Improving Students’ Writing Skill Through Web Blog (A classroom Action Research in the Eleventh Grade Students of IPS 1 SMA N 2 Selong in Academic Year of 2010/2011)
Penulis Utama
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Sri Wahyuni
NIM / NIP
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S890809118
×The objectives of the research are: (1) to investigate whether and to what extent
web blog can improve the students’ writing skill; and (2) to describe the situation of
classroom when web blog is applied in the writing class. The action research was
conducted due to her existence of being a teacher and as a researcher to find a solution
to the problems of teaching English in the classroom.
The Classroom Action Research which was carried out at SMAN 2 Selong for
the students of class XI IPS 1 at SMAN 2 Selong in the academic year of 2010/2011 was
conducted from September 2010 up to February 2011. In collecting the data, she used
interviews, observations, questionnaire, diaries, documents and tests. The qualitative
data were analyzed through Constant Comparative Method which included the
following processes: comparing incident applicable to each category; integrating
categories and their properties; delimiting the theory; and writing the theory. The
quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive statistics to identify the scores of all
tests conducted in this research.
The research findings showed that web blog can improve: (1) the students’
writing skill: (a) the students were able to write the sentences of the text by using
correct spelling and punctuation; (b) the sentences that the students wrote were correct
grammatically; (c) in writing sentences, the students were able to use appropriate
vocabularies;(d) there were more supporting sentences the student wrote to develop
main ideas or topic sentences in every paragraph; and (e) the students were able to write
the text in correct organization; and (2) classroom situation: (a) the time needed to write
a text was shorter than before the research was conducted; (b) students’ attention to the
teaching and learning process was getting better; (c) the activities during the classical
and group discussion were alive, many students asked the questions; (d) the situation of
teaching and learning process were attractive and chalanging since every student
enjoyed writing in their blog. In addition, there were also improvements for the
students’ writing achievement which is shown through the mean score of pretest: 57.4,
formative test of Cycle 1: 68 and formative test of Cycle 2: 73.68. Thirty four students
or 89.48.% from 38 students have fulfilled the criteria of minimum learning
achievement (KKM) which is 67.
Based on the findings, it is recommended that the English teachers are able to
use this research for: (1) guiding the students to explore the learning material through
web blog ; (2) being creative to make the situation of the classroom become interesting
by using web blog in writing; and (3) using web blog not only to encourage the students
to learn and practice writing, but also in learning English as a foreign language.
Key Words: Web Blog, Improvement, Writing Skill
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Penulis Utama
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Sri Wahyuni
Penulis Tambahan
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NIM / NIP
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S890809118
Tahun
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2011
Judul
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Improving Students’ Writing Skill Through Web Blog (A classroom Action Research in the Eleventh Grade Students of IPS 1 SMA N 2 Selong in Academic Year of 2010/2011)
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Imprint
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Surakarta - Pasca sarjana - 2011
Program Studi
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S-2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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UNS-Pasca Sarjana-Prodi. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-S.890809118-2011
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Status
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Public
Pembimbing
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1. Dra. Dewi Rochsatiningsih, M.Ed. Ph.D 2. Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd
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