Azhar, Herida Panji Olivia (2014) IMPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN SMP NEGERI 3 TEMPEL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014 THROUGH THE USE OF THEMATIC PROGRESION. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This is an action research study which aimed to improve the eighth grade students’ writing ability of SMP Negeri 3 Tempel in the academic year of 2013/2014 through the use of thematic progression. To my limited observation, the students’ writing skill was relatively low. This situation was even worse since the teaching and learning processes were mostly focused on translating texts and memorizing grammar patterns and the available media in the school like the projector and the internet connection were not used. In fact, the third year students of junior secondary schools are to have possessed the elementary skills of both spoken and written language. Therefore, the team members agreed to improve the eight grade students’ writing ability. This was collaborative action research which involved the principal, the English teacher of grade eight, the students of grade eight and a student from English Education department, Yogyakarta State University. The research was conducted in two cycles. In this research, the data were collected through observation, interview and discussion. The observation was aimed to collect the data about classroom actions and the instrument was paper notes. The interview and discussion were conducted to collect the data on the members’ view about the research. The instruments were paper notes and an audio recorder. The data were in the form of interview transcripts, field notes and audio records. The validity was obtained by applying democratic validity, dialogic validity, catalytic validity, process validity, and outcome validity. The result showed that the students’ writing ability could be improved using thematic progression. Thematic progression was a useful skeleton of the text that the students could copy to help them organize their passage. The students implement three types of thematic progression, namely, reiteration pattern, zigzag pattern and hierarchical pattern. Although at the first time the students found difficulties in doing that, they eventually could be able to write a descriptive text conforming to the generic structures.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | writing ability, thematic progresion, smp negeri 3 tempel |
| 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: | 22 May 2015 02:34 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19237 |
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