Using outlining strategy in the form of word webs to increase students' writing abillity at SMP 10 Malang / Kartini Sari Dewi
| Main Author: | Dewi, Kartini Sari |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2009
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10896/ |
Daftar Isi:
- WritingisusuallyconsideredthemostdifficultskillofEnglishtomaster.Injuniorhighschoollevelstudentsfacesomeproblemsinwriting.Mostofthestudentsperformpoorlyintheirwriting.Basedontheresearchersinterviewwiththestudentsthemajorproblemsfacedbythemarehowtogenerateideasandhowtoorganizetheideaswell.Toovercometheproblemsanoutliningstrategyintheformofwordwebsisproposedtobeappliedinteachingwriting.Thetechniqueischosenbecauseitissimpleandgoodforstudentsinthejuniorhighschoollevel.TogenerateandorganizetheirideaswellstudentshavetoanswerWH-questionsinthewordwebs.Theobjectiveofthestudyistoincreasestudentswritingabilityingeneratingandorganizingtheirideasforwritingrecountcompositionsusingoutliningstrategy.ClassroomActionResearch(CAR)isusedinthisstudy.Theresearchisconductedintwocycleseachcyclecoversplanninganactionimplementingtheactionobservingtheactionandreflectingontheobservation.ThesubjectswerethestudentsofclassVIII.GofSMP10Malangwhichconsistedof35students.Therewerethreekindsofdatagainedthestudentsscorestheresultofinterviewsandfieldnotes.Thedatagainedfromtheinterviewswereconvertedintoadescriptionofthestudentsresponsestowardtheimplementationofthetechnique.Thefieldnoteswerepresentedintoanexplanationdescribingthestudentsattitudesandtheconditionoftheclassroom.Theresultoftheresearchshowedthattheoutliningstrategyintheformofwordwebseffectivelyincreasedthestudentswritingabilityingeneratingandorganizingideasofwritingrecounts.ThescoresofthestudentswritinginCycle2significantlyincreasedcomparedtothescoresofthestudentswritinginthepreliminarystudy.Thesignificantimprovementofthestudentsscoresmightalsohavebeeninfluencedbythefollowingadditionalfactorsmoretimeprovidedtothinkandpracticewritingrecountcompositionsandanopportunityforstudentstochoosetheirowntopic.BasedontheresultofthisstudyitissuggestedthatEnglishteachersapplytheoutliningstrategyintheformofwordwebsintheteachingofwritingrecounttoincreasestudentswritingabilityingeneratingandorganizingtheirideaswell.Inadditionfurtherresearchersaresuggestedtousemorerespondentsindifferentsettingandconditionstoseewhetherthetechniquecanbeimplementedeffectively.