scholarly journals Enhancing Student’s Writing Ability in Paragraph Writing Through an Outline Strategy at Primary Level

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Hassan Ramzan ◽  
Muhammad Hafeez

Among language skills, writing is considered the most challenging and complicated skill compared to other skills. The main objective of this research is to analyze the improvement of students' writing skills in writing paragraphs through the outline strategy. The participants in this study were 15 fifth grade students. The participants were selected through random sampling technique. The data obtained were analyzed in percentage. Pre-Test and Post-Test were used as instruments in this study. In the Pre-Test and Post-Test the required items such as writing paragraph titles, grammar, spelling and total sentences (length) of paragraphs are the same. According to the findings, in the Pre-Test the students writing paragraphs were 20.00%, 26.66%, 20.00%, 26.66% (Good), 46.66%, 20.00%, 33.33%, 33 ,33% (Average), 33.33%, 53.33%, 46.66% , 40.00% (Weak) in paragraph headings, use of proper grammar, correct spelling and number of sentences (length ) paragraphs, respectively. After the Pre-Test, the instructor taught the participants about writing paragraphs through an outline strategy for 4 weeks and then conducted a Post-Test. In this test, participants in writing paragraphs through the outline strategy were 46.66%, 53.33%, 60.00%, 53.33% (Good), 40.00%, 26.66%, 33.33%, 40 0.00% (Average), 13.33%, 20.00%, 6.66% , 6.66% (Weak) in paragraph headings, use of proper grammar, correct spelling and number of sentences (length ) paragraphs, respectively. This action-based research shows that the outline strategy can improve students' writing skills.

Author(s):  
Kudsiyah Kudsiyah ◽  
Lailatul Mauludiyah ◽  
Murdiono Murdiono

Video song media was a medium that presents material in the form of text and images as well as monologue sound about the material so that students can watch and listen to videos in the learning process. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the video song media in increasing understanding of Arabic vocabulary. This research was a quantitative research. This research was conducted at SD Muahmmadiyah 8 KH Mas Mansur Malang. The subjects taken from this study were the VA class, which amounted to 25 students from a population of 79 students using purposive sampling technique. In this study, data collection techniques were carried out in the form of interviews, questionnaires, tests and documentation. The instrument used in the interview is the interview sheet, while the questionnaire instrument sheet is a questionnaire sheet consisting of several questions related to the video song media, the instrument sheet used in the test is a test question in the form of an interactive online game, the tests used are pretest and posttest. To find out the results of the data in this study the researcher used the T test for the related sample, while to determine the effectiveness of the video media, the researcher used the N-gain formula. The collected research data is presented with descriptive statistics in the calculation of processing using SPSS 20.               As for the results and testing of the hypothesis, "the video song media was effective for improving understanding of Arabic vocabulary. This is evidenced by the results obtained from the pre-test value which is smaller than the post-test value or 85.08 <93.20. Based on the output table "Paired Samples Test" it is known that the Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 <0.05, meaning that the video song media can improve the understanding of Arabic vocabulary for the fifth grade students of SD Muhammadiyah 8 KH Mas Mansur Malang


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Khoirul Anisa ◽  
Retno Wahyuningsih

This study aims to determine (1) the effect of the intensity of using gadget  on the ability recite  Qur’an, (2) the effect of TPA participation on the ability recite  Qur’an, (3 ) the effect of the intensity of using gadget  and TPA participation on the ability recite  Qur’an. The study was conducted in 2020. The population is fifth grade students of SD Negeri Cluster II Ahmad Yani Laweyan Surakarta on academic years of 2020/2021. The samples were drawn randomly from the population using a stratified random sampling technique. The study used experimental methods. The data were analyzed using two - way analysis of variance and further test of data processing with software SPSS 22 For Windows. The results showed that the highest average score was students who had low intensity of using gadget  and participated in TPA (89.467) and the lowest score was students who had low intensity of using gadget  and did not attend TPA (58.5). This proves that the higher the use of gadget s and the more active students are in participating in the TPA, the higher the ability recite  Qur’an. So, it can be concluded (1) The intensity of using gadget  did not affect the students' ability to read Al-Quran, (2) TPA participation affected the ability recite  Qur’an, (3) The intensity of using gadget  and TPA participation affected the ability recite Al-Quran.Keywords: gadget, participation, ability 


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfiya Hikmawati ◽  
Rokhmaniyah Rokhmaniyah ◽  
Ngatman Ngatman

