Puspitasari, Erika Yulia (2014) THE USE OF PICTURE SERIES TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILLS OF TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 1 SRANDAKAN IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXTS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This research aims to improve the writing skills of tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Srandakan in writing narrative texts through picture series in the academic year of 2013/2014. This study was an action research study. It was conducted in two cycles, from the 30th of January to the 1st of March 2014. Each cycle consisted of three meetings. The steps of the research were reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The subjects of this research were 22 students of X2 class, the English teacher, and the researcher. The data were in the form of qualitative data and also supported by quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected through observations and interviews. Meanwhile, quantitative data were gained through pre test and post test. The data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The field notes and interview transcripts were analyzed qualitatively through five steps namely assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building meanings and interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The students’ scores on pre test and post test were interpreted by using SPSS 16.1 to obtain the means scores. In addition, t test was used to investigate the improvements. The validity of the research was obtained through five validities namely, process validity, democratic validity, dialogic validity, catalytic validity, and outcome validity. The result of the research indicated that the use of picture series effectively improved the students’ ability in writing narrative texts. The strategy made a quite much improvement of the students writing in the aspects of content, organization, language use, vocabulary, and mechanic. In reference to the students’ writing scores, the gain score of content aspect was 4.78, organization aspect was 4.32, language use aspect was 6.63, vocabulary aspect was 2.52, and mechanic aspect was 0.77. The use of picture series also improved the teaching and learning process of writing such as the students’ motivation and classroom interaction.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | writing skills, picture series, sma n 1 srandakan |
| 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 May 2015 06:43 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19174 |
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