scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL THROUGH SEDONA METHOD

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Nur Qalby
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The objective of this research was to find out the improvement of content and organization in writing skill by using Sedona Method at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Batara, Gowa. The researcher used A Classroom Action Research (CAR). The Researcher had conducted two cycles, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. This classroom Action Research (CAR) was at The Eighth Grade of SMA Batara Gowa, Class XB. As the subject in this research was the X Grade with students’ number as about 29 students. The instruments were writing test and observation sheet. The application of Sedona Method can improve the students’ writing, especially in content and organization. This leads to the conclusion that application of Sedona Method was needed in the English Language teaching and learning in improve their competence to organize their idea. Sedona Method that was focused on the learners can engage the students to organize their ideas better than before. The findings of the research were (1) the students’ content achievement was improved 9.98% from diagnostic test to cycle 1 and was improve 10.03% from cycle I to cycle II (2) the students’ organization achievement was improving 8.63% from diagnostic test to cycle I and improved 10.03% from cycle I to Cycle II. From the description above it could conclude the improving of the students’ writing skill in the descriptive paragraph in terms of content and organization by using Sedona Method at the Tenth Grade of SMA Batara Gowa was improved.Keywords: Writing Skill, Sedona Method

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Writing Skill in Writing Paragraph through an Outline Technique

Curricula ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukarta Kartawijaya
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

<p><em>This research was classroom action research. Classroom action research was a research that was conducted by a teacher in order to find out solutions of any problems found during teaching and learning process. In this research, it was done to explain whether by using an outline technique could improve the students’ writing paragraph and also to investigate some factors that influenced the students in writing descriptive paragraph. This research was done at grade VIII B of SMP Negeri 6 Sungai Penuh in academic year 2017/2018. From the result of the test in this research, the result was increased in cycle and two. In cycle one, the mean score was 58.25% and it increased to 76.87%, it increased 18.63% point. It meant that teaching writing through outline improved the students’ writing skill. The improvements were also improved on the result of each sub-indicators of writing test between cycle 1 and 2. </em></p>

scholarly journals BRAIN-SKETCHING TECHNIQUE FOR DESCRIPTIVE TEXT IN IMPROVE WRITING SKILL AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF UNISMUH MAKASSAR

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Erwin Akib
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
The Brain

The research aimed at improving the ability of the Eleventh-grade students of Senior High School of Unismuh Makassar in writing descriptive text using the Brain-Sketching Technique. For the purpose, it employed Classroom Action Research in which the researcher worked in planning, implementation, observation, and reflection on the data collected from the teaching and learning process and the students' writing products. The method of this research is Classroom Action Research that consists of two cycles. One cycle consisted of four meetings. It means that there were eight meetings for two cycles. This classroom action research was done in Senior High School of Unismuh Makassar for English subject. As subjects in this research are class XI IPA 2 in 2012-2013 academic years which consists of 26 students. Those consisted of 14 women and 12 men. The instruments used were writing test and observation sheet. The study was conducted in a diagnostic test, cycle one and cycles two, each cycle was carried out in four meetings.  The objective of the research was intended to know the improvement of the students’ writing ability after using Brain-Sketching Technique at the Eleventh-grade students of Senior High School of Unismuh Makassar. The findings indicated that using Brain-Sketching Technique could improve the students' ability in writing descriptive text. Before giving implementation the researcher gave the students diagnostic test and the mean score of diagnostic test was 63.90 as classification “fairly good”. Then the researcher conducted the first cycle and the second cycles, and the result showed that the students' scores in the first and second cycles improved. In the first cycle, the mean score of students was 67.22 as classification “fairly good”, meanwhile the mean score of students in the second cycle was 71.41 as classification “good. It means that the improvement of students’ writing ability from D-Test to cycle I was 5.21%, the cycle I to cycle II was 6.22%, D- test to cycle II was 11.73%. Keywords: Brain-Sketching, Technique, Descriptive, Text, Writing.

scholarly journals Improving The Tenth Grade Students’ Writing Skill By Using Picture Series

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Dwi Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

AbstractAs a foreign language, English language is not easy to study by students in every grade. Many students cannot understand their materials because they have perception that studying English is very difficult for them. Writing is one of important components in language skills. On the other hand, it is considered difficult by learners including the students of SMA N 1 Sedayu especially class X IIS 3. The students’ writing achievement was still low. To solve this problem, the researcher did the classroom action research. The objectives of this research are describing the improvement of students’ writing skill through recount text using picture series, analyzing the students’ interests in writing skill through recount text using picture series, and finding out how far the improvement of the students using picture series in writing skill through recount text. This research involved 32 students from tenth grade of SMA N 1 Sedayu. In this research, to get the data researcher gave questionnaires, did observation, interview and tests. A classroom action research was used in this research to overcome student’s problem in writing skill. The mean in pre-test and post-test showed a different number. The mean of the pre-test was 61.7 which was still low score because the KKM is 75. Afterwards, the researcher conducted the next treatment, then did post-test and the mean of the students’ score was increased into 77,7. Besides, students also showed different interest in their learning English especially English writing skill.

scholarly journals MEDIA FOTO UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS DESKRIPSI SISWA SMA NEGERI 2 KEBUMEN

