USING PEER RESPONSE TO IMPROVE WRITING ABILITY OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS AT SMP 3 BERBAH IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Fatoni, Nur Rochman (2014) USING PEER RESPONSE TO IMPROVE WRITING ABILITY OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS AT SMP 3 BERBAH IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This study is action research that aims at improving students’ writing ability through peer responses in SMP 3 Berbah. Based on the reconnaissance step, there were some problems of students’ writing ability which were related to the content, language features, organization of the text, vocabulary, mechanics and also the students’ motivation. Those were influenced by materials, technique, and the writing activities. This research consisted of two cycles. It was conducted collaboratively with the English teacher. The subjects of this research were 22 students of class VIII D in SMP 3 Berbah. The data in this research were collected through observations, documentations, interviews, and students’ writing performances. The instruments for collecting the data were observation checklists, interview guidelines, and writing tasks. The data were in the form of field notes, interview transcripts, photographs, and students’ writing scores. In analyzing the data, the researcher used two methods, the qualitative method and the quantitative method. The results of this research showed that the use of the peer response in combination with some appropriate activities was able to improve students’ writing ability. Based on the qualitative data sources, the students got significant improvements in the aspect of content, language features, organization of the text, vocabulary, and mechanics. Moreover, through peer response activities, they were motivated to join the writing teaching and learning process. Based on the quantitative data, the students’ mean score were improved. In the pre-test, the students’ mean score was 08.00. The mean score increased in both Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 in which the mean scores were 09.48 and 13.41. In the post-test, the score increased into 14.34. The gain score of the mean scores from pre-test to post-test is 06.34. From the data above, it can be concluded that the writing ability of Class VIII D students of SMP 3 Berbah had improved by the peer response technique.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: writing ability, peer response, smp 3 berbah
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 02:57
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 22:43
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19251

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