scholarly journals The Effect of Using Pairwork Activity To Improve Students' Ability In Writing Paragraph

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Ina Daril Hanna ◽  
Sitti Mukamilah
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Pair Work

Writing skill  can encourage the students’ vocabulary enrichment, achieve the ability of students’ feeling, ideas, opinion, and express anything in their mind. This research is conducted because of some problems, they were : the students had difficulty in composing a good paragraph, need a speciffic activity that can help the students’ to improve student’s English writing ability in MA.Miftahul Qulub Polagan Galis Pamekasan, exactly writing descriptive paragraph. The purpose of the study are: To know the students taught using pair work activity have higher achievement on writing paragraph of the grade x students of MA Miftahul Qulub Pamekasan and to measure the significant effect of pair work activity use on writing paragraph of the gradex students in MA Miftahul Qulub Polagan Galis Pamekasan. The reserach was analysed by using quantitative method of experimental reserach design, and is implemented some kind of instruments such as, test (pre-test and post-test), observation and documentation. The result of this research showed that the students are taught by pair work activity have higher achievement on the students’ writing at the X grade of MA  Miftahul Qulub Polagan Galis Pamekasan. Besause t-observed 3.405 > t-table 2.009 so Ha is accepted. It has also significant effect of pairwork activity on writing paragraph of students at the X grade in MA Miftahul Qulub Polagan Galis Pamekasan. Because the significance is (0,001) < 0,05. It can concluded Ha is accepted. Keywords : Pairwork Activity, Writing Ability, Descriptive Paragraph. Abstrak Kemampuan menulis bisa mendorong penguasaan kosa kata siswa , dan mencapai kemampuan untuk mengungkapkan kesan,ide-ide, pendapat siswa serta segala sesuatu yang ada di pikiran mereka. Penelitian ini diadakan berdasarkan beberapa masalah, seperti: siswa menghadapi kesulitan dalam mengarang sebuah paragraf sempurna, butuh acktivitas khusus untuk membantu siswa meningkatkan kemampuan menulisdalam bahasa inggris di MA Miftahul Qulub Polagan Galis Pamekasan, dalam hal ini penulisan paragraf deskriptif. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah siswa yang diajar dengan menggunakan aktivitas Pairwork mempunyai pencapaian lebih tinggi dalam kemampuan menulis paragraf pada siswa kelas X MA Miftahul Qulub Pamekasan dan juga mengukur pengaruh signifikan dari aktivitas Pairwork yang digunakan dalam kemampuan menulis paragraf siswa kelas X MA Miftahul Qulub Polagan Galis Pamekasan. Penelitian ini dianalisis menggunakan metode kuantitatif dari desain penelitian eksperimen murni dan menerapkan beberapa instrumen seperti tes (pre-test - post-test), observasi, dan dokumentasi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa yang diajar dengan aktivitas Pairwork mendapatkan pencapaian lebih tinggi dalam kemampuan menulis siswa kelas X MA Miftahul Qulub Pamekasan, karena T-hitung 3.405 > T-tabel 2.009 sehingga Ha diterima. Dan juga terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari penggunaan aktivitas Pairwork dalam kemampuan menulis paragraf siswa kelas X MA Miftahul Qulub Pamekasan karena terdapat signifikansi (0.001) < 0.05 sehingga bisa disimpulkan bahwa Ha diterima.

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN DRAW LABEL CAPTION (DLC) AND DRILL TECHNIQUE TOWARD ENGLISH WRITING ABILITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 252
Author(s):  
Fitri Palupi Kusumawati
Keyword(s):  
Effective Technique ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Study Researcher ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Suitable Technique

