IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH COLORFUL PICTURE (A Classroom Action Research at Class VIIB of SMPN 13 Mataram in Academic Year 2014/2015)
| Main Author: | Lestari, Tri Alfianti |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2015
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.unram.ac.id/203/1/SKRIPSI%20pdf.pdf http://eprints.unram.ac.id/203/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This research aims at improving students’ ability in writing descriptive text. It was conducted at class VIIB of SMPN 13 Mataram and the number of students was 42 students (22 males and 20 females). It consisted of two cycles. Cycle I ran in 4 hours of meeting and cycle II ran in 2 hours of meeting. In this research, the researcher followed research procedure of classroom action research in which each cycle consisted of (i) planning; (ii) action and observation; and (iii) analysis and reflection. Data are collected using test, observation and reflection. Students’ scores were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The result of the study in cycle I showed that students got problems in Diction, Language Feature and Word Order. Average score in cycle I is 72,16 with indicator achievement of 47,62%. It means that 75% of students cannot pass the minimum standard of English (KKM) score of 75. Thus, the researcher conducts the cycle II by doing some improvements in order to get success in this research. In cycle II, the success is obtained. The result of the study showed that Colorful Picture could improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at class VIIB of SMPN 13 Mataram, with average score is 77,47 with the indicator achievement of 78,57%.