Skripsi

Using spider bew to improve EFL students\' ability in writing descriptive text at the seventh grade of MTs Nurul Huda Malang / Yulia Rahmah

Abstrak
ABSTRACT Rahmah Yulia. 2010. Using Spider Web to Improve EFL Students Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at the Seventh Grade of MTs Nurul Huda Malang. Thesis Department of English Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor Fachrurrazy Drs. M.A. Ph.D Key Words writing spider web descriptive text. Writing is one of the four language skills. Writing provides students with the chance to express themselves and their ideas. In junior high school level students face some problems in writing. Based on the researcher s interview with the students the major problems faced by them are how to generate ideas and how to organize the ideas well. To overcome the problems a spider web technique is proposed to be applied in teaching writing. The technique is chosen because it is simple and good for junior high students. To generate and organize their ideas well students have to answer questions in the spider web. The objective of the study is to improve students writing ability in generating and organizing their ideas in writing descriptive text using spider web. Classroom Action Research (CAR) design is used in this study. The research is conducted in two cycles each cycle consists of planning an action implementing the action observing the action and reflecting on the observation. The subjects were the students of class VII of MTs Nurul Huda Malang which consisted of 26 students. There were three kinds of data gained the students scores the result of interviews and field notes. The data gained from the interviews were converted into a description of the students responses toward the implementation of the technique. The field notes were presented into an explanation describing the students attitudes and the condition of the classroom. The result of the research showed that the spider web effectively increased the students writing ability in generating and organizing ideas of writing descriptive text. The research began with a preliminary study as the problem identification. There were some procedures in preliminary study the researcher observed the class gave pre-test and analyzed/identified the problem. In Cycle I the researcher planned an action namely planning teaching schedule preparing research instruments designing lesson plans and preparing the criteria of success. Then she implemented the action namely teaching writing using spider web and the topics were given by the teacher. Next she observed the action and collected the data. Besides she reflected on the observation whether or not the result had met the criteria of success. Since she had not met the criteria of success in Cycle I she continued the research in Cycle II. She revised the previous action let the students chose their own topic gave more time to revise their draft. Moreover she observed reflected the observation and stopped the research because the result had met the criteria of success. The score of the students writing in cycle 2 significantly increased compared to the scores of the students writing in the preliminary study. The significant improvement of the students scores might also have been influenced by the following additional factors more time provided to think and practice writing descriptive compositions and an opportunity for students to choose their own topic. Based on the result of the study it is suggested that English teachers should apply the spider web in teaching of writing descriptive to improve students writing ability in generating and organizing their ideas well. In addition other researchers are suggested to use more respondents in different setting and conditions to see whether the technique can be implemented effectively in different situations.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rs 808.042 RAH u

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, 2010.

Deskripsi Fisik

xi, 119 lembar : il., tab. ; 30 cm.

Bahasa

No Reg

01845/KI/10

Edisi

Skripsi (Sarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang, 2010

Subjek

1. BAHASA INGGRIS - MENULIS, KEMAMPUAN
2. BAHASA INGGRIS - MENULIS - MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN

Pembimbing

1. FACHRURRAZY

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