Writing ability is one of the important parts that should be learnt in the school. Writing can be said that it is very important for the students, because the students can express their ideas and cxperience in writing form. The teachers should always look for which one suitable technique to be applied to the students, in order to make the students interested in learning writing, they are Draw-Label-Caption (DLC) and Drill Technique. In this research, the researcher will compares DLC and Drill techniques that are the most effective technique to improve the students’ writing ability.In this experimental research, there are 3 variables. That are 1). Draw-Label-Caption (DLC) technique as the first independent variable. 2). Drill technique as the second independent variable. 3) Writing skill as the dependent variable. The method that is used in this research is test. Students are asked to write the text in English based on predetermined theme. In this study, researcher uses pre-test and post-test. Based on the data analysis the researcher gets the result of Based on the calculation, it is found that: 1) Fratio = 7,5 and Ftable at significance level 1% is 7,08 and at significance 5% is 4,00. At this point the researcher finds that Fratio is bigger than Ftable. The researcher concludes that there is difference of students’ English writing ability through DLC and Drill technique. 2) Fratio = 37,7 at the same signifficance level. So there is difference of students’ English writing ability through DLC and Drill technique.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Webtoon to Develop Students’ Writing Skill in Narrative Text Of Tenth Grader In SMK PGRI 13 Surabaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Nova Ratnasari ◽  
Linda Mayasari ◽  
Sulton Dedi Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Average Score ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Learning English

There are four main skills in learning English, writing, listening, reading, and speaking. In this research, the researcher focused on writing narrative text for tenth grader students of SMK PGRI 13 Surabaya. The medium that is used in this research is webtoon. It is kind of comic series which has picture and narration so it can be make the students learn how to write narrative text easier. The purpose of this research is to find out the effectiveness of webtoon in developing students’ writing skill in narrative text. The researcher used quantitative method and the data were collected through pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. The researcher used two classes, experimental class and control class to do this research. After the data were collected and calculated, the result showed that the average of score got an increasing. Before getting treatment, the average score of experimental class was 55 and after getting treatment, the average score was becoming 69. Furthermore, based on the students’ response, it showed that mostly the students agreed that webtoon is useful to use in learning English, especially writing skill so webtoon can be effective to develop students’ writing skill in narrative text.

scholarly journals The Use of Macromedia Flash Animation to Enhance Students’ English Writing Skill at the Seventh Grade of SMP Yapis 1 Fakfak-West Papua

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Wa Lisda ◽  
Muhammad Asfah Rahman ◽  
Haryanto Atmowardoyo
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

This research is conducted to find out: (1) whether the use of  Macromedia Flash Animation  enhance  students'  writing  skill  or  not;  (2)  the  students'  interest  in English writing class using Macromedia flash animation; (3) whether student's interest have relationship to student's writing ability or not. The research employs the quasi-experimental method. The sample consists of 51 students which belongs to two groups; 27 students in the experimental group and 24 students in the control group. The data are collected by writing test (pre-test and post-test) and questionnaire which is analyzed through SPSS 20.0. In conducting the research, the researchers applies Macromedia Flash Animation as the medium to the experimental group while the teacher in the control group uses power point presentation. The research results indicated that Macromedia Flash Animation can enhance students' English writing skill at the seventh-grade students of SMP Yapis 1 Fakfak-West Papua in academic year 2014/2015. Although the mean score of the experimental group is higher than the mean score of the control group, it does not show a significant difference (73.93>70.33). Therefore, based on pair test, the result shows that the mean score of pre-test and post-test in the experimental group are significantly different (55.41-73.93). Moreover, based on the students' response on  the  questionnaire,  it  is  found  that  the  mean  score  is  80.15  which  was categorized “interested”. The Pearson’s r for correlation shows that the correlation coefficient between students’ interest and students’ writing ability is 0.891, with the sig. (2 tailed) value is less than 0.05 indicates that there is a strong, significant and positive correlation between students’ interest and students’ writing ability. Specifically,  the  research  result  indicates  that  Macromedia  flash  animation  is interesting and effective to enhance students’ writing skill. Key words: Macromedia flash animation, writing skill, interest.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING SCAFFOLDING TECHNIQUE TO THE SEVENTH GRADERS OF SMP BOPKRI GODEAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rika Rimawati ◽  
Hermayawati Hermayawati
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Seventh Graders ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Test Cycle ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Scaffolding Technique

