The Use Of Diary To Improve Students’ Ability At Writing Recount Text At MTs Madani Islamiyah School Pematangsiantar

Main Author: Triana, Yuli
Format: Bachelors NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2019
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Online Access: http://repository.uinsu.ac.id/8052/1/skripsivannya.pdf.pdf
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  • This research aimed to improve students’ ability at writing recount text by using diary. The background of the study in this research was based on the students’ difficulties in writing recount text. In order to solve this problem, the teacher should have creative media. A diary can be an alternative way as a learning media that will make students enjoy and easy to write recount text. In this research, the researcher conducted a classroom action research as the methodology. The subject of this research was the eighth grade students of MTs Madani Al-Islamiyah School Pematangsiantar. This research used two types of data, namely qualitative data and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained through an interview, observation sheet and field note. Meanwhile, the quantitative data used test that done before the implementation of the actions (pre-test) and after the implementation of the actions (post-test I and post-test II). The result of this research showed that there was increasing of students in writing recount text. The mean of the pre-test was 45.93, the mean of the first cycle was 69.8, and the mean of the second cycle was 79.06. It showed that the mean in the second cycle were better than the pre-cyle and first cycle. And by using t-test, the researcher found that tobservation (7.09) > ttable (1.09). It means that the hypothesis (Ha) of the research is accepted. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the use of diary can improve the students’ ability at writing recount text.