Improving Students’ Writing Skill By Using Guided Writing (A Classroom Action Research At Second Grade Students Of Smp Negeri 1 Karanganyar In Academic Year Of 2012/2013)
Penulis Utama
:
Yeny Aryningtyas
NIM / NIP
:
K2208106
×This research aims to identify: 1) whether guided writing technique can
improve the students’ writing skill; 2) the students’ motivation of learning English
especially writing skill which is related to guided writing in teaching learning
process. The problems faced by the students include the difficulty to: a) use the
correct and appropriate grammar; b) construct the ideas to the cohesive and coherent
paragraph; c) use the appropriate mechanic; d) memorize the vocabulary; e) organize
the ideas.
The method used in this research is a classroom action research. The research
was conducted in two cycles at the second grade of SMP Negeri 1 Karanganyar from
August – October 2012. The research data were collected through observation,
interview, questionnaire, and tests (pre-test and post-tests). The qualitative data were
analyzed by using five stages which consist of assembling the data, coding the data,
comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The
quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of the pre-test and
post-tests.
The research findings showed that the use of guided writing improved
students’ writing skill and students’ motivation of learning English. The skill
includes: 1) the students could develop their main ideas; 2) the students could
organize their paragraphs; 3) the students’ writing was better in coherence and
cohesiveness; 4) the students could find the appropriate vocabularies; 5) the students
made fewer mistakes in grammar. The improvement of students’ motivation includes:
a) the students participate actively in teaching and learning process; b) the students
made less noise during the lesson; c) the students seriously focused to do the task and
asked in every difficulty which they faced; d) the students paid full attention to the
lesson; they discuss and talk with their friend in discussing the lesson; e) the students
answered the questions from the teacher actively.
It can be concluded that this research can improve students’ writing skill and
students’ motivation. It is hoped that this research can give the other teacher
inspiration in implementing guided writing in their classroom.
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Penulis Utama
:
Yeny Aryningtyas
Penulis Tambahan
:
1. 2.
NIM / NIP
:
K2208106
Tahun
:
2013
Judul
:
Improving Students’ Writing Skill By Using Guided Writing (A Classroom Action Research At Second Grade Students Of Smp Negeri 1 Karanganyar In Academic Year Of 2012/2013)
Edisi
:
Imprint
:
Surakarta - F, KIP - 2013
Program Studi
:
S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Kolasi
:
Sumber
:
UNS-F. KIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-K.2208106-2013