The background of the study was based on the phenomenon at the seventh graders of the SMP BOPRI Godean. Learning English especially writing skill were still low in mastering vocabulary, sentence structure, and paragraph organizing. The research aimed (1) to analyze the students’ writing by using scaffolding technique; (2) to describe the improvement of the students’ writing skill by using scaffolding technique; and (3) to find out the students’ interests in writing skill by using scaffolding technique. To solve the problem, the researcher conducted Classroom Action Research and applied scaffolding technique in teaching English to improve student’s ability in writing skill. The participants of this research were the 14 students of the seventh graders of SMP BOPKRI Godean. In this study, the researcher conducted a scaffolding technique of teaching writing descriptive text in three cycles by using scaffolding model adapted from Silvia Read. The five steps in scaffolding technique by Silvia Read were inquiry, modeling, shared, collaborative, and independent. The researcherexpected that the students could improve their writing skill by using the scaffolding technique and interested in English writing skill. The result of this study was showed by pre-test and post-test. In pre-test, the students’ average score was 49, whereas in the students’ post-test cycle one, the students’ average score was 64. In the second cycle, the students’ average score was 75.9. Finally, the researcher could conclude that the result of this research showed an improvement of the students’ writing skills by using scaffolding technique.

scholarly journals إعداد مادة تعليم مهارة الكتابة على أساس الأنماط اللغوية (بحث تطويري لمادة الكتابة 1 لطلبة قسم تعليم اللغة العربية بجامعة سونان أمبيل الإسلامية الحكومية سورابايا)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Bahauddin Bahauddin
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Language Pattern ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Questions

This paper is aimed to arrange teaching material for writing which will enable students to enhance their writing ability by arranging sentences through language pattern (al-anmat al-lughawiyyah). For this purpose to achieve, it is formulated three research questions as follows: 1) how is the composition of teaching material for writing skill that is based on language pattern for PBA students of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, 2) how is that teaching material of writing that is based on language pattern implememented for students of PBA department UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, 3) to what extent is the effectiveness of the teaching material implementation to enhance the ability of arranging sentences through language pattern among  the students of PBA department UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.To answer all those questions, this study employes mixed methods:  quantitative through descriptive analysis approach, research and development (R&D), and also the experimental one. Indeed, it aims to examine the effectiveness of students'exercise score based on their pre and post test. Besides, as the population taken is 2nd semester students of PBA department of UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, it was taken 19 of them to be the samples of this study. At the end, this study shows that the proposed hypothesis is acceptable. It however means that the implementation of teaching material designed to enhance students' writing skill through language pattern is effective for students of PBA department UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. As counted, the result of pretest was 7.15 and 7.94 for the post test. It  fruitfully means that the teaching material that is developed through language pattern is effective to enhance students'writing ability

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING COMPOSITION (CIRC) ON STUDENTS’ WRITING CRITICAL ESSAY

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Batdal Niati ◽  
Ummi Rasyidah
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Small Group Discussion ◽  
Critical Essay ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
English Students

Essay is the most essential part in writing critical essay. It is one of the subjects that learned by English students. CIRC is a method to improve students’ writing ability. Cooperative integrated reading composition (CIRC) was implemented on students’ writing skill through quasi experimental research; post-test only group design. Sample of the research was thirty nine students. Writing test was used to collect the data and analyzed by using independent t-test. The finding was students who were taught by cooperative integrated reading composition (CIRC) had better scores of writing critical essay than those who were taught by small group discussion. It meant that CIRC give an effect toward students to improve their writing skill.

scholarly journals IMPELEMENTING PADLET APPLICATION TO IMPROVE WRITING ABILITY IN ENGLISH WRITING SKILL FOR NON ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sri Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
English Department ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Writing Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study is aimed to know teaching learning process in writing by using padlet application for Primary Education Department’s students whether there is improvement of students writing English skill by using that application. Subject of this research was third semester students of Primary Education Department. This is a Classroom Action Research. In collecting the data, the writer  used some techniques: observation, interview, and writing test. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Result of this research were: those application can be implemented as online writing practices every time that made students ability improve, the situation of wall in padlet can stimulate students to explore idea because they could upload video, recording, or picture suitable with topic that can support their writing. Students improvement in writing can be seen from postest score in every cycles. Based on the results above, it can be concluded that implementing padlet application can improve students Non English Department’ writing skill.

scholarly journals Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis: Does the Positive Transfer in Writing Skill Occur in Lower Level Students?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 1606
Author(s):  
Beby Maharani Masyitha ◽  
Utami Widiati ◽  
Ekaning Dewanti Laksmi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Positive Transfer ◽  
Language Transfer ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Interdependence Hypothesis

