The objective of the research is to investigate: (1) whether any positive affect of Peer Feedback technique toward students’ writing; (2) whether any positive effect of Self Revising technique toward students’ writing; (3) which technique is better to be applied toward students’ writing. This research was conducted in STKIP Garut from September until November 2012 toward 2 classes with…

This study is aimed to investigate English teachers of Junior High Schools in Kota Serang in constructing syllabus – based reading comprehension construction, test specifications – based reading comprehension construction, multiple choice design, types of questions used of the first semester summative test in academic year 2011/2012, and the content of lesson plan. Qualitative method is us…

The purpose of this study is to investigate how Puppet Show affects students’ speaking skill. It is also meant to find out students’ opinion toward the use of Puppet Show in their class. The research is qualitative by nature. It is done in a natural setting where the researcher gathered words or pictures and then analyzed them inductively. The researcher used her own class so that she …

The main objective of the research is to apply the Quantum Teaching in teaching writing on class. This research applied a new method where the students were not familiar with it. The researcher did the observation on the process of the teaching learning at class. From the begining until the end of the teaching learning process, the researcher did the action with Quantum Teaching method. By …

The study investigated the comparative effects of brainstorming and clustering techniques on university students’ achievement in the third semester of STIBA - IEC in East Jakarta. The researcher generated three questions concerned with the effectiveness of each strategy in improving students’ writing ability and the effectiveness of the clustering over brainstorming technique. In the in…

This thesis aims to find out an English teaching method which can be used to reduce code switching and code mixing done by the students on learning English in the classrooms, to describe the students’ reasons to switch and mix the languages in learning English, to demonstrate how the teaching method can be applied in reducing the frequency of switching and mixing the languages is. The Me…

The purpose of this thesis is to find out the implementation of inquiry based learning through internet to improve writing ability of the students of 256 Junior High School Jakarta. A class was chosen purposively out of 26 classes which focused on the 9th grade students. Data were gathered by way of classroom action research, questionnaire, and interview. There were thirty five students of o…

The objective of this research is to find out the effectiveness of two strategies DRTA and Webbing in enhancing students‟ reading comprehension at Narrative text. DRTA and Webbing are two strategies which are used in pre – reading activity. There are three phases in DRTA strategy namely predict, read and revise. This strategy helps students‟ readiness in facing the reading mat…

Of the four language skills, listening is the most difficult skill to master for students in the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Students often face difficulty in recognizing words spoken by native speakers of English in cassettes, CDs, TVs, and most of all in live conversations or talks. This is due to the fact that in natural English speech and talks words are linked with …

This study aims at finding: (1) the correlation between communication strategies and speaking skill (2) the correlation between motivation and students‟ speaking skill; (3) the correlation between communication strategies, motivation, and speaking skill altogether. (4) the extent of the correlation. The study is a survey and takes the sample of 30 students from 67 students totally by …