scholarly journals Using Instagram to Improve Students’ Ability and Interest in Writing Descriptive Paragraph

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-24
Author(s):  
Saipul Renaldi
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Academic Year

This research aimed at finding out the improvement of the students’ writing ability and interest by using Instagram as media. To find out the improvements, the writer used pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design and questionnaire. The population of this research was the eleventh-grade students’ at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Unismuh Makassar, academic year 2017/2018. The sample was class XI IPA taken by purposive sampling technique which consisted of 10 students. It employed five meetings (one meeting for pre-test, three meetings for treatment, and one meeting for post-test and questionnaire). It employed writing test as instrument. The research findings indicated that the application of using Instagram was effective in improving the students’ writing skill in term of content and organization. It was proved by the value of the total t-test was 6.30, which was higher than the value of t-table (1.833). This indicated that (H1) was accepted, and (H0) was rejected. It means that there was a significant difference of the students’ writing skill before and after using Instagram in classroom. The students’ interest in writing also improved after the treatment. It was shown by students’ answers in the questionnaire. Most students gave positive respons toward the use of instagram to improve their interst in writing, even they think that this method can be applied in classroom to attract their attention and interest. Therefore, this research is very useful for learning process as a reference for teachers to teach in classroom.

scholarly journals The Use of Suggestopedia to Develop Students’ Writing Skill in English : A Case of the Seventh Grade Students of SMP N 2 Mranggen in Academic Year 2014 / 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizka Yuliani
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Essay Test ◽  
Academic Year

This study is concerned with the improvement of the students’ mastery of writing skill of SMP N 2 Mranggen who are taught by using suggestopedia. The main objectives of this research are: (1) To find out the students’ writing ability, before being taught using suggestopedia method, (2) To find out the students’ writing ability, after being taught using suggestopedia method, (3) To find out the difference of the students’ writing ability, before and after being taught using suggestopedia method. This study is a pre experimental research, which uses one class as the experiment class in 7B of SMP N 2 Mranggen. The population of the research is the seventh grade students of SMP N 2 Mranggen. The writer used pre-test and post-test to find out the differences between the students’ research who were taught by suggestopedia in SMP N 2 Mranggen. The instrument of this research was essay test. The test was to measure students’ mastery of writing descriptive text in SMP N 2 Mranggen. There is significant difference  in writing skill on descriptive text of the seventh grade students of SMP N 2 Mranggen in the academic year 2014 / 2015 after and before they had been taught by using suggestopedia. It can be seen from the result difference  of ttest and ttable. The result of ttable and ttest  is got 2,04 < 12,52 >  2,75. From this result ttest is higher than ttable.. In conclusion, teaching using suggestopedia to improve students’ writing skill is effective. The fact that, the students’ ability increased and they can make a descriptive text well. It means that using suggestopedia can help students to improve their writing skill.

scholarly journals STORY CIRCLE TECHNIQUE TO HELP NON-ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Aziz Rifaat
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Nursing Science ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
English Major ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this study was to find out the significant difference of the students in writing achievement before and after using Story Circle technique. The second objective was to find out the improvement of the students in writing achievement before and after Story Circle technique. The pre-experimental method through one group pre test-post test design was used in this study. The population and sample of the study was all 3rd semester students of S1 Nursing Science program at STIK Siti Khadijah Palembang in academic year 2018/2019. The total number of the population and sample was 35 students. The sample was taken by using total sampling technique. The tests were administrated twice as pre-test and post-test. After the pre-test was administered, the treatment was implemented. The post test was given after the treatment. The results of the tests were analyzed by using t-test through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) program. The result of the study showed that there was a significant difference of the students in writing achievement before and after implementing Story Circle technique. It can be concluded that Story Circle technique could improve 3rd semester students’ writing achievement at of S1 Nursing Science program at STIK Siti Khadijah Palembang in academic year 2018/2019.

scholarly journals The Use of Instagram as a Media to Teach Students' Writing Recount Text

Prominent ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Sholikhah
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

Abstract. The objective of this research is to find out whether there is a significant difference between students’ writing recount text before and after being taught by using Instagram as a media or not. In this research, the researcher used quantitative method and used quasi-experiment as the design of the research. The number of sample is 36 students from X MIPA 4 which are taken by using cluster random sampling technique. The researcher uses test as the instrument of the research. The test is in the form of writing test to know the students’ writing ability before and after being taught by using Instagram as a media. The result of the research shows that the students’ mean score have an improvement from 6.8 to 8.8 and from good categorize to excellent categorize. And the standard deviation from the students score has decreased from 0.89 to 0.83 which means that the students’ post-test score is well distributed than the pre-test score. The calculation of t-test shows that the Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. It is because the to (t obtain) falls in the critical region and to (t obtain) is more than tt (t critical). The to (t obtain) is 5.3 while the tt (t critical) is 2.042. In conclusion, there is a significant difference between students’ writing recount text before and after being taught by using Instagram as a media.  Key Words: Instagram, Media, Recount Text, English Writing

scholarly journals ICARE Learning Model in Improving the Students Writing Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Ammang Latifa ◽  
Rafi'ah Nur ◽  
Ahmad Rizal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
Academic Year

