Improving Students’ Writing Skill In Recount Text Using Four Square Writing Method (A Classroom Action Research At The Eighth Grade Of Smp Negeri 2 Jatisrono In The Academic Year 2012/2013)
Penulis Utama
:
Arum Artha Pratiwi
NIM / NIP
:
K2209011
×The research aims at: (1) identifying and whether four square writing
method can improve the writing skill, and (2) describing what happens to the
classroom situation when four square writing method is used to teach writing.
The method used in this research was a classroom action research,
conducted in two cycles at the VIII B grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Jatisrono at
the academic year 2012/2013, from May to June 6th 2013. The research data were
collected using observation, interviews, field notes, questionnaire and test (pretest
and post-test). The qualitative data were analyzed through some steps
proposed by Burns: assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data,
building interpretation, and reporting the outcomes. For the quantitative data, the
researcher analyzed the mean score of the test to compare differences between
pre-test and post-test.
The research findings show that the use of four square writing method
could improve students’ writing skill and classroom situation of English class.
The improvement of the students’ writing skill includes the following: (1) the
students could use appropriate general structure; (2) the students could develop
the idea easily; (3) the students made less mistakes in spelling and punctuation;
(4) the students became more aware in grammatical aspect; (5) the students used
more varied vocabulary. Meanwhile, the improvement of classroom situation
includes the following: (1) the students paid attention to the teacher explanation;
(2) the students keep focused on lesson; (3) the students found inspiration so they
were not took much time to writing, (4) the students could finish their writing in
one meeting; (5) the students did not do non academic activities.
In addition, the final result of the test showed that the students score also
improved. The mean score increases from 59.07 (pretest) to 65.73 (in cycle 1) and
75.26 (in cycle 2) which was above the passing grade of the school, (Kriteria
Ketuntasan Minimum/ KKM); 75.
From the result above, it could be concluded that Four Square writing
method could improve students’ writing skill and classroom situation.
Considering the result of this study, the researcher suggested that the teacher use
Four Square writing method in teaching writing.
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Penulis Utama
:
Arum Artha Pratiwi
Penulis Tambahan
:
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NIM / NIP
:
K2209011
Tahun
:
2014
Judul
:
Improving Students’ Writing Skill In Recount Text Using Four Square Writing Method (A Classroom Action Research At The Eighth Grade Of Smp Negeri 2 Jatisrono In The Academic Year 2012/2013)
