A PRAGMATIC STUDY ON INDIRECT DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN MOVIE MANUSCRIPT

The objectives of this research are: (1) to find out the linguistic forms of indirectdirective utterances employed by the characters of the film entitled “The Fellowship of the Ring”(2) to describe the context of situation in which each form of indirect directive utterances isemployed by the characters of the film. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. Theresearch data were collecting by using observation. The data were analyzed by using aninteractive model. The results of this research are that (1) the indirect directive speech actsuttered by the characters of the film are in the forms of single words, phrases, sentences andsequence of sentences; (2) the functions implied which are expressed by the characters in thefilm are: requesting, commanding, recommending, questioning, and prohibiting; (3) the classesof directive speech acts expressed by the characters of the film are requestives, requirements,questions, and prohibitives.Keywords: pragmatic, indirect speech act, directive speec

AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON RECOUNT TEXTS MADE BY THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF MAN 2 JEPARA

Indonesian students as foreign language learners have difficulties in learning English. One of the students’ difficulties is in delivering ideas in a written form. They need to consider about the grammatical components of English that differ from Indonesian language. This article describes about errors made by the students in writing a recount text. Twenty four students from the first graders of MAN 2 Jepara were asked to write about their past experience. All students writing are, then, analyzed in order to investigate students’ errors. Based on the linguistic category, it can be concluded that the students have difficulties in morphology, syntax, vocabulary and meaning, and mechanics. Most students tend to have difficulties in syntax.Keywords: error analysis, writing, recount tex

THE USE OF ROLE-PLAY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

This research is conducted; (1) to find out whether role play can improve students’ speaking ability of Science Class XI-3 in SMA Negeri 7 Surakarta; (2) to find out whether role-play can improve class situation’s problem in learning-teaching activity. The method of this study is aclassroom action research. It consists of planning, action, observing, and reflection. The class consists of 28 students. The techniques of collecting data used were field notes, photographs, speaking test, and interview techniques. Quantitative data were analyzed by comparing score before and after each cycle. Qualitative data were analyzed by constant comparative method. The research findings are the improvement of students’ speaking ability and classroom situation. The students’’ mean score of pre test is 60.48, it improves up to 66.92 in the first cycle, and up to 75.58 in the second cycle.Keywords: role-play, speaking achievemen

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY USING CROSSWORD PUZZLES

This article describes a classroom action research in the English class through the implementation of crossword puzzle to improve the student’s vocabulary mastery. The implementation of crossword puzzles in the English class was done within two cycles. Cycle 1 was conducted in three meetings and cycle 2 was done in two meetings. The data were collected by using techniques of observation, interview, notes/journals, documents, and tests. The qualitative data were analyzed using the method proposed by Burns that is assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes; whereas the quantitative data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The results of the research showed that crossword puzzle could improve both students’ vocabulary mastery and the class situation.Keywords: crossword puzzle, vocabulary master

IMPLEMENTING THINK-PAIR-SHARE AND CRITICAL DEBATE TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

This research aims to find out whether the use of Think-Pair-Share and Critical DebateTechniques improve the students' speaking skill or not and how the teaching-learning process iswhen Think-Pair-Share and Critical Debate Techniques are applied in the classroom. Theresearch was carried out to the second grade students of SMA N 5 Surakarta, class of social 3taken as the sample by using purposive sampling based on the lowest speaking score from all thesecond grade classes. The result of the study shows that the use of Think-Pair-Share and CriticalDebate Techniques improve the students’ speaking skill. It can be seen from the increasing ofstudents’ mean score assessed by the researcher and the collaborator. The students’ motivation,enthusiasm and participation were also increased. In addition, students enjoyed the activitiesduring the learning process. The interaction of students was better when working in group.Keywords: speaking skill, Think-Pair-Share, Critical Debate

