IMPROVING SKILLS OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF THE GRADE EIGHTH STUDENTS THROUGH PICTURE SERIES AT MTs MA’ARIF SELOMERTO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Sholihatun (2013) IMPROVING SKILLS OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT OF THE GRADE EIGHTH STUDENTS THROUGH PICTURE SERIES AT MTs MA’ARIF SELOMERTO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The objective of this research is to improve the students’ writing skills of recount in the eighth grade at MTs Ma’arif Selomerto in the academic year of 2012/2013 through picture series. This research was an action research study that consisted of two cycles. Each cycle consisted of two meetings. There were two kinds of data. The first data were qualitative. To obtain the qualitative data, the researcher conducted observation and interviews, and took photographs. The instruments were interview guidelines, and observation checklists. The qualitative data were in the form of field notes, observation checklists result, and photographic data. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assessing the students’ ability through the students’ writing performance tasks conducted in every meeting. To deal with the problems, the researcher implemented the actions of using picture series. The results of the first cycle showed that the implementation of picture series was successful to improve the students’ writing skills of recount. However, there was still a weakness which was the researcher explained the materials too fast. Meanwhile, the results of the second cycle show that the implementation of picture series was successful to improve the students’ writing skills. The indicators of the success of the implementation are all students could generate ideas well. The second indicator is that the students could master the grammatical feature. The research findings are supported by the result of means of the students’ writing scores that improved from 1.97 for the content to 2.98, 1.80 to 3.1 for organization, 2.24 to 3.07 for the vocabulary, 1.96 to 3.16 for the language use, and 1.79 to 3.18 for mechanic.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: improving, writing recount text, picture series, MTS
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: 01 Sep 2015 02:17
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2019 03:17
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/25712

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