The Application of authentic materials to improve students’ writing skill (An Action Research at Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 1 Nguter Sukoharjo in Academic Year 2009/2010)
Penulis Utama
:
Ristianah Ayuningtyas
NIM / NIP
:
K2206008
×This thesis is written 1) to find out whether guided writing using authentic
materials can improve the students’ writing skill; 2) to find out how the students
participate in the writing instruction; 3) to find out how the students’ attitude is
toward the instruction of guided writing using authentic materials.
The method used in this research is a collaborative action research. The
research was conducted in two cycles from March 2010 to July 2010 at the eighth
grade of SMP Negeri 1 Nguter. The procedure of the research consists of
identifying the problems, planning the action, implementing the action, observing
or monitoring the action, reflecting the result, and revising the plan for the
following steps. The research data were collected using techniques of observation,
interview, document, and test (pre-test and post-test). The technique to analyze the
tests result is by comparing the score of pre-test and post-test.
The results of this research show that teaching writing using authentic
materials in guided writing can effectively improve students’ writing skill. The
improvement can be seen in the form of students’ score. The improvement of
students’ score can be seen from the differences between pre-test and post-test.
The mean score of pretest is 57.60 and it improves to 64.70 in the first post test.
Then, in the second they get mean score 61.50 in pre-test and the final post-test is
70.20. From the test result, it shows that there is a significant improvement of
students’ writing skill after the writer conducts the research. It proves that the
application of authentic materials can improve students’ writing skill.
Besides, this improvement is proven by the findings after the research
was conducted. The findings are 1) students have fewer difficulties in exploring
ideas to write 2) the students also make fewer mistakes in constructing new
sentences using simple past tense 3) their word choice get richer after the research
4) in writing recount and narrative text, the students are able to mention the
generic structure and use the appropriate word transition 5) they are able to use
the appropriate word order in their sentences.
The result of the research implies that English teachers need to choose
the appropriate srategy and materials in teaching writing. The one of the
appropriate materials to teach writing is teaching writing using authentic materials
in guided writing.
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Penulis Utama
:
Ristianah Ayuningtyas
Penulis Tambahan
:
-
NIM / NIP
:
K2206008
Tahun
:
2011
Judul
:
The Application of authentic materials to improve students’ writing skill (An Action Research at Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 1 Nguter Sukoharjo in Academic Year 2009/2010)
Edisi
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Imprint
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Surakarta - FKIP - 2011
Program Studi
:
S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Kolasi
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Sumber
:
UNS-FKIP Jur. Pendidikan bahasa inggris-K.2206008-2011