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.

scholarly journals THE USE OF MIND MAPPING ON IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY AT TENTH GRADE OF SMAN 7 KOTA TANGERANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018/2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-120
Author(s):  
Kamelia Kamelia ◽  
Hiqma Nur Agustina ◽  
Imam Sudarmaji
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this study is to find the use of mind mapping on improving students’ writing ability, especially for biographical recount text at the tenthgrade students of SMAN 7 Kota Tangerang in the academic year of 2018/2019.The sample of this study were 35 students. This study used quantitative method with pre – experimental design by using one group pre –test and post – test. The result of the research shows that there is a significant difference in student’s writing ability between tenth grade students of SMAN 7 Kota Tangerang before and after taught using the mind mapping technique. It can be seen in the result of the study, the average pre – test score of experiment class students is 68.26 and the average post – test score of experiment class students is 85.40. It means that there is a significant difference in students’ writing ability between tenth grade students of SMAN 7 Kota Tangerang before and after taught using the mind mapping technique. The research hypothesis is proven that using mind mapping technique in teaching writing especially in recount text makes the students’ writing score higher.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Using Photograph in Teaching Writing

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Megawati Megawati ◽  
Syarif Agussaid Alkadrie
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Essay Test ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Experimental Group

<p>This research entitled: “The Effectiveness of Using Photograph in Teaching Writing” is intended to find out whether there is significantly different in writing ability between the experimental group and the control group.</p><p>This research employed experimental design. The participants of the study were the tenth-grade students at SMAN 1 Karau Kuala in the academic year 2013/2014. Two classes were used in this research. There were X-C as the Experimental group and X-D as the control group. The research instrument used was a writing test in the form of essay test. The data in this research were mainly gathered through the use of pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by measuring t-test and SPSS program to calculate the t-value from the score. The finding of the research shows that there is a significant difference between teaching writing by using photograph and teaching writing without using photograph. After the treatments, the mean is 75.43 the standard deviation is 9.370 the df is 44, and the significance is 0.00. If the significance is smaller than 0.05, it means there is a significant difference between teaching writing by using photograph and teaching writing without using photograph. </p>

scholarly journals THE USE OF MISTAKE BUSTER TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bahrun Amin
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
T Test ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Statistical Computation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Research Findings

This research aimed to find out whether or not Mistake Buster Technique is effective to be used in writing a recount composition and find out the extent to which Mistake Buster Technique improve the ability of students in writing a recount composition for the Second Grade Students. A  quasi-experimental design was employed  with two  classes of the  second graders at  one school  in Makassar selected  purposively as a sample.  The data were obtained through a pre-test and a post-test.  The writing  assessment was adopted  from  Depdikbud  (1996)  covering language use and organization.  The findings were analyzed statistically sing independent t-test procedure.The research findings indicated that the use of Mistake Buster Technique could improve the students‘ writing skill in language use and organization in writing recount composition. It was proved by the students’ mean score of experimental class in pre-test was (10.125) and in post-test was (65.5).While the mean score of control class in pre-test was (9.375) and in post-test was (41.125). The findings of this research shows that the value of t-test in the posttest is higher than t table (4.28 > 2,02). It means that there was a significant difference of the students’ writing skill in language use and organization in writing recount composition before and after being taught using Mistake Buster Technique at the Second Grade of SMPN 33 Makassar. The statistical computation showed that Mistake Buster Technique was likely effective in improving the students’ writing skill on language use and organization in writing recount composition.

scholarly journals Using Juxtaposing Pictures in Improving Descriptive Writing Skill of the Second Year Students of SMAN 3 Enrekang

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Rahmad Risan ◽  
Hasriani G
Keyword(s):  
T Test ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of the research was to find out whether or not the use of juxtaposing pictures can improve the students’ writing ability especially in writing description. The researchers applied a pre-experimental method with one group pre-test and one group post-test design. The subject of the research was the second year students of SMAN 3 Enrekang in academic year 2017-2018. The sample consisted of 32 students of XI IPA 1. The data were collected through writing test (pretest and post-test). To find out the effectiveness of juxtaposing pictures in improving writing ability, the researcher applied t-test analysis. The result of the analysis showed that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test. The value of t-test (9.09) was greater than the t-table (2.039) and degree of freedom (df) = 31. It is concluded that juxtaposing pictures is effective in improving the students’ writing ability in writing description.

scholarly journals PERBEDAAN KUANTITAS TIDUR SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH PIJAT BAYI

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Maria A.D Barbara ◽  
Sarah S. Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Endocrine System ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Infant Sleep ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experiment

