Tri, Oktavia Khaerani (2015) THE USE OF FREE WRITING TECHNIQUE IN IMPROVING WRITING ABILITY OF CLASS VIII B STUDENTS AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 2 MLATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to improve students’ writing ability of Class VIII B at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Mlati in the academic year of 2014/2015 through the use of free writing technique. Based on the observations, the problem was concerned with the lack of the students’ writing ability in generating ideas, lexico-grammar features, and organization. This research is categorized as classroom action research (CAR). The subjects of this research were grade VIII B students of SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Mlati Sleman Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2014/2015. The data were collected using questionnaires, observation, and interview techniques. Then, the data were analysed using descriptive statistics and quantitative data analyses. During the process of this research, the researcher also fulfilled five criteria of validity, namely democratic validity,outcome validity, process validity, dialogic validity, and catalytic validity. Furthermore, to enhance the trustworthiness of the research, the researcher implemented two of four kinds of triangulations, namely time triangulation and investigator triangulation. This research was conducted in two cycles. Based on the analysis of the research findings, the writing ability of the students were improved by using free writing technique based on the qualitative data, such as the results of the interview transcripts of the students’ attitude and field notes, it was shown that the students seemed to be more confidence and motivated begin to write in the terms for generating the ideas. Also, some activities with media assisted the technique lead the students an opportunity to identify and correct the mistakes, have proved in improving the students’ writing ability in the terms for the lexico-grammar features and the organization of the text. Moreover, this improvement can also be seen quantitatively by comparing the mean values of each score from the pre-rest to the post-test, it can be concluded that all of the score of each aspect increased. Furthermore, the data also proved that free writing technique can approoriate to apply in individual work, pair work and group work.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | free writing technique, learning strategies, writing ability, improving writing skill |
| 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: | 08 Oct 2015 00:48 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 03:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/26668 |
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