<em>Reading interest and vocabulary mastery affects the language style in writing narrative texts.</em><em> The study aimed to prove positive correlation of: reading interest on narrative writing skills, vocabulary mastery on narrative writing skills, reading interest and vocabulary mastery on narrative writing skills for fifth grade students of public elementary schools in Alian sub-district in academic year of 2019/2020. The research used quantitative research design with correlation method. Sampling method was cluster random sampling technique. SPSS version 18 was applied in analysing correlation data. The result indicated that the correlation coefficient between reading interest and vocabulary mastery on narrative writing skills was 0.169 with Sig. F Change = 0,000 &lt;0.05 and the value of adjusted R-squared variables was 5.1%. It concludes that there are positive and significant effects between reading interest and vocabulary mastery on narrative writing skills to fifth grade students of public elementary schools in Alian sub-district.</em>


Author(s):  
Nora Fudhla

This article is written based on a research done to solve students’ difficulties in improving their vocabulary skill in MKU classes at Universitas Negeri padang. According to some English teachers and students, teaching vocabulary through memorizing the list was very boring and should be avoided. Besides, it was difficult for the students to write correct spelling for certain vocabularies. To overcome these issues, gamification strategy namely Jumbled-Letter game was applied in an experimental study. The design used in this study was one group pre-test post-test design and the sample was chosen through simple random sampling technique. The data was collected through pre-test and post-test. The data then was analyzed using T Paired test (SPSS 23). Based on the data calculation, the mean score of pre-test was 50.87 and the mean score of post-test was 76.23, and sig. 2 tailed test was < 0.05. Based on T Paired test analysis and interpretation, it was found that the mean score on post-test was increased and the significance score shows that the strategy was significantly effective. Thus, Jumbled-Letter Game was effective to boost learners’ interest and improve their vocabulary mastery.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Sofi Siti Selviyanti ◽  
Ichwanuddin Ichwanuddin ◽  
Judiono Judiono ◽  
Suparman Suparman ◽  
Dife Nur Tiara

School children are the most rapid growth period after toddlers. Knowledge of nutrition plays an important role in determining the degree of public health. So to increase knowledge, nutrition counseling is needed with interesting media, one of them is flashcard. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of nutritional counseling using flashcard media on the knowledge of the general message of balanced nutrition in fifth grade students of SDN Cikoneng 1 and SDN H. Agus Salim. The research design used was quasi experiment with a pre-test and post-test control group design. The study was conducted on fifth grade students of Cikoneng 1 Elementary School as a treatment group, amounting to 23 people and SDN H. Agus Salim as a control group of 46 people. The sampling technique is total sampling. Counseling was carried out for 30 minutes then given flashcard games in the treatment group and the control group using leaflets. Analysis of the data used is the t-Dependent test and Man Whitney test. The results of the study in the treatment and control groups showed significant differences in the value of knowledge before and after counseling with each p value (p = 0,000). Flashcard media is more effective in increasing knowledge in students (p = 0,000). Schools are expected to be able to forward the flashcard media and disseminate information about the General Message of Balanced Nutrition. Keywords: Extension, Flashcard, General Message Balanced Nutrition


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asrul Sultan ◽  
Deddy Bambang Irawan

: This research to find out whether there is the influence of the cooperative to time token type learning model on the learning outcomes of Indonesian language speaking skills in fifth grade students of SD Negeri 1 Massepe. This research uses a quantitative approach to the type of experimental research and uses a Pre-Experimental design in the form of One Group Pre-test - Post-test Design. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling technique with a sample of 15 students. The results of hypothesis testing using the One Sample T-Test test obtained a significance of 0.00 (0.00 <0.05) the average score of the pretest was smaller than the average score of the posttest or µ1 ˂ µ2 indicating that H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted which means there are differences in the average results of speaking skills of fifth-grade students of  SDN  1  Massepe on  Indonesian language subjects between before and after the use of cooperative learning models of time token types. Based on these results it can be concluded that there is the influence of the cooperative to time token type learning model on the learning outcomes of Indonesian speaking skills in fifth grade students of SD Negeri 1 Massepe. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ratna Handayani Pramukti ◽  
Ngatman Ngatman ◽  
Muhamad Chamdani

