BOARD GAME TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN USING CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION MARKS THAT END SENTENCES

Purwati Purwati (Masters Study Program of English Language Education Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak)
Clarry Sada (Masters Study Program of English Language Education Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak)
Sudarsono Sudarsono (Masters Study Program of English Language Education Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak)

Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK)
Vol 8, No 3 (2019): Maret 2019

AbstractThe purpose of this classroom action research was to improve the writing skills of the year-8 students of SMP Negeri 2 Sukadana in using capital letters and punctuation mark that end a sentence in academic year 2017/2018. The research was based on the findings that the students had badly habitual in using capital letter and punctuation marks that end sentences, as a part of writing mechanism, on their writing. To overcome these problems, the researcher employed Board Game as the teaching technique. The data of this research was collected through observation, questionnaire, and writing test. The results showed that the application of Board Game in teaching capitalization and punctuation marks that ends sentences could successfully improve the students’ ability in writing mechanism. The findings also revealed that Board Game is effective in motivating students to work cooperatively in reminding about the use of capital letter, period mark, exclamation mark, and question mark in writing. Keywords: Board Game, Capitalization, Punctuation Marks that End Sentences.