JEE (Journal of English Education)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016): JEE (Journal of English Education)

USING ‘BRAINSTORMING’ TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING ESSAYS

Eliwarti (Riau University)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Dec 2016

Abstract

This research aims to improve students‟ ability in writing essays. “Listing” technique in Brainstorming activity was applied to students taking Writing III subject. Before and after the action, a pre-test and a posttest were conducted. After the action (two cycles), there was an increase of the mean score from the pre-test (53.77) to posttest (63.49). The result of observation also showed that the students‟ activity in following Listing technique is 68.6%. This fulfilled the criteria applied (³ 61). Besides, t-test was also used to see the effectiveness of the Listing technique. The result showed that „t‟ observed (3.92) is greater than „t‟ table at the level of 0.05 (2.021) and 0.01 (2.704) This indicates that Listing technique is effective in improving the students‟ ability in writing essays.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JEE

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JEE (Journal of English Education) is a scientific journal that collects the results of the research and scientific work of lecturers, teachers, or students associated with learning and teaching English. It is a blind peer review international journal which publishes manuscripts within the fields of ...