<p><em>The study aimed to determine the positive effect of vocabulary mastery on understanding the discourse to fifth grade students of public elementary schools in Banyumas Sub-district in academic year of 2020/2021 and to measure the contribution of vocabulary mastery on understanding the discourse to fifth grade students of public elementary schools in Banyumas Sub-district in academic year of 2020/2021. The research was correlational quantitative approach. Sampling technique was probability sampling cluster random sampling. Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis with results obtained correlation coefficient value of 0.579 and Sig value. 0,000&lt;0.05. It meant that vocabulary mastery gave positive and significant effect on understanding the discourse to fifth grade students of public elementary schools in Banyumas Sub-district in academic year of 2020/2021 and the correlation was moderate. Vocabulary mastery contributed 33.5% on understanding the discourse and the remaining 66.5% by other factors. It concludes that there is positive and significant effect of vocabulary mastery on understanding the discourse to fifth grade students of public elementary schools in Banyumas Sub-district in academic year of 2020/2021. The richer the mastery of student vocabulary, better the understanding of the content of discourse in students, and vice versa.</em></p>


Author(s):  
Susanto Susanto ◽  
Meiliana Hidayati

The objective of this research was aimed to investigate the effect of peer review on students’ motivation and ability in writing recount text.  The method of the research was a quasi-experimental design with a control and experimental group and a post-test only. The population of this research was the entire eight grade students of SMPN 1 Tanggunggunung. The cluster random sampling was used in the sampling technique. There were two classes of eight grade students as the sample of this research. They were VIII D that consists of 32 students as the control class and VIII G that consists of 30 students as the experimental class. Tests and questionnaires were the instruments of this research. The data collected from the tests were analyzed by using independent sample t-test and MANOVA through SPSS.  Results show that the independent sample t-test was 0.001 for motivation and 0.000 for the writing ability. Moreover, the result of the MANOVA test was 0.000. The results were consulted to the score of the significant value generated Sig. (P-value) < α = 0.05. Thus, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. In other words, the result of the study revealed that peer review gave a significant effect on the students’ motivation and ability in writing recount text. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect on the students’ writing motivation and writing ability who taught using peer review.  


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trisna Helda ◽  
Rahayu Fitri

The research is motivated by the following cases. First, students vocabulary deficiencies in writing so have difficulty in presenting ideas into a text. Second, the students do not understand about exposition text. Third, students difficult to differentiate exposition text with other text. Fourth, students difficult to develop ideas in writing, so that the resulting of their text is not in accordance with the idea that their think. Fifth, students difficult to write cohesion and coherence paragraphs. This type of this research is quantitative with correlation method. The population in this research is students of class X SMA Negeri 1 2x11 Enam Lingkung Padang Pariaman District with 281 students. In this research, the sampling technique is proportional random sampling with 27 students. In this research, there are two variables, are independent variable and the dependent variable. The independent variables are vocabulary mastery (X) and the dependent variable is the exposition text writing skills (Y). Conclusions of this research are as follows. First, vocabulary mastery of class X SMA Negeri 1 2x11 Enam Lingkung Padang Pariaman District with an average value of 73,17 which are in the category Lebih dari Cukup. Second, the writing skills exposition text of class X SMA Negeri 1 2x11 Enam Lingkung Padang Pariaman District with an average value of 70,98 which are in the category Lebih dari Cukup. Third, there is a relationship between the vocabulary mastery with writing skill exposition text of class X SMA Negeri 1 2x11 Enam Lingkung Padang Pariaman District because tcount&gt;ttable. The conclusion of this research is the vocabulary mastery is a factors that influence significantly the writing ability exposition text of class X SMA Negeri 1 2x11 Enam Lingkung Padang Pariaman District.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-108
Author(s):  
Ila Nafilah ◽  
Reni Rokhayati ◽  
Yulia Agustin

Writing skills are one of four language skills, three of which are reading, listening andspeaking. Writing is a means of expressing ideas or ideas to communicate indirectly to others so thatthe person understands them. There are four types of essays, which are essays of description,argumentation, persuasion and narrative. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach thatemphasizes the depth of appreciation of the interaction between concepts that are being studiedempirically using words or images. Research with this qualitative approach uses content analysismethod. The research method used to analyze the narrative essays is by using a qualitative methodthat focuses solely on morphological errors by examining the fields of affixation, reduplication,composition, and morphophonemic errors related to narrative essays of fifth grade students ofelementary school (SD). The purpose of this research is to analyze and obtain a clear picture ofmorphological errors in narrative essay writing skills of fifth grade elementary school students.Key Words: morphological errors, writing skills, narrative essays.


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