The objective of this study is to know whether teaching grammar using Think–Pair–Square to the first grade students of MAN 1 Kediri is effective or not. In order to achieve the objective of this study, the writer design a quasi- experimental research.The sample of the research is the first grade students of MAN 1 Kediri in the second semester in academic 2013/2014. Class A as experimental g…
Key words: Cohesion, Grammatical Cohesion, and Torey’s The Tiger’s Child In order to communicate well with the readers, novel authors try to direct the readers to understand the general life stories of the novel. They sometimes insert some quotations or narative to complete or support their works. The researcher found that case of Grammatical Cohesion in Torey’s The Tiger’s Chil…
Key word: the effectiveness, cooperative group investigation (CGI), reading comprehension, Mts Miftahul Huda. The study is called experimental research. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the use of Cooperative Group Investigation (CGI) method in teaching reading comprehension is effective or not. The researcher used Cooperative Group Investigation (CGI) as a method in improvi…
Key Words: Writing, Descriptive Text, TAI Method Writing is important to be learnt because in writing we can explore anything in our mind as we want. Through descriptive text, the students can express their ideas on the paper. The students can describe anything and make the readers to be interested. However, the students’ score in writing descriptive text at the first graders of MA Al-Mana…
Key words: improve English Vocabulary, Lalaran Method, Students’ English achievement. Vocabulary is an important part in learning English language. Understanding vocabulary means learning vocabulary, then learning vocabulary may be done through memorize it well. It has important role in developing English language skills. The English teacher has to be creative to help the students memorizi…
This study deals with code mixing in text messages through mobile phone. The objectives of this study are to know the types of code mixing found in text messages sent by English Department students and lecturers of STAIN Kediri and to know the reason of the use of code mixing in the text messages sent by English Department students and lecturers of STAIN Kediri.The writer uses descriptive quali…
Key words: The Effectiveness, Writing, Dictogloss. The title of this research is “The Effectiveness of Using Dictogloss Technique in Improving Students’ Writing Ability in Narrative Text at Eleventh Class of MAN Prambon-Nganjuk”. The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using dictogloss technique in improving students’ writing ability in narrative text at ele…
Key Words :Hanifida Method, effectiveness, and improve. This final project is about a study of the effectiveness of Hanifida Method to improve vocabulary mastery in seventh grade students of MTs Raudlatut Thalabah Kolak-Ngadiluwih in academic year 2012/2013. The objective of this study is to know whether the students who are taught using Hanifida Method have better vocabulary mastery than thos…