IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SKILLS IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXTS BY USING PICTURE SERIES FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 3 MERTOYUDAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Febriani, Eka (2014) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SKILLS IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXTS BY USING PICTURE SERIES FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 3 MERTOYUDAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The objective of this reserach was to improve the students' skills in writing procedure texts by using picture series for the seventh grade of SMP N 3 Mertoyudan in the academic year of 2013/2014. The research was action research. The members of the research consisted of the researcher, the English teacher, and the students of Grade VIIC. The research was carried out in two cycles. The steps involved reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The data of the research were qualitative in nature supported by quantitative data. The qualitative data obtained by observing the teaching and learning process and interviewing the English teacher and the students of VIIC. The qualitative data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts that were analyzed based on the qualitative data analysis. The pre-test and post-test were conducted to gain the quantitative data. A gain score of pre-test and the post-test was used to analyze the quantitative data that were in the form of students' writing scores. The findings showed that picture series effectively improved the students’ skills in writing procedure texts. The improvements covered: 1) the students consider writing as an easy and interesting lesson, indicated by their enthusiasm to write, 2) students generated and organized their ideas more easily in a good order, 3) and picture series improved the students' skills in writing procedure texts in terms of grammatical, vocabulary, and sentence structure. The researcher found that the students’ writing skills were improved. It can be seen from their main scores of pre-test and post-test. There was an improvement between the pre-test mean (9.13) and the post-test mean (14.09). The gain score of the means was (4.96), it can be concluded that the use of picture series could improve the students’ writing skills of procedure texts.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: writing, picture series, smp
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: 03 Jun 2015 01:46
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 23:05
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19811

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