The objective of this research is to investigate: (1) whether there is a significant improvement in reading comprehension achievement for the grade VIII students who are taught by using Collaborative Reading Strategy; (2) whether there is a significant improvement in reading comprehension achievement for the grade VIII students who are taught by using Reciprocal Reading Strategy; (3) wheth…

The research compared the use of predictive reading technique and Conventional Technique (GTM) in teaching reading comprehension. Predictive Reading Technique was a reading technique in which the reader is asked to apply his/her background knowledge as well by using picture. Meanwhile, Conventional Technique (GTM) focused on translating grammatical forms, memorizing vocabulary, and learning rul…

The objective of this thesis is to analyze the implementation of mind mapping in teaching writing, the teacher’s and the students’ problems, and responses to the using of mind mapping in teaching writing especially narrative text. This study is conducted at the eleventh grade students of social class of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 13 Jakarta. This study uses qualitative research design to find …

The problem of the research is how to increase the students’ speaking ability in Senior High School, especially in 55 Senior High School. Its purpose is to investigate whether the implementation of collaborative learning strategy can be used to increases the students’ speaking skill. The site of the research was SMAN 55 Jakarta, Jln. Minyak Raya Durentiga, South of Jakarta. The subjects…

The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the ESP coursebook of the first semester Graphic Design students is suitable for meeting the Graphic Design students’ needs and industry’s need. The theoretical framework of this study basically incorporates a set of criteria proposed by Romero (1975), Tomlinson (1998), and Brown (2001). The criteria include physical appearance of the …

This research aimed to measure the effect of pedagogical competence and professional competence on students' learning English achievement at twelfth grade of senior high schools in Kupang. This research used survey method with the respondents of 29 English teachers and twelfth grade students' achievement in senior high schools in Kupang. The method of data collection was questioners used to mea…

The purpose of this experimental study is to investigate: (1) whether there is any significant difference of students' vocabulary mastery gained by the students taught using total physical response (TPR); (2) whether three is any significant difference of students' vocabulary mastery gained by the students taught using group discussion; (3) whether there is any significant difference of student…

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk agramatisme dalam proses bicara penderita afasia Broca serta membahas bentuk agramatisme yang dominan pada proses bicara penderita afasia Broca. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik observasi partisipatif. Dalam penelitian ini, data dan hasil temuan-temuan yang diperoleh tentang agramatisme dalam be…

The objectives of this study were to analyze the development of grammatical morpheme (the regular plural marker-s, and the regular past tense marker-ed) in written and to analyze the development of syntactic construction (conjoined-clause and) in written of an Indonesian child who learnt English as Foreign Language in Sekolah Highschope Indonesia - Alfa Indah Unit, Jakarta. This research was qu…

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of students' vocabulary learning strategies (Flashcards and pictures) and their learning style (introvert and extrovert) toward their vocabulary mastery at SDN Pondok Ranji 02 South Tangerang, at the second semester of 2011/2012. The research method is used as experimental method with factorial 2x2. In collecting the data of the result stud…