scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Guided Reciprocal Peer Questioning (GRPQ) in Teaching Writing Viewed from Creativity

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Furqon Edi Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Free Writing ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject

The research method was experimental. The subject of the research is the second grade students of science 1 and the second grade students of science 2. Each of them consists of 30 students. The second grade students of science 2 are as experimental class who were taught using GRPQ technique and the second grade students of science 1 are as control class who were taught using Free Writing technique. The data were in the form of quantitative data and they were taken from a test. They are the scores of students’ writing test after having nine times treatment for each class. The researcher analyzed the data using ANOVA or analysis of variance and Tukey test. Based on the result of data analysis, the research findings are: (1) The GRPQ technique is more effective than Free Writing technique to teach writing for the second grade students of senior high school; (2) The writing skill achievement of the students having high creativity is better than that of those having low creativity; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity. Based on these research findings, it can be concluded that GRPQ technique is an effective technique to improve the writing skill of the second grade students of senior high school.

scholarly journals The Students' Ability in Writing English Exposition Texts: Descriptive Study at the Second Grade of Senior High School of Hangtuah 3 Mataram in Academic Year 2016-2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Muslimin Muslimin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Academic Year

The population of this research was the second-grade students of SMA 3 Hangtuah Mataram in academic year 2015/2016 which consist of 2 classes. It means that all of the population was 30 students and this population makes sample 30 students’. The thesis aimed to find out the student’s ability in writing English exposition text: descriptive study at the second grade of senior high school of Hangtuah 3 Mataram in academic year 2015/2016. The researcher took 30 students of the second years' students of Hangtuah 3 Mataram to be respondents/sample, the population only two classes consists of 30 students. In collecting data, the researcher used a writing test. The students were asked to make a paragraph in exposition text. The data analysis, the students score was found that student’s ability in writing English exposition text as good in 2 class (30 students), in this case, in class 2 there are no students got excellent , 20 students got good level (67%), 8 students got very good criteria (26%), and 2 students got fairly good criteria (7%). Based on the result above it can be concluded that the students' ability in writing English exposition text 20 students “good” criteria or 67%.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GENERATING INTERACTION BETWEEN SCEMATA AND TEXT (GIST) TO TEACH WRITING VIEWED FROM STUDENTS’ INTELLIGENCE

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuri Ati Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
High Intelligence ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

The  research  method  was  quasi  experimental  research  by  using  simple  factorial design  2x2.  The  population  in  this  research  was  the  second  grade  students  of  English Teaching Department of IKIP PGRI Madiun. The writer used cluster random sampling to get the sample. It consists of 60 students which were divided into two classes, II D consisting 30 students as a control class and II B consisting 30 students as an experimental class. The instruments  used to  collect  the data were  writing test  to  get  the score  of writing skill. Documentation was used to get the data of students’   intelligence. Before the instruments were used, the tryout was done to know the validity and readiability of instruments. The writer analyzed the data in term of their frequency distribution, normality, and homogeneity. Then,  the  data  were  analyzed  by  using  multifactoral  analysis  2X2.The  findings  in  this research lead to some conclusions: (1) GIST is more effective than DI for teaching writing; (2) The students having high intelligence have better writing skill than the students having low intelligence; and (3) There is an  interaction between teaching strategies and students’ intelligence for teaching writing. The effect of teaching strategies on the students’writing skill depends on the students’intelligence.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL USING GRAMMALY APPLICATION FOR SECOND GRADE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Sri Fahmi ◽  
Cynantia Rachmijati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Written Form ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One

Writing is the most important skill in learning a language. Through writing is a way to express student’s ideas, but most students are still deeply mistaken in spelling, grammar, vocabulary and also punctuation. The one way to fix it is to give the students solution with a tool that can help and guide to show their mistake. This research aim of improving students writing skills using Grammarly application. By using Grammarly students are guided to find out students' errors and how to fix it and improve their writing skills using Grammarly application, especially in second grade in senior high school. This research used a qualitative method through pre-test and posttest. The subject of this research is consists of 32 students in second grade in senior high school. The research finding that’s after using Grammarly application can improve student’s ability in writing and express what their thought and felt. It suggested that students should be confident in conveying their ideas into written form as well as maximizing this Grammarly application to help them find errors in writing and can find the correct one. It is recommended that teachers give more serious attention errors of students in writing because of solving. Keywords:  Writing Skill, Grammarly Application

scholarly journals Film as A Media Used by Teachers to Teach Writing for Tertiary Level Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-192
Author(s):  
Ardayati Ardayati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

The aim of this research was to find out whether or not it was significantly effective to use film as a media in teaching writing for tertiary level students. This study used preexperimental method which was focused on writing skill at the eleventh grade students of Senior High School Tugumulyo. The writer formulated two hypotheses; they were null hypothesis (Ho) and the alternative hypothesis (Ha). There were 352 students from nine classes as the population of this study. The sample was taken through cluster random sampling. The result was XI IA.2 class which consisted of 37 students. In this case, the writer collected the data by using writing test. Based on the findings, the result showed that tobtained was 6.38 where ttable was 1.697. It showed that tobtained was higher than ttable (tobtained more than ttable). Finally, the writer concludes that it was significantly effective to use film as  media in teaching writing at the eleventh grade students of Senior High School Tugumulyo. Keywords: teaching writing, film, media.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING PROCESS WRITING APPROACH AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK GRAFIKA GOWA MAKASSAR

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
St Asriati ◽  
Maharida Maharida
Keyword(s):  
Writing Process ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Process Writing ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Writing Process Approach