LingTera ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rina Tri Indrianingrum ◽  
Suwarna Suwarna
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan meningkatnya keterampilan menulis deskripsi berbahasa Jawa siswa kelas X SMA N 2 Kebumen dengan menggunakan pendekatan proses dan media foto. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas atau classroom action research. Desain yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah desain penelitian tindakan Kemmis dan Taggart. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dua siklus. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X2 SMA Negeri 2 Kebumen tahun pelajaran 2011/2012 yang berjumlah 32 siswa. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan observasi, catatan lapangan dan tes. Validitas yang digunakan adalah validitas demo-krasi, validitas proses dan validitas dialogis. Teknik yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data dalam penelitian tindakan ini adalah deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) siswa dapat menemukan ide lebih cepat, (2) siswa dapat membuat kerangka karangan, (3) siswa dapat mengembangkan kerang-ka karangan, (4) siswa dapat berpikir sistematis, (5) siswa semakin antusiasnya dalam mengikuti pembelajaran menulis karangan, (6) siswa paham melakukan proses mengarang. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PHOTOGRAPH MEDIA TO IMPROVE THE DESCRIPTION WRITING SKILL OF THE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 2 KEBUMEN   Abstract This research is aimed to describe and to explain the improvement in the description writing skill of the tenth grade students at SMA N 2 Kebumen by using  approach process and photography media. This research is classroom action research or classroom action research. The design used in this research was action research design by Kemmis and Taggart. The subject of the research was X2 class students at SMA Negeri 2 Kebumen in the academic year of 2011/2012, consisted of 32 students. The data collection was done by using observation, field notes and description during the time of the learning activity and also tests (pre test and post test). The validity used was democratic validity because the researcher truthfully collaborated either with the teacher and the students, the research also used process validity, marked by accuracy in the research process and dialogic validity can be shown that the research was implemented by having dialogue with the teacher and the collaborator to seek for critics and suggestion. Reliability in this action research was based on contextual and situational and localized. The technique used to analyze the data in this action research was descriptive. The monitoring on the learning process shows that (1) the students can find ideas faster, (2) the students can make essay framework, (3) the students can develop essay framework, (4) the students can think systematically, (5) the students are more enthusiastic in attending the learning of writing essay, (6) the students understand the process of writing essay. Keywords: photography media, description writing.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH DRAW LABEL CAPTION (DLC) TECHNIQUE

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Ika Sastrawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research

This research aimed at find out the improvement of the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from its content with unity and completeness, language use dealing with tense and preposition through DLC Technique at the eighth grade of MTs.Muhammadiyah Tongko. The technique of this research was a classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles in which every cycle consisted of four meetings. The instrument of the research was observation sheet and writing test indicated that the students have high score in writing achievement. The location of this research was taken at the eighth grade of MTs.Muhammadiyah Tongko with a number of the subject were 30 students. The research findings indicated that the application of DLC Technique was significant in improving the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from content and language use. It was proved by the mean score of cycle I was 63.99. It was classified as fair then improved to be 75.50. It was classified as good in cycle II. They are higher than the mean score of diagnostic test namely 50.99 that classified as poor. Therefore there was the improvement of the students’ writing descriptive paragraph viewed from its content with unity and completeness, and language use dealing with tense and preposition.

scholarly journals The Use of Podcast to Improve Students’ Speaking Competency of Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Amlapura in Academic Year 2015/2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
A S Daniati ◽  
Asril Mardjohan ◽  
K S Piscayanti
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Minimum Score ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this research was to improve students’ English speaking competency by using podcast in teaching and learning. This research was conducted in SMA Negeri 1 Amlapura, as the subject of the research was the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Amlapura, i.e. X MIA 1 class. The object of research was English speaking competency of X MIA 1 students. The method used in this study was Classroom Action Research minimum score. It can be concluded that the English competency of the X MIA 1 students could be improved by using podcast in English teaching and learning. In addition, the result of the questionnaire and observation in the classroom showed that the students were more motivated to learn by using podcast.

scholarly journals Using Picture Series to Improve the Students’ Ability in Speaking Narrative Text

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deena Dwi Aprilia ◽  
Sri Andreani
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Tenth Graders ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Speaking Performance

The research aimed at the use of picture series to improve the students’ speaking ability of tenth graders in narrative text. In accordance with the findings of preliminary study which showed that the students’ speaking performance was low, the researcher chose speaking as the focus skill to be improved. The skill was chosen because the students faced many difficulties to perform this skill, such as the lack of vocabulary, the coherence in speaking, and the difficulty to express the ideas. The study applied a classroom action research that was conducted in two cycles consisting of five meetings. The subject of this research was 34 tenth grade students of SMAN 4 Malang. The findings of the research revealed that using picture series improved the students’ speaking score in some aspects of speaking skills, comprising fluency, pronunciation, content, and coherence. Besides, it could make the student eager to be involved in the teaching and learning process.

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING THROUGH TEAMS-GAMES-TOURNAMENT TECHNIQUE

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramadhayani Fitri Nasution And Busmin Gurning
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The objective of this study was to investigate whether the application of Teams-Games-Tournament Technique improve the students achievement in Speaking. This study was an classroom action research. The subject of this study was class XI IPA 3 SMA Muhammadiyah 8 Kisaran which consists of 35 students. The study was conducted in two cycles, cycle I consisted of three meetings and cycle II was consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative (oral speaking test) and qualitative data (observation sheet and diary note). Based on speaking scores, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation and based on observation sheet and diary note, it was found that teaching and learning process ran well. Students could enlarge their thinking process. The result of this study showed that Teams-Games-Tournament improved students’ achievement in speaking.

IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT IN WITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH MAKE A MATCH METHOD

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Lely Lumban Gaol And Johan Sinulingga
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Match Method ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Vocabulary Achievement

This study is concerned with the improving student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text through Make a Match Method. The objective of this study was to discover whether the use of Make a Match Method could significantly improve students’ vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study was students of SMA Negeri 1 Pollung which consisted of 34 students. The instruments for collecting data were descriptive writing test, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet, and diary notes. The techniques for data analysis were quantitative and qualitative. It was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic and interested on writing descriptive text. The result of this study showed that the use of Make a Match Method significantly improved student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text.

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