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING STORYTELLING

This article aims to discuss whether storytelling can improve students’ writing skill. The objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether storytelling can improve the students’ writing skill and (2) to describe the class situation when storytelling implemented to the teaching and learning process. The research is a classroom action carried out at SMAN 3 Sukoharjo. The subject of the research is the first year students.In collecting data, the researcher used observation, interview, questionnaire and test. The research finding shows that the students who are taught using storytelling improve their writing skill. It can be noted in the result of their writing from preliminary observation up to cycle 2. There is improvement in each cycle. Therefore, storytelling can be used as alternative way to improve the students’ writing skill. It also makes the class situation effective during teaching and learning process.Keywords: storytelling, students’ writing skil

THE CONTRIBUTION OF VOCABULARY MASTERY AND LOCUS OF CONTROL TOWARD READING COMPREHENSION

The aim of the study is to determine the correlation between vocabulary mastery and internal locus of control toward reading comprehension either partially or simultaneously. The method used in the study is a correlational study; with a test and a questionnaire as the technique of collecting data. The population is all of the second grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Puring in the academic year of 2011/2012. The sample is 40 students taken by cluster random sampling technique. The technique used to analyze the data is Linear Regression Analysis Statistic by using SPSS 18. The results of the study show that there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and internal locus of control toward reading comprehension, either partially or simultaneously. Both independent variables, vocabulary mastery and internal locus of control have contribution to dependent variable, reading comprehension.Keywords: Vocabulary mastery, locus of control, reading comprehensio

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH CREATING WALL PICTURES

This study aims to identify whether wall pictures can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery, and to describe the class situation when wall pictures are applied in the fifth grade of elementary students. These students found it hard to: memorize the meaning, pronounce, spell, and use the new word. They also got bored easily in the English lesson. To solve the problems, the researcher applied wall pictures. She conducted two cycles of action esearch. The data of the research are collected through observation, interview, questionnaire, and tests. The qualitative data are analyzed using interactive model. Meanwhile, the quantitative data are analyzed by descriptive statistics. The result of the research shows that: (1) wall pictures an improve the students’ vocabulary mastery in terms of meaning, pronunciation, spelling, using the word in simple sentence; (2) wall pictures could also improve the class situation; the classroom atmosphere is more a live. Keywords: vocabulary mastery, wall picture

VOCABULARY MASTERY, READING STRATEGIES, AND READING COMPREHENSION

The objectives of the research are: 1) to find out whether there is or not correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension; 2) to find out whether there is or not correlation between reading strategies and reading comprehension; and 3) to find out whether there is or not correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading strategies simultaneously and reading comprehension. This research was carried out in April and May at Sebelas Maret University in which 32 students took vocabulary mastery test, reading comprehension test, anda questionnaire about reading strategies. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment and Multiple Correlation. It is found that: 1) rx1y=0.59 and to=4.0025 > tt=1.697 which means that there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension; 2) rx2y= 0.49 and to 3.1 > tt 1.697 which means that there is a positive correlation between reading strategies and reading comprehension; and 3) Rx12.y=0.67 and Fo 11.175>3.33 which means that there is a positive correlation between vocabulary mastery,reading strategies simultaneously and reading comprehension. In conclusion, having great vocabulary mastery and optimizing reading strategies use is crucial because they have a positive contribution to reading comprehension.Keywords: vocabulary mastery, reading strategies, reading comprehensio

MASTERY OF SIMPLE SENTENCE PATTERNS IN WRITING CLASS

This research purposes to describe how well the students in higher ducation master the patterns in simple sentence particularly in writing class. With fifty participants, the instruments are writing test and questionnaire. Writing test is to measure the mastery of simple sentence pattern; then questionnaire is to scale the participants’ attitude. Using Likert-Scale Typed, the data is analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis. The result shows that the beginner writer must recognize and understand the patterns of simple sentence. Then, it may help as a basic knowledge and practice for developing paragraph, essay, and advance writing. However, the articipants seem uncertain how well they recognize and understand it. They are not completely confident whether they master to recognize, understand, and lassify the patterns, nor are they sure to arrange, write and develop simple sentence with correct attern. This is consistent with what the level of mastery obtained, 74% of them fall to somewhat well. Keywords: writing class, sentence patter