is action research with two cycles in which each cycle is divided into...

Tujuan utama dari penelitian ini adalah (1) untuk meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa dalam teks diskriptif di kelas VIII A SMP Negeri 1 Pelaihari melalui Teknik Menulis Kollaboratif; dan (2) untuk mengetahui kelebihan dan kelemahan pada implementasi dari teknik menulis kollaboratif dalam meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa dalam teks diskriptif...

The aims of this research are to improve the students’ reading comprehension ability using Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition technique and to know what happens when CIRC technique is used in the reading class. The problem revealed in this research was the low reading comprehension of Class VIIIA of SMP Negeri 1 Matesih that was...

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan gambaran yang jelas tentang pelaksanaan pengajaran pelajaran Bahasa Inggris dalam tim yang mencakup kesulitan-kesulitan yang dihadapi oleh guru dalam penerapanya, dan efektifitas pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Penelitian ini telah dilaksanakan di SMPN1 Pitu Ngawi, dari bulan February 2010 sampai...

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui: (1) apakah metode belajar mengajar kontekstual lebih efektif daripada metode penerjemahan bacaan berdasarkan tatabahasa dalam mengajar membaca bagi siswa kelas VIII SMPN 14 Surakarta pada tahun pelajaran 2009/2010; (2) apakah siswa yang memiliki tingkat kecerdasan tinggi memiliki pemahaman bacaan yang...

The objective of the research is to find out whether the uses of TBLT can improve students’ writing ability. Besides that, the research is also designed to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of the implementation of TBLT in improving students’ writing ability.The research was carried out at SMK Negeri 2 Sragen, from July to October...

The objectives of this research are to: (1) identify whether or not and to what extent utilizing e-mail is able to improve the students’ writing skill: and (2) describe the situation when e-mail is applied in the writing class. In this research, the problem refers to the teaching and learning English, especially their writing skill which is...

The objectives of the research are: (1) to know whether Cooperative Reading Groups technique can improve students’ reading comprehension of the first year students of English Department of Unswagati or not; (2) To know the strengths and the weaknesses of Cooperative Reading Groups technique when it is used to teach reading in the first year...