Puspitaningrum, Nita (2014) IMPROVING WRITING ABILITY OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 SLEMAN THROUGH PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This research is action research that aims to 1) describe problems faced by the students related to writing ability, 2) describe the implementation of portfolio assessment, 3) improve students’ writing skill through portfolio in SMP N 2 Sleman. This action research was carried out in two cycles. It involved 36 students in Class VIIE as the target community, one English teacher as the collaborator and the researcher herself. What the researcher did in collecting the data were filling an observation checklists forms, observing the teaching and learning process, taking photographs, administering questionnaires, interviewing the English teacher and students, and collecting the students’ writing products. The data were in the forms of fieldnotes, the score of questionnaires, photos, interview transcripts, and samples of the students’ work. In analyzing the data, the researcher used qualitative methods. Based on the preliminary observation and the pre-test data, there were two categories of problems which were faced by the students, namely problems related to motivation, self-confidence and learning interest and those related to students’ writing ability. It was found that in using the portfolio assessment, there were some procedures should be fulfilled. They are: 1) Providing the students with good writing criteria and steps in writing in order to show the students what to write and how to write, 2) Providing the students with a great deal of samples of writing, 3) Helping the students to recognize their own mistakes related to content, organization, grammar, capitalisation, punctuation, spelling, choice of words, etc, 4) Assisting the students to work on peer-assessment, and 5) Assisting the students in revising their writing product. By using portfolio assessment, students made improvement in terms of learning interest, motivation, selfconfidence, vocabulary mastery, organization of the text, awarenes of writing mistakes as well as improvement in their writing ability. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of portfolio assessment is able to solve problems related to motivation, self-confidence, and learning interest and those related to students’ writing ability.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | writing ability, portofolio assessment, 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 02:02 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 23:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19816 |
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