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> Language transfer always becomes an interesting topic to discuss in SLA. From the two types of language transfer take place in the process of language learning, this research aims to investigate the positive transfer occurs in junior high school students’ writing skill. The two languages to be involved in this research, Indonesian as L1 and English as L2. The analysis of the positive transfer within writing skill in this research is carried out under the theory of ‘Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis’ proposed by Cummins. Correlational research design is employed to analyze the correlation between the students’ L1 (Indonesian) writing ability and L2 (English) writing ability. The analysis result shows that the positive transfer in students’ writing does not exist. This happens due to the lack of exposure that the students have in practicing L2 (English) writing.</p><strong>Abstrak:<em> </em></strong>Transfer bahasa selalu menjadi topik yang menarik untuk dibicarakan dalam pemerolehan bahasa kedua. Dari dua jenis transfer bahasa yang terjadi dalam proses pembelajaran bahasa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi transfer positif yang terjadi dalam keterampilan menulis siswa SMP. Ada dua bahasa yang dilibatkan dalam penelitian ini, yaitu bahasa bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Analisis transfer positif dalam keterampilan menulis pada penelitian ini mengacu pada teori ‘<em>Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis</em>’ yang digagas oleh Cummins. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode korelasional untuk menganalisis korelasi kemampuan menulis siswa dalam bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada transfer positif yang terjadi dalam tulisan siswa. Hal ini terjadi karena kurangnya pajanan yang diterima siswa untuk mengasah keterampilan menulis dalam bahasa Inggris.

scholarly journals 3 Steps Writing Strategy: Imitating-Reworking-Developing to Attract Interest in Writing Descriptive Writing in Improving Students Writing Ability

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Lisa Rakhmanina
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Law Faculty ◽  
Writing Strategy ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to find out whether 3-step-writing strategy could have a significant impact on the students 'writing results in descriptive writing and also to find out whether there is an impact of the interaction between 3-step-writing strategy on students' writing interest. The population in this study were Law Faculty students in the 2017-2018 academic year with a total of 25 students. In this study, sampling using purposive techniques that took two classes as samples and divided into two groups, namely: Experimental Group and Control Group. The Experimental Group learned to Write Descriptive by using 3-step-writing strategy. Data was collected by conducting tests (pre and post-tests) and questionnaires. The data obtained were analyzed using the T Test and Two-Way Anova Test with the help of the SPSS 22 Program. It showed significant different on students` English Writing achievement from pre-test to post-test and also from experimental and control group. Students also showed great interest on English Writing of Descriptive text by applying 3-step-writing strategy. It means that 3-step-writing strategy could improve students` English writing skill and could also  empower students to learn more.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIND-MAPPING TOWARDS STUDENTS' WRITING SKILL

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Edi Firman ◽  
Fathurrahman Imran
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Inferential Analysis ◽  
Academic Year

This research was intended to analyze the effect of mind mapping towards students writing skill at the second semester students of FPBS IKIP Mataram in academic year 2015/2016. This study was quasi experimental research, where the sample was cluster randomly selected with the total number of sample was 65 students which were divided into 2 classes; 29 students were in the control group and there were 36 students belong to experimental group. In order to collect the research data, the writer used writing test to comprehend the students’ ability in managing text based on mind mapping concept. After the data was obtained, then it was analyzed by applying descriptive statistical analysis and inferential analysis. Regarding to the data analysis it was found that the students’ ability before treatment was 69.72 in the significant level 95%. On post-test data analysis, the students mean writing ability increased into 77.22. The inferential analysis or hypothesis testing also proved that the t-test was higher than t-table in the significant level 95% (α =0.05) and degree of freedom 63 (4.158 > 2.000) with ρ value (sig.) 0.00 < 0.05. It was clearly claimed that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) which stated that mind-mapping was effective towards students writing at second semester students of FPBS IKIP Mataram in academic year 2015/2016 was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) that said main-mapping is not effective toward students writing at second semester students of FPBS IKIP Mataram in academic year 2015/2016 was rejected. Those data evidently proved that mind mapping was effective towards students writing especially at second semester students of FPBS IKIP Mataram in academic year 2015/2016.

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