ABSTRAK The study applied action research technique to improve students’ speaking ability through Acting Play Scripts (APS). Action research is a way of reflecting on teaching which is done systematically by collecting data on everyday practice and analyzing in order to come to some decisions about what the future practice should be. The...

ABSTRACT The objectives of the research are: (1) to know whether using picture series is more effective than using translation in teaching writing for the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Tanjunganom in the academic year 2008/2009; (2) to know whether the writing skill of the students having high motivation is better than that of those having...

ABSTRACT 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...

ABSTRAK The objectives of the research are: (1) to know whether the mindmapping technique is more effective than the modeling technique in teaching writing for the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Prambon in the academic year 2009/2010; (2) to know whether the writing skill of the students having high IQ is better than that of those having low...

ABSTRACT The objective of the research is to know whether or not role-play technique can improve the students’ English speaking skill. The research is also intended to know wether or not role-play technique can improve the students’ motivation in learning-teaching activity. The research was conducted in SMP Negeri 1 Magetan from February to...

ABSTRACT This research is aimed at finding whether (1) group-discussion using word wall is more effective than expository teaching model to teach reading or not, (2) students’ reading competence of the students having high interest are better than those having low interest or not, (3) there is an interaction between the...

ABSTRACT Muhamad Muslihuddin Budirahardjo. 2010. Improving Students’ Reading Ability Using Reciprocal Teaching (An Action Research at the Eleventh Year of IPA-2 MAN 2 Bojonegoro Academic Year 2008/2009, Thesis, Surakarta: Graduate School Sebelas Maret University. The research aims to (1) identify whether and to what extent...

This research is aimed at finding out: (1) whether in general TPS is more effective than parallel writing for teaching writing; (2) which ones have higher writing achievement, students with high learning motivation or those with low learning motivation; and (3) whether or not there is an interaction between teaching techniques and motivation....

ABSTRAK This research is aimed at finding out: (1) which one is more effective, STAD or Conventional method to teach reading; (2) which one has better competence in reading, the students having high or low motivations; and (3) whether there is an interaction between methods and students’ motivation in teaching reading. This research was...