The research questions of this research were how is the improvement of students’ skill in writing descriptive text views from its grammar through writing process approach at the second grade (TKJ Department) of SMK Grafika Pallangga, how is the improvement of students’ skill in writing descriptive text views from its organization through writing process approach at the second grade (TKJ Department) students of SMK Grafika Pallangga, and how is the activeness of students in writing descriptive text through writing process approach at the second grade (TKJ Department) students of SMK Grafika Pallangga. The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR). The aimed of this research were to find out the improvement of students’ writing skill and their activeness in the learning process through Writing Process Approach.Two cycles had been conducted, where each cycle consisted of four meetings. It employed writing test as the instrument. A number of subjects of the research were 42 students in the second grade (TKJ Department) conducted of 19 women and 23 men. The researcher took real data from the school to know the students’ writing skill. The results of the student's writing test in cycle 1 and cycle 2 had increased in different scores. There was increasing by students at the end action of the second cycle. The research findings indicated that use of writing process approach could increase the students’ writing skill. The means scores of students in Diagnostic test was 59.84 became 66.38 in cycle 1, and after revision in the cycle 2 the mean score in cycle 2 was 70.79 by implemented of descriptive text. The successful of minimal criteria (KKM) was 65 while cycle 1, there were 2 (4.76%) students get poor, 27 (64.29%) get fair, and 13 (30.95%) get good meant that students who achieved the successful minimal criteria (KKM) more than a half of them. In cycle 2 there was 25 (59.52%) get fair and 17 (40.48%) get fair.Keywords: Writing approach, students, and descriptive.

Students’ Understanding of Generic Structure of the Text and the Quality of Writing: A Correlational Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Atikah Wati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Statistical Calculation ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Generic Structure ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Correlational Research

Indriyani et al, (2013) stated that many students had dificulty in understanding the generic structure of analytical exposition text. Therefore, the present study tried to investigate the correlation between students understanding in writing generic structure of analytical exposition and the quality of students’ writing in second grade of senior hight school. Grounded in explanatory correlational research design by Creswell (2011), this study conducted over two weeks in one of senior high school in Indramayu. Close-ended questionnaire and writing test were instruments to collect the data and it was analyzed  by using SPSS 22. The statistical calculation from students understanding in writing generic stucture of the text and writing test indicated that the value of tcount was 3.23 and the value of ttable was 0.361. It can be concluded that the hypothesis was accepted because tcount 3.23 > ttable 0.361. The finding reveal that there was middle correlation or middle prediction in students understanding of generic structure of analytical exposition and students writing quality with the score 0,52.

scholarly journals The Correlation Between Students’ Creativity And Their Writing Skill At Ma Nw Peseng

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Salim ◽  
Tawali Tawali ◽  
Sudirman Sudirman ◽  
Wari’ah Wari’ah
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Verbal Creativity ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

This research was aimed to find out the correlation between students’ creativity and their writing skill. The kind of this research was simple correlational study (quantitative approach). The population of this research was 77 of the second grade students of MA NW Peseng. The sample of this research was 21 consist of one class. The sample technique that used in this research was cluster random sampling technique by using lottery. The intruments that was used in this research were tests, that were verbal creativity test and writing test. Then the technique that used in analyzing the data was Pearson Product Moment formula. From the research, the r of xy score was higher than r-table (0.829>0.456) in 5% and 1% level of significance. Based on the result of this research, it could be concluded that there was a significant correlation between students’ creativity and their writing skill meant Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and Null hypothesis (H0) was rejected.     

scholarly journals The Assessment of Students’ English Writing Skill at SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu Depok

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Mulyadi Mulyadi ◽  
Siti Nurani ◽  
Nurul Frijuniarsi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Senior High School Students

<p>The aim of this research is to analyze empirically English writing skill of Senior High School students. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The population of this research is the second grade students from SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu in Depok. The sample was taken through simple random sampling of which 25 students as samples of this research. For collecting the data, the instruments used in this research were writing test and interview. The writing test was conducted to obtain the writing skill indicators, while the interview was carried out to elicit information of students’ problems in writing. The result of this research explained that students’ English writing skill was definitely good at SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu Depok. There were 88% of students with scores more than 50 and only 12 % with scores less than 50. In conclusion, the students’ writing skill at SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu is considered to be high category in English writing skill.</p>

scholarly journals Learning through Watching: Using Animation Movie to Improve Students’ Writing Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Dea Silvani
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test

<p><em>Writing is often considered as a complicated skill to master. In order to be able to write effectively, there are several aspects to consider, which often make students face some problems in composing a written text. Thus, the use of the appropriate instructional media is necessary to help students overcome those problems, and enhance their writing ability. This classroom action research aims to investigate the improvement of students’ writ</em><em>ing</em><em> skill</em><em> </em><em>through the use of animation movie as the instructional media. The participants of this research were two observers and </em><em>38</em><em> second grade senior high school</em><em> students</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>This research used observation as the technique of collecting the qualitative data about the teaching and learning process, which then analyzed by using </em><em>thematic analysis. Meanwhile, writing tests were used to obtain the quantitative data about the students’ scores </em><em>o</em><em>n the test given at the end of the cycles. Descriptive statistics are used to analyse the quantitative data obtained in  this study. The research result showed that their average scores increased from the pre-test (75.68), to the post test in cycle 1 (78.71) and the post- test in cycle 2 (83.55). It indicated that their writing skill was also increased. Therefore, the use of animation movie in English class can improve the second grade senior high school students’ writing skill</em><em>.</em></p>

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