Improving students? skill in writing descriptive text through clustering technique: a pre-experiment research at the second grade of MTs Khazanah Kebajikan Tangerang Selatan
| Main Author: | Rifqa Mumtazati |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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Daftar Isi:
- This research is conducted to find out wether clustering technique can improve student?s writing skill in writing descriptive text at the second grade of MTs. Khazanah Kebajikan Tangerang Selatan in academic year 2013/2014. The subject of this research is class VIII-BP Junior High School, which consists of 23 students. By using action research methodology, the writer applied the method for student of class VIII-BP Junior High School. In collecting the data, the writer used two research instruments. There are observation and test. In the observation phase, the observer observed the teaching learning process through field notes; it might be about class situation, students' response, and teacher's performance in presented the material. In the test phase, the writer gave three kinds of test: pre-test, formative test and post-test. The pretest was given before the treatment of method, while the formative test and post test was given after the treatment of method. In the formative test the students? scores mean that was 67.17 and in the post test increased to 73.04. Therefore, it proved that clustering technique can improve students? skill in writing in descriptive text. It could be concluded that the clustering teaching technique gave the positive influence toward students? skill in writing descriptive text.