Abstrak   Latar Belakang: Di Indonesia, bayi yang mengalami masalah tidur sekitar 44%. Masalah tidur dapat mengganggu pertumbuhan, menurunkan imunitas dan mengganggu sistem endokrin. Salah satu cara agar bayi tidur nyenyak ialah dengan melakukan pijatan. Karena pijatan membuat tidur lebih lelap dan mengurangi masalah tidur. Tujuan Penelitian: Untuk mengetahui perbedaan kuantitas tidur bayi usia 6-12 bulan sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan pijat bayi di Wilayah Desa Cihanjuang Rahayu Kecamatan Parongpong tahun 2019. Metode Penelitian: Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Quasi-experiment dengan rancangan one group pre and post test design. Sampel yang digunakan yaitu seluruh bayi di Desa Cihanjuang Rahayu Kecamatan Parongpong berjumlah 29 responden. Pengumpulan data menggunakan lembar angket. Analisis data yaitu univariat bivariat untuk melihat distribusi freskuensi dan perbedaan kuantitas tidur bayi sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan pijatan. Hasil: Rata-rata kuantitas tidur bayi sebelum dilakukan pemijatan adalah 13,59 jam/hari dan setelah dilakukan pemijatan meningkat menjadi 14,88 jam/hari. Hasil uji statistik diperoleh terdapat perbedaan antara kuantitas tidur bayi sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan pemijatan dengan nilai p-value 0,000<É‘=0,05 yang berarti bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang bermakna antara kuantitas tidur bayi sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan pijatan. Simpulan: Terdapat perbedaan antara kuantitas tidur bayi sebelum dan sesudah dilakukan pijatan. Kata kunci           : Kuantitas tidur bayi; pijat bayi.   Abstract   Background : In Indonesia, babies who experience sleep problems are around 44%. Sleep probless can interfere with growth, decrease immunity and interfere with the endocrine system. One way for babies sleep soundly is by doing massage, because massage makes sleep more soundly and reduce sleep problems. Purpose: To determine differences in the quantity of infant sleep aged 6-12 months before and after baby massage in the village of Cihanjuang Rahayu  Parongpong Sub-District in 2019 Method: This method uses a` Quasi-experiment design with one group pre and post test design. The sample used were all babies in Cihanjuang Rahayu Village Parongpong Sub-district. Sampling technique using total sampling. The number of sample of 29 respondents. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire sheets. Test analysis in this study is univariate bivariate to see the frequency distribution and differences in the quantity of infant sleep before and after massage. Result: The average quantity of infant sleep before massage was 13,59 hours/day and after massage increased to 14,88 hours/day.  Statistical test results obtained there are differences between the quantity of baby sleep before and after massage with a value of p-value 0,000<É‘=0,05 which means that there is a significant difference between the quantity of baby sleep before and after massage. Conclusion: There is a significant difference between the quantity of baby sleep before and after massage Keywords              : Baby massage; quantity of baby’s sleep.  

scholarly journals Model Explicit Intruction dalam Materi Kawih Sunda

LOKABASA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Cica Zahra Nadia ◽  
Rahman Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Explicit Instruction ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Academic Year

This research is motivated by the lack of students' abilities in Sundanese. The purpose of this study is to describe the ability of ngawih before and after using the Explicit Intruction model, whether or not increasing after using the Explicit Intruction model, as well as describing the difference between the ngawih ability before and after using the Explicit Intruction model. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental method, to students of class XI KPU-2 SMK Negeri 12 Bandung by using a pre-test and post-test design. Based on the results of research conducted, the average before using the Explicit Intruction model is (30.14) which proves that students are not capable of being incompetent, while the average after using the Explicit Intruction model is (75.88) which proves students are capable of being incompetent. Based on the statistical test results the significance value (Sig.2-tailed) is (0,000 0.5) or less than 0.5. Thus, H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected. This means that there is a significant difference between the ability to appear before and after using the Explicit Instruction model. This shows that the Explicit Intruction learning model can improve the Sundanese ngawih ability of class XI KPU-2 students of SMK Negeri 12 Bandung in Academic Year 2018/2019. AbstrakPenelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh kurangnya kemampuan siswa dalam ngawih Sunda. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan ngawih sebelum dan setelah menggunakan model Explicit Intruction, meningkat atau tidaknya setelah menggunakan model Explicit Intruction, serta mendeskripsikan perbedaan antara kemampuan ngawih sebelum dan setelah menggunakan model Explicit Intruction. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu metode kuasi eksperimen, kepada siswa kelas XI KPU-2 SMK Negeri 12 Bandung dengan menggunakan desain pre-test dan post-test. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang dilaksanakan, rata –rata sebelum menggunakan model Explicit Intruction adalah (30,14) yang membuktikan bahwa siswa belum mampu ngawih, sedangkan rata-rata setelah menggunakan model Explicit Intruction adalah (75,88) yang membuktikan siswa mampu ngawih. Berdasarkan hasil uji statistika nilai signifikansi (Sig.2-tailed) yaitu (0,0000,5) atau kurang dari 0,5. Dengan demikian, H1 diterima serta H0 ditolak. Artinya ada perbedaan yang signifikan anatar kemampuan ngawih sebelum dan setelah menggunakan model Explicit Intruction. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa model pembelajaran Explicit Intruction dapat meningkatkan kemampuan ngawih Sunda siswa kelas XI KPU-2 SMK Negeri 12 Bandung Tahun Ajaran 2018/2019.

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