FITRIA PRAYANTI, EKA (2013) THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY METHOD AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PONOROGO IN 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo.
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Prayanti, Eka Fitria. 2013. The Improvement of Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Using Outdoor Activity Method at the Eleventh Grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in 2013/2014 Academic Year. Thesis. English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Muhammadiyah University of Ponorogo. Advisors: (1) Niken Reti Indriastuti, S.S; (2) Risqi Ekanti Ayuningtyas Palupi, M.Pd. Key Words: Writing skill, Descriptive text, Outdoor Activity Method The researcher got some problems in the teaching writing skill at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo such as the students score in writing was low. It was under the minimum basic criteria because the students feel bored and they only accept the example of text in their book. So they found difficulties to explore their ideas. Their thought was only focused in the text which already exist in the book and they could not develop their ability in writing skill. The statement of problems of this research were: 1) How does the implementation of outdoor activity method improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 academic year. 2) Does outdoor activity method improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 academic year; and 2) The purposes of the study of this research were: 1) To describe the implementation of outdoor activity method improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 academic year. 2) To know whether the outdoor activity method improves students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 academic year. The subject of this research was the students of the eleventh grade class XI IPA 2 of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 academic year, which consisted of 32 students. The research was started on July 30, 2013 until August 22, 2013. This Classroom Action Research was conducted in two cycles. The researcher used three research instruments. They were: observation check list, questionnaire, and test. Based on the result of this research, the implementation of Outdoor Activity method could improve students’ writing skill at the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in the 2013/2014 academic year. It was seen from the improvement of students’ percentage from 34.4% in cycle I up to 100% in cycle 2. The questionnaire result showed that the students were interested in this method. It was seen from the total of questionnaire I was 60.26% and questionnaire II was 87.28%. The observation check list result showed that the students become active during teaching learning process. It was seen from the total of observation checklist cycle I was 59.8% up to 96.43% in cycle II. Finally, the researcher gives suggestion that teacher should be creative in organizing the class. The students should practice to use English in daily activities. School also should support the teachers in developing their quality in teaching English. Last, the next researcher can develop this method by using various kinds of the media to get the better result in teaching learning process.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Skripsi) |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Departement of Teacher Training and Education > Department of English |
| Depositing User: | Editor FKIP |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2014 03:55 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2014 03:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.umpo.ac.id/id/eprint/514 |
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