IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY USING INDEX CARD MATCH METHOD AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF MTs MUHAMMADIYAH 3 YANGGONG PONOROGO IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
| Main Author: | ENDAH SARI, SEPTIANA NUR |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2014
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.umpo.ac.id/127/1/COVER%20DEPAN.pdf http://eprints.umpo.ac.id/127/2/COVER%20BELAKANG.pdf http://eprints.umpo.ac.id/127/3/CHAPTER%20I%20-%20V.pdf http://eprints.umpo.ac.id/127/4/BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf http://eprints.umpo.ac.id/127/ http://lib.umpo.ac.id |
Daftar Isi:
- Sari, Septiana Nur Endah. 2014. Improving students’ Writing Skill Using Index Card Match Method at the Eighth Grade of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. Thesis. English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo. Advisors: (1) Niken Reti Indriastuti, S.S; (2) Risqi Ekanti Ayuningtyas Palupi, M.Pd. Key Words: Writing skill, Index Card Match Method The researcher has some problems in the teaching writing skill at MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong such as students’ mark in writing skill were low because the teacher just gives explanation and task, without gave a suitable method in teaching process. It was make some of student could not understand well. Even some students’ mark in writing skill was bad and it under standard mark. The statement of problems of this research were: 1) Can Index Card Match Method improve students’ writing skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong in the 2013/2014 academic year; and 2) How does the implementation of Index Card Match Method improve students’ writing skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong in the 2013/2014 academic year. The purposes of the study of this research were: 1) To know whether the Index Card Match Method improve students’ writing skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong in the 2013/2014 academic year. 2) To describe the implementation of Index Card Match Method to improve students’ writing skill in descriptive text at the eighth grade of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong in the 2013/2014 academic year. The subject of this research was the students of the eighth grade class VIIIA of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong in the 2013/2014 academic year, which consisted of 22 students. The research was started on January 9th, 2014 until January 18th, 2014. This Classroom Action Research was conducted in two cycles. The researcher used three research instruments. They were: observation check list, questionnaire, and test. Based on the result of this research, the implementation of Index Card Match Method can improved students’ writing skill at the eighth grade of MTs Muhammadiyah 3 Yanggong in the 2013/2014 academic year. It was seen from the improvement of students’ percentage from 31.9% in cycle I up to 100% in cycle 2. The questionnaire result showed that the students were interested in this method. It was seen from the total of questionnaire I was 59.58% and questionnaire II was 86.04%. The observation check list result showed that the students become active during teaching learning process. It was seen from the total of observation checklist cycle I was 55.89% up to 96.10% in cycle II. Finally, the researcher gives suggestion that English teachers can apply Index Card Match Method as alternative method in teaching writing. The next researcher can develop this method by using various kinds of the media to get the better result in teaching learning process.