Chotijah, Siti (2011) EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF MTS N BABADAN BARU THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2009/2010. S1 thesis, FBS UNY.
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of Grade VIII Students of MTs N Babadan Baru through Cooperative Learning in the Academic Year of 2009/ 2010 Siti Chotijah English Education Department/04202241045 ABSTRACT The objective of the research is to improve the English writing skills of the grade eight students of MTs N Babadan Baru in the academic year of 2009/ 2010. This is action research. Some techniques of Cooperative Learning were applied to improve the writing skills. The research was carried out at the second semester from January 6th to April 10th 2010 in class 8A of MTs N Babadan Baru. The subjects of this research were the grade eight students of MTs N Babadan Baru. During the actions, the researcher acted as the teacher (researcher-teacher) and the English teacher acted as the collaborator. The steps were: reconnaissance, plan, action and observation, and reflection. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle consisted of three actions: motivating the students by reminding them of the importance and the advantages of writing as a pre-activity, applying Jigsaw Technique in the writing teaching and learning process, and using Group Correction in the revising process of writing. The second cycle consisted of two actions: improving the use of classroom management during the implementation of Jigsaw Technique, and using Peer Correction in the revising process of writing. The data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process, interviewing the English teacher and the students of grade eight, and documenting the teaching and learning process. The instruments were the observation sheet, the interview guideline, an MP 4, questionnaire, and a camera. The data were in the forms of field notes, interview transcripts, students’ responses to the questionnaire, and photos. The result showed that in Cycle 1 the actions of Cooperative Learning were successful to improve the students’ writing skills though there were two actions requiring improvement. These were applying Jigsaw Technique and Group Correction. Finally, these could be improved in Cycle 2 and the result was that the implementation of Cooperative Learning could improve the students’ English writing skill. The improvement covers: 1) students’ behavior, i.e. students’ involvement during writing teaching and learning process, 2) the students’ writing achievement as indicated by the increase of the average writing score from the Pre-test (42, 36) to that in Cycle 1 (65, 83) and that in Cycle 2 (66, 77).
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| 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: | 15 Nov 2016 07:22 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 11:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/43634 |
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