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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Cipta, Berry Santrio; Husnayaini, Ihda; Rasuan, Zulfikri B
EEdJ: English Education Journal Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Vol. 1, No. 2 (October 2021)
Publisher : English Education Department

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32923/eedj.v1i2.2087

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This research is aimed to find out the ability and difficulties of public school students in Jebus, Bangka in writing descriptive text. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The researcher used writing test as the instrument. The sample of this research was the second grade of a public school in Jebus which consists of 30 students selected by using purposive sampling. The finding indicated that the students’ ability in writing descriptive text was classified into very poor. The students’ writing ability in content categories was 2,63, in organization was 2,09, in vocabulary was 2,93, in grammar was 1,75. And in mechanic was 2,33. They were all classified very poor. While the students’ difficulties in writing was language features of descriptive text which consist of describing object in detail, lack of vocabulary and grammar mastery. Therefore, the majority of students was found it difficult to write correct spelling words and create sentences. Based on the results, the researcher concluded that the students did not have good understanding and ability in writing descriptive text.
Using Group Investigation (GI) Strategy to Improve Students’ Writing Skill Ayu, Renada Puji; Supiah, Supiah; Rasuan, Zulfikri B; Rahmaniyar, Atik
EEdJ: English Education Journal Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): Vol. 2, No. 1 (April 2022)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32923/eedj.v2i1.2523

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The aim of this research is to find out the effectiveness of Group Investigation Strategy in improving students’ writing skill This study is experimental and was conducted in Bangka, Bangka Belitung province. 50 students from two classes of middle school were taken as the sample. By using Paired Sample t-test and Independent Sample t-test, the result showed that the students who were taught by using Group Investigation Strategy got higher score than those who were not. The result of independent sample t-test stated that t-obtained (0.420) was lower than critical value of t- table (2.01) and the significant (2-tailed) was 0.670, higher than computation with significant level 0.005. In other words, there was a no significant difference between students who were taught by using Group Investigation Strategy and the students who were taught without using Group Investigation Strategy.