Abstract
The researchers was interested in undertaking the study which dealt with assessing descriptive paragraph writing ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Sukawati through guided question and answer in academic year 2018/2019. It was aimed at figuring out the achievement of the eighth grade students’ descriptive paragraph writing ability at SMPN 2 Sukawati in academic year 2018/2019 which was assessed through guided question and answer. The study was designed in the form of ex-post facto research. There were 50 eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Sukawati in academic year 2018/2019 who were chosen by using random sampling technique with lottery system as the research samples. The data were collected by administering guided question and answer test as the research instrument. The obtained data had been analyzed by using norm reference measure of five standard values. The results of the data analysis showed that (1) 1 or 2% of 50 samples got excellent achievement of descriptive paragraph writing ability, (2) 18 or 36% of 50 samples got good achievement, (3) 15 or 30% of samples got sufficient achievement, (4) 9 or 18% of samples got insufficient achievement, (5) 7 or 14% got poor achievement. It could be concluded that there were 68% of the samples were successful and there were 32% of the samples were unsuccessful in writing descriptive paragraph which was assessed by guided question and answer.
Highlights
Writing is a process of arranging and organizing someone’s thought
The data in this study were collected in the forms of raw scores showing the achievement of descriptive paragraph writing ability which was assessed through guided question and answer
The result of this study showed that 68% of the samples were successful and 32% of the samples were unsuccessful in doing the test which was assessed through guided question and answer
Summary
Writing is a process of arranging and organizing someone’s thought. It is a productive skill because it purposes to communicate the language, share ideas, information, persuade and convince people in written form. The researchers decided to use guided question and answer to assess the writing ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Sukawati because this test could stimulate the students’ ideas in writing descriptive paragraph. It made the students easier to develop and arrange their ideas into a paragraph form In this present study, the instrument that was used by the researchers was guided question and answer. Based on the aforementioned explanation, the researchers were interested in assessing descriptive paragraph writing ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 2. The samples of the study were 50 samples altogether They were regarded as representative enough in assessing descriptive paragraph writing ability through guided question and answer by random sampling technique with lottery system. The obtained data were analyzed by using norm-reference measure of five standard values which respectively showed excellent, good, sufficient, insufficient and poor achievement in writing a descriptive paragraph
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