Implementing picture sequences to improve students' ability in writing narrative texts / Yuli Astuti Hasanah
| Main Author: | Yuli Astuti Hasanah |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2008
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10748/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ThewritingabilityofthesecondyearstudentsofSMPN6Malangwasunsatisfactory.Theywereunabletoexpresstheirideasintowritingandwriteinagoodorder.Picturesequenceswereproposedasanalternativestrategytosolvetheproblems.Thestudywasdesignedtoimprovestudentswritingabilitythroughimplementingpicturesequences.Theobjectiveofthestudywastofindouthowpicturesequencescanbeimplementedtoimprovestudentswritingability.Thisstudywasacollaborativeclassroomactionresearchwhichconsistedofthreecycleseachofwhichconsistedoffourstepsnamelyplanningtheactionactingontheplanobservingtheactionandreflectingontheobservation.Thesubjectsofthisstudywere40studentsofVII-IclassofSMPN6Malangintheacademicyearof2007/2008.Theinstrumentsusedtocollectthedataweretheobservationchecklistsfieldnotesquestionnairesandthestudentswritings.Thedatafromtheobservationandquestionnaireswerepresentedintheformoftableswhilethedatagainedfromthefieldnotesandstudentswritingwereanalyzedandreporteddescriptively.Theresultofthisstudyshowedthatthepicturesequencesstrategywaseffectivelyimprovingthestudentswritingability.Theimprovementonthestudentswritingabilitycouldbeseenfromtheresultofthestudentswritingswhichshowedthattheywereabletoexpresstheideastellthestoriesinagoodorderandwritethestorieswiththeappropriatecontentlanguageuseandspelling.Moreovertheimplementationsofpicturessequencesalsobroughtpositivestudentsattitudeduringtheteachingandlearningprocess.Theywerehappyandexcitedtohavepicturesequences.Thereweresomeprocedurestobefollowedinimplementingthepicturesequencesstrategy.Firstthestudentswereintroducedtothepicturesequences.Secondtheywereaskedtoidentifytheaspectsofstoriesanddeterminetheobjectsofthestoriesbasedonthepicturesequences.Thirdtheywereaskedtomaketheoutlineanddeveloptheoutlineintoaparagraph.Finallytheywereaskedtoeditthestoriesintermsofthecontentlanguageuseandspelling.Inadditionthestudentsweretaughtthesentencestructureorganizationvocabularypunctuationandspelling.ItissuggestedthatEnglishteachersusepicturesequencesinteachingwritinginordertomakestudentsgetusedtothewritingactivities.Itisalsosuggestedotherresearchersconductsimilarstudieswithdifferentskillssettingandmorerespondentsfortheimprovementofthewritingskills.