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Journal : Transform : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT BY APPLYING MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE Frida Dian Handini; Amrin Saragih
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 2, No 3 (2013)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (213.478 KB) | DOI: 10.24114/tj.v2i3.919

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AbstractThis study aims to discover the effect of applying Four Square Graphic Organizeron students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by usingexperimental research design. The population of this research was the seventh(VII) grade students of SMP Sultan Iskandar Muda Medan with four parallelclasses. The samples of the research were two classes divided into two groups,experimental and control group which were chosen by using random samplingtechnique. Fifty students were taken as the samples. The experimental group wastaught by using Four Square Graphic Organizer, while the control group wastaught by using freewriting technique. The instrument for collecting the data was awriting test. Pearson Product Moment formula was applied to obtain the reliabilityof the test. Based on the calculation, it shows that the reliability of the test was0,84 categorized as high reliability. Then, after analyzing the data, it was foundthat the value of tobserved was 3,66 with the degree of freedom (df)=48 at the levelof significance p(0,05) = 2,01. It means that tobserved is higher than ttable (3,66 >2,01). The result of this study shows that Four Square Graphic Organizer has asignificant effect on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.Keywords: writing, descriptive text, Four Square Graphic Organizer,experimental research
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXTS BY USING VIDEOS Widya Ladeci Simbolon; Amrin Saragih
TRANSFORM : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning Vol 2, No 1 (2013)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

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ABSTRACT This study deals with the students’ achievement improvement in writing procedure texts by using videos by applying classroom action research. The subjects of this research were 38 students of class X-1 SMA TELADAN MEDAN. After analyzing the data in two cycles of classroom action research, it was found there was an improvement of students’ mean score from 60.44 in assessment before applying video became 68.52 in cycle I and improved again became 78.89 in cycle II. It means that the use of video significantly improves the students’ achievement in writing procedure texts. Keywords: writing, procedure text, action research, videos, X-I SMA Teladan Medan.