Improving the students' ability in writing descriptive texts through collaborative writing technique
The main objectives of the study to improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts and know the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of collaborative writing technique in improving students’ writing ability of descriptive texts. The Classroom Action Research was employed in thi...
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Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Palangka Raya
2015-12-01
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| description | The main objectives of the study to improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts and know the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of collaborative writing technique in improving students’ writing ability of descriptive texts. The Classroom Action Research was employed in this study. The subject of the study was 28 of eighth grade students of the SMP Negeri 1 Pelaihari in the Academic Year of 2011/2012. This action research was conducted in two cycles. Each consisted of planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting the action. In collecting the data, the data are obtained from the questionnaire, interview, and observation and also from the writing tests. The result of this study shows that collaborative writing technique can improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts. This is proved by the significant increase of the mean score of the post-test cycle 1 and post-test cycle 2. Besides, the students have become more motivated to study English especially in writing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f81f5dbaed245149db0b7598919813b2022-12-22T04:35:06ZengInstitut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Palangka RayaJournal on English as a Foreign Language2088-16572502-66152015-12-0122112010.23971/jefl.v2i2.5250Improving the students' ability in writing descriptive texts through collaborative writing techniqueSupiani Supiani0Universitas Islam Kalimantan MAAB BanjarmasinThe main objectives of the study to improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts and know the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of collaborative writing technique in improving students’ writing ability of descriptive texts. The Classroom Action Research was employed in this study. The subject of the study was 28 of eighth grade students of the SMP Negeri 1 Pelaihari in the Academic Year of 2011/2012. This action research was conducted in two cycles. Each consisted of planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting the action. In collecting the data, the data are obtained from the questionnaire, interview, and observation and also from the writing tests. The result of this study shows that collaborative writing technique can improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts. This is proved by the significant increase of the mean score of the post-test cycle 1 and post-test cycle 2. Besides, the students have become more motivated to study English especially in writing.https://e-journal.iain-palangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/jefl/article/view/52collaborative writing techniquedescriptive textswriting ability |
| spellingShingle | Supiani Supiani Improving the students' ability in writing descriptive texts through collaborative writing technique Journal on English as a Foreign Language collaborative writing technique descriptive texts writing ability |
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