Lutfian, Akhid (2011) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL THROUGH ENGLISH WEB BLOG AMONG YEAR X STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 7 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This study aimed to improve students’ writing skills through the English web blog in the Class X.6 of SMA N 7 Purworejo. Based on the preliminary observation, there were problems, namely poor students’ writing skills, low students’ interest toward writing, teachers’ style in teaching, the role of media and the inappropriate utilization of internet facility. With reference to the observations, the students had some problems in recount text writing in terms of the generic structure, the purpose and the language features. They also did not really know how to correct their mistakes in their own writing because their English teacher tended to directly correct their mistakes. This study was an action research study consisting of two cycles, involving 32 students of Class X.6, one English teacher as the collaborator and the researcher himself. The data of this study were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and interviewing the students and the collaborator about the implemented actions. The qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assessing the students’ writing skills through the pretest and posttest. The qualitative data were analyzed using the qualitative data analysis proposed by Miles and Huberman (1994), consisting of data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The quantitative data were analyzed using a t-test with the SPSS version 16.0 program. The results of this study show that the use of the web blog is effective to improve students’ writing skills based on the qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The learning process became more interesting and the students enjoyed the writing process. The students’ problems in writing can be reduced by using web blog in the teaching-learning process and applying writing stages through web blog. The mean difference between the pretest score and the posttest score in Cycle 1 was significant with t= - 6.428 (p < 0.05). The mean difference between the posttest score in Cycle 1 and the posttest score in Cycle 2 was significant with t = - 4.982 (p < 0.005). The results show that students’ writing skill improves significantly through blogging activity. It can be concluded that the students are more enthusiastic and more interested in writing English.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | writing, english web blog, sma |
| 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: | 13 May 2015 06:20 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/18609 |
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