Register : Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning of FBS UNIMED
Vol 2, No 1 (2013)

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ON WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE

Ika Purnama and Johan Sinulingga (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2013

Abstract

This study focused on the improvement of students’ achievement on writingnarrative text by using Clustering technique. The main objective of this study toknow whether clustering technique could significantly improve students’achievement in writing narrative text. It was conducted by applying classroomaction research which consisted two cycles in six meetings. Every meetingconsisted of four phases. The subject of this study was second grade students ofSMA Perguruan Sumatera Tanjung Morawa. Total of students was 29. Theinstruments for collecting data were writing tests for quantitative data and diarynotes, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet for qualitative data. Based on thestudents’ test, the students’ score was improved in every test. In Test I, the meanscore was 59,41. In the Test II, the mean score was 69,65. In the test III, the meanscore of the students was 78,17. The using clustering technique in every test tendsto be more effective. So, the mean of test improves and gets better.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eltu

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

REGISTER Journal is a quarterly publication presenting articles on English Language Teaching. The contents include analysis, studies, application of theories, research reports, materials development and ...