IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS THROUGH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY (A Classroom Action Research for the First Grade Students of SMA N 01 Suruh in the Academic Year of 2016/2017)

Farida, Artanti Isnaeni (2016) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS THROUGH OUTDOOR ACTIVITY (A Classroom Action Research for the First Grade Students of SMA N 01 Suruh in the Academic Year of 2016/2017). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This study is a classroom action research. The general objective of this study is improving students’ writing skill through outdoor activity, while the specific objective of this research are (1) to find out of outdoor activity to improve students’ writing skill, (2) to find out to what extent the improvement of Outdoor Activity to improve the students’ writing skill. This CAR was conducted at SMA N 01 Suruh. The procedure of CAR consist of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The data were collected from achievement test and observation. The observation during the process of English teaching and learning was conducted with the help from observer. In this research, the writer acted as the practitioner. The tests were in the form of pre-test and post-test conducted in cycle I and cycle II. The research resulted: (1) the implementation of outdoor activity as a strategy can improve writing skill, it is proved with the students’ improvement score of the tests because mean of post-test in cycle I is higher than mean of pre-test (78, 42 > 65, 45) and the mean of post-test in cycle II is higher than mean of pre-test (83, 5> 37, 84),(2) the improvement of outdoor activity as a strategy in improving students’ writing skill, it can be proved by the result t-test calculation is higher than t-table in each cycle. In cycle I t-test score is 10 is higher than t-table 2, 06 and cycle II t-test score is 24, 02 is higher than t-table 2, 06. The increasing percentage students who pass in writing test from cycle I and cycle II are: 84, 61% and92, 30%. The decreasing percentage students who not pass in writing test are: 15, 39%and 7, 7%.

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