Shofiyah, Ardina (2014) USING PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILLS OF GRADE VIII D STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 PIYUNGAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The objective of this research was to improve the writing skills of Grade VIII D students of SMP Negeri 2 Piyungan in the academic year of 2013/2014 through portfolio assessment. This study was action research that was conducted in two cycles. There were four meetings in the first cycle and five meetings in the second one. The subjects of the research were 27 students of VIII D of SMP Negeri 2 Piyungan. The data were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were in the form of vignettes, interview transcripts, and photos, and the quantitative data were the students’ writing scores. The qualitative data were obtained from the observations and interviews with the English teacher, the collaborator, and the students. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were obtained by conducting a pre-test before the action and collecting the students’ writing in every cycle. This research implemented five criteria of validity, namely democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. Besides, to enhance the trustworthiness of the data, the researcher used triangulation, namely time triangulation, investigator triangulation, and theoretical triangulation. The actions implemented in this research were providing writing tasks to practice writing in the classroom and applying portfolio assessment, providing materials and activities that were not taken from LKS and applying games. The results of this research show that the use of portfolio assessment was proven to be able to improve the students’ writing skills in five aspects of writing, namely content, organisation, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. The feedback given to the students made them know their errors. Furthermore, the students had opportunities to revise their writing. They also could review their writing that made them write better. Moreover, by comparing the means of each writing aspect scores from pre-test to Cycle 2, the researcher found that all of the means of each aspect scores increased. The students’ mean value gain from pretest to Cycle 1 is 2.39 for the content, 2.72 for the organisation, 5.97 for the language use, and 0.5 for the mechanics. Meanwhile, the students’ mean value gain from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 is 2.2 for the content, 1.13 for the organisation, 1.13 for the vocabulary, 1.63 for the language use, and 0.91 for the mechanics. In addition, portfolio assessment could arouse the students’ self-confidence, interest, and motivation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | portofolio assessment, writing skills, smp negeri 2 piyungan |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2015 01:46 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 21:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/17118 |
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