This study is carried out to achieve three main objective. first, there is any significant effect of using watching movie technique on improving students' listening comprehension, second, there is a significant of using storytelling technique on improving students listening comprehension and finally the researcher is to examine whether there is a significant difference of improving on students'…

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 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 …

The researcher realizes that writing skill is difficult to be achieved because it depends on many factors. There are some factors which make the students find it difficult to development writing skill, such as the differences between English and Indonesian language system of spelling, pronunciation, grammar. In addition selection of vocabulary is the also important factor that influences st…

The main goal of the language teaching is to teach the language learners how to use the language to communicate. Therefore, the teachers ideally, prepare and present the speaking material effectively. However, the students, so far, are not able to improve their speaking. They are still reluctant to express their meaning in English. The main factors that make they are to be reluctant are their …

The purpose of this research is to analyze students’ barriers in reading comprehension in their classroom. Specifically, this research tries to answer the questions “What barriers do the students encounter in comprehending English texts? Why did they find those as barriers? And, what strategies do they use to overcome those barriers? In this research, the data was gathered by doing the c…

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…