Improving The Tenth Grade Students’ Writing Ability by Using Pre-Writing Strategy at SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Jember in The 2015/2016 Academic Year
Daftar Isi:
- Writing is one skill in English beside speaking, listening, and reading. This skill is to express the idea in mind by written. Therefore, the researcher wants to improve the students’ writing ability by using Pre-Writing Strategy. In this research, the problem is “How can the use of Pre-Writing Strategy improve the tenth grade students’ writing ability at SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Jember. The objective of this research is to find out how the use of Pre-Writing Strategy can improve the Tenth grade students’ writing ability at SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Jember. Based on the research problem and the relevant theory, the hypothesis of this research is: Teaching writing by using Pre-Writing Strategy can improve students’ writing ability. The design of this research is classroom action research. The research subject is Tenth grade consisting of 30 students. The data are collected by using writing test and observation checklist and the data analyzed by using formula precentage score. The result of research shows that Pre-Writing Strategy improves the students’ writing achievement in two cycles from the precentage score of students is 53.3% in cycle 1 to 63.1% in cycle 2. Meanwhile, the students’ active participaton is also improved from 56.6% in cycle 1 to 63.1% in cycle 2. Based on research result, it can be concluded that students’ writing ability can be improved by using Pre-Writing Strategy.