IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING FOUR SQUARE WRITING METHOD (FSWM)
| Main Authors: | Utami, Ike Prastya, Imranuddin, Imranuddin, Esti, Ambaratsari |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Archive |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.unib.ac.id/17189/1/Ike%20Prastya%20Utami.pdf http://repository.unib.ac.id/17189/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This research was a classroom action research. The aim of this research was to investigate whether Four Square Writing Method improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at grade VIII A of SMPN 1 Pondok Kelapa Bengkulu Tengah in 2015/2016 academic year. The participants of this research were 17 female and 13 male. The instrument of this research were students’ writing products, observation checklists of students’ activities, observation checklist of teacher’s activities and fieldnotes. The researcher was conducted into cycles and the evaluation of tasks was administrated at the end of each cycle. The result of this researcher showed that Four Square Writing Method has improved the students’ ability in writing descriptive text, there were 80% students who reached the indicator of success or got score ≥ 70 and the improvement was influenced by the variation of the theme, group members, the teacher’s way in explaining the material and the strategies in teaching technique. Key words: Descriptive Text, Four Square Writing Method, Improve