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

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%.

Author(s):  
Furqon Edi Wibowo

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.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Ujang Supriadi

This research is aimed to find out whether or not using Fantasy Stories Technique  Toward Students’ Creativity in Writing is effective. The research was experimental research and the design used was used one group pre-test  post-test design. The population of the study was the second grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Praya Timur which consisted of only one class with 25 students’. So, the researcher took all the number of population as the sample. The data were collected by using pre-test and post-test. The instrument of this research used was writing test. The technique that was used to analyse the data was t-test formula. From the data analysis, it was found that the result of t-test (2,296) was higher than t-table (1,711) at the significant level = 0,05 and the number of degree of freedom (df) = 24. Therefore. Based on the result of the analysis. It can be concluded that Fantasy Stories Technique  Towards Students’ Creativity in Writing at the Second Grade Students’of  SMAN 1 Praya Timur in academic year 2017/ 2018 is effective.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Atikah Wati

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Ammang Latifa ◽  
Rafi'ah Nur ◽  
Ahmad Rizal

This research explored the use of the ICARE Model to studying the writing ability at the Senior high school in Parepare. ICARE includes five essential elements of a good learning experience, can be applied to children, teenagers, and parents, namely Introduction, Connection, Application, Reflection, and Extension. This research involved a population from Senior high school in Parepare in the academic year 2015/2016. The students consist of two classes, an experimental class, and a control class. Each class consists of 36 students. This research utilized a cluster random sampling technique to select the sample. The instrument used in this research is the writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The research reveals that there was a significant increase in students writing ability. This finding indicates that the mean score of the post-test of the experimental group is getting much better than the control class. It meant that using ICARE developed the students' ability in writing, and the writing component increased the highest is in the vocabulary aspect.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Juliantina Juliantina

The purposes of this study whether there is differentiate between students taught by using scramble games will be increasing students’ vocabulary or not. After collecting data by pre test, and post  test the result of data analysis showed that the first experimant gained t count = 3,21 >ttable = 2,39 with the significant was 5% and (t count = 3,21 >t table = 1,67) with the significant was 1%, and the second experiment showed that (t count = 3,52 >ttable =2,39) with the significant was 5% and (t count =3,52 >t table =1,67) with the significant was 1%. It meant that there was a significant increasing students’vocabulary at the eleventh grade of SMAN 4 Binjai. Based on the research above, the writer wants to take research at the second grade of Senior High School at SMAN 4 Binjai. The researcher focused his research in improving vocabulary ability through scrabble game.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Evis Sumilia ◽  
Hilda Puspita ◽  
Elfrida Elfrida

Abstract: The aims of this research were to find out kinds of student response and the most dominant response used by the second grade students in Senior High School. The researcher was designed as a descriptive quantitative research. The population of the research was second grade student in Senior High School 8 Bengkulu. The samples were 60 students. The data were collected by using a set of questionnaire. There were 25 statements of students’ responses which consisted of five aspects by Moskowitzs in Brown (2001). They were student response (specific), student response (open-ended or student initiated), confusion, silence and nonverbal. The result of this study showed the students of Senior High School 8 Bengkulu preferred to use five aspects of the student response i.e., student response (specific), student response (open-ended or student initiated), confusion, silence and nonverbal. In addition, the most dominant response used by the student is student response (specific). The student more interested in using response specific in answering the teacher question. Keywords:  Students’ Responses, Teachers’ Questions, Classroom Interaction


Author(s):  
Fajar Syahru Romadhon

<p><em>The purpose of this research is to improve thematic learning outcomes through the Kahoot application. This research is a classroom action research (PTK) which was conducted in 3 cycles. The research was conducted in three cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages, namely planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. This research was conducted on second grade students at SD Negeri Margasari 03, Margasari District, Tegal Regency with a total of 29 students. Research time was conducted from October to November 2020. The data collection technique used tests. Data analysis consisted of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. Research shows the use of the Kahoot application can improve the learning outcomes of the theme 3 of my daily tasks in class II SD Negeri Margasari 03 Academic Year 2020/2021 as evidenced by the percentage of completeness of learning outcomes in cycle I, namely 76%, in cycle II it increases to 83% and cycle III to 90%.</em></p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Ullya Muflihatin ◽  
Nur Islami ◽  
Fakhruddin Z

 This research aims to describe and find out the increase in students' understanding of concepts in the indicators of translation, interpretation, and extrapolation in class X SMA 9 Pekanbaru by applying evidence based learning (EBL) learning models to the momentum and impulse material. This type of research is a quasi experimental. The research population was students of class X SMA 9 Pekanbaru in the Academic Year 2018/2019. The research sample consisted of 2 classes totaling 72 students, of which the experimental class X IPA3 and the control class X IPA6. Research data based on posttest scores understanding the concept of momentum and impulse material, obtained after the implementation of the learning model is given. Data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially to see an increase in students' understanding of concepts. The results of data analysis obtained an increase in students' understanding of the concept of class X IPA3 reaching 71.73% with the category of understanding the average concept is good, while the results of inferential analysis, there is a significant increase in understanding of the concept of momentum and impulse material. Thus, the application of evidence based learning models is effective in increasing students' understanding of concepts in the material momentum and impulses in class X3 SMA 9 Pekanbaru.


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