DEVELOPING TASKS BY USING NEWS ITEMS FOR TEACHING WRITING FOR STUDENTS GRADE X OF SMA N 1 WONOSARI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Pravinta, Ardinia (2013) DEVELOPING TASKS BY USING NEWS ITEMS FOR TEACHING WRITING FOR STUDENTS GRADE X OF SMA N 1 WONOSARI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013. S1 thesis, FBS UNY.

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DEVELOPING TASKS BY USING NEWS ITEMS FOR TEACHING WRITING FOR STUDENTS GRADE X OF SMA N 1 WONOSARI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013 By: Ardinia Pravinta 05202241022 ABSTRACT This research focuses on how to develop tasks by using news which is suitable with the students‟ needs for the teaching of writing for students grade X of SMA N 1 Wonosari in the academic year of 2012/2013. The objective of this research is to develop appropriate tasks by using news for teaching writing skills for grade X students of SMA N 1 Wonosari in the academic year of 2012/2013. This research was categorized as a Research and Development (R & D) research. The steps in this research were conducting the needs analysis, developing the course grid, developing the first draft of the tasks, trying-out the first draft of the tasks, evaluating the draft of the tasks, revising the draft of the tasks, and writing the final draft of the tasks. The instruments used in this research were questionnaires and interview guideline. The questionnaires were given in two separate times. The first questionnaire was administered to find out the students‟ needs toward the learning of English writing skills. The second questionnaire was distributed to get the feedback from the students related to the first draft of the tasks. The developed tasks are divided into three units. Each unit consists of 11 to 13 tasks. The topic of each unit is Let Us Write… for Unit 1; Describe It for Unit 2; and World News for Unit 3. Unit1 talks about past experience in the form of recount. Unit 2 discusses people descriptions in the form of descriptive. Unit 3 explores about something that happened around us with news item. The average score of the respondents‟ agreement toward the statement in the second questionnaire is 3.4475 to 4.4. The scores were in the range of ideal one, i.e. X > 4.2 (Very Good Category) and 3.4 < X ≥ 4.2 (Good category). The scores indicate that the developed tasks are suitable with the students‟ needs and interest.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
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: 28 Nov 2016 03:48
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2019 11:57
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/43984

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