Ramadani, Saptania Ayu (2013) IMROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS THROUGH FIELD TRIP AT SMA N 1 GODEAN. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This action research was aimed to improve the students’ writing skills of SMA N 1 Godean in Class X.A through the implementation of field trip. Based on the preliminary observation, there were some problems in the teaching and learning process of writing, namely the students’ lack of vocabulary mastery, students’ ungrammatical sentences, students’ lack of getting and developing ideas, use of media, and students’ low motivation in joining the teaching and learning process. This study was an action research which consisted of two cycles. The researcher worked collaboratively with the English teacher as a collaborator and the students. The subjects of this research were 36 students of Class X.A. The data of this study were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data which were in the forms of field notes and interview transcripts, were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and interviewing the students and the collaborator about the implemented action. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained through the pre-test, post-test, classroom tasks and the questionnaire. The results of Cycle 1 showed that implementation of field trip and other accompanying activities by using media, using group work, and giving feedback improved the students’ motivation in writing and the students’ skills in acquiring and developing ideas into paragraphs. However, the improvement was still low. The students still produced inaccurate grammar in writing. Therefore, the researcher changed the actions in Cycle 2 by giving grammar exercises related to simple present tense and passive voice. At the end of Cycle 2, the implementation of field trip was considered successful in improving the students’ writing skills. Not only did it improve students’ ability in some components of writing with which the researcher was concerned, such as content, organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanic but also it increased the students’ motivation in writing. The findings were supported by the means of the students’ writing score which improved from 9.6 in the pre-test, to 13.6 in Cycle 1 and 15.6 in Cycle 2, and finally to 16.2 in the post-test.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | imroving, writing ability, writing descriptive texts, field trip, SMA |
| 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: | 31 Aug 2015 04:38 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 03:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/25677 |
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