Improving Students’ Writing Skill By Using Four SquareWriting Method (FSWM) (A Classroom Action Research Conducted at Eleventh Grade of Social 4 Student of SMA N 1 Kartasura in the Academic Year 2011/2012)

Penulis Utama : Endang Sri Lestari
NIM / NIP : X2207052
× This thesis is to find out whether the use of four square writing method can improve the students‟ writing skill of the eleventh grade students of social 4 of SMA N 1 Kartasura in the academic year of 2011/2012 and to describe the classroom situation when applying four square writing method in the teaching writing of the eleventh grade students of social 4 of SMA N 1 Kartasura in the academic year of 2011/2012. The method used in this research is a classroom action research at the Senior High School conducted by an English Teacher (K) and the researcher. The research is conducted in two cycles from February 9th until 7th May 2012 to the eleventh grade students of social 4 of SMA N 1 Kartasura. The research data are collected using observation, interview, questionnaire, photographs, and tests (pretest and post-test). The data are analyzed using the technique of analyzing the data from Anne Burns ( 1999: 157-160), includes assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretation, reporting the outcomes and descriptive statistics. For the quantitative data, the researcher analyzed the mean scores of the tests. The research findings prove that four square writing method can improve the students‟ writing skill and the classroom situation is more active and communicative when four square writing method is implemented in the teaching writing. The improvement of the students‟ writing skill includes: 1) the students‟ difficulty in expressing their ideas decreased, 2) the students‟ difficulty inusing grammar decreased, 3) the students‟ vocabulary mastery increased, 4) The students „ writing was better organized in paragraphing and also much better in spelling and punctuation. Besides, the improvement of the students‟ writing skill can be seen from the improvement of the mean score of pre-test, post-test I and post-test II, that is 55.05, 70.13, 78.81. The classroom situation is also more active and communicative. It can be seen from the several improvements such as: 1) The students were more active during the teaching and learning process, 2) the students paid more attention to the researcher and did not do the non academic activities, 3) the students were brave to correct their friends‟ mistakes, 4) some students coming forward voluntarily to read or write their work. Four square writing method can be applied in teaching learning process. Hopefully, by applying Four Square Writing Method, the students can improve their writing skill. The researcher hopes that what the researcher had done will give the English teachers inspiration to conduct Four Square Writing Method in their classroom.
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Penulis Utama : Endang Sri Lestari
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NIM / NIP : X2207052
Tahun : 2012
Judul : Improving Students’ Writing Skill By Using Four SquareWriting Method (FSWM) (A Classroom Action Research Conducted at Eleventh Grade of Social 4 Student of SMA N 1 Kartasura in the Academic Year 2011/2012)
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Imprint : Surakarta - F. KIP - 2012
Program Studi : S-1 Pendidikan Sastra Inggris Non Reguler
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Sumber : UNS-F. KIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-X2207052-2012
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Jenis Dokumen : Skripsi
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Status : Public
Pembimbing : 1. Drs. A. Handoko Pudjobroto
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Fakultas : Fak. KIP
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