Improve Students’ Narrative Writing Achievement Through Film at SMA NEGERI I PALIPI

Sondang Manik,Jernih Donda Sinurat

doi:10.5539/ijel.v5n2p172

Abstract

This study attempted to improve students’ English Narrative writing achievement through Film. The objective of study was to find out whether film can improve students’ achievement in writing Narrative Paragraphs. This study was conducted by applying classroom action research which was done in 6 meeting of their English subject. The subject of this study was the second year students (XI –IPA – 2) of SMA Negeri 1 Palipi - Samosir Indonesia. One class was taken as the subject of the study. The number of the students was 30 students. The data of this research were obtained in two cycles, namely cycle 1 and cycle 2. Each cycle consisted of the four steps of an action Research: planning, action, observation and reflection. The instrument for collecting data used writing test from students’ paper writing to write the film talk about as writing tests for the quantitative data and used diary notes, questionnaire sheet, observation sheet and interview for the qualitative data. Based on the writing test result, the students’ score kept improving in every test. The findings indicated that the using of film as a media of learning improved students’ writing achievement. The students’ score significant was improved; the mean of second cycle i.e. 84.3 was higher than the mean of the first cycle i.e. 76.1. Based on diary notes, questionnaire sheet, observation sheet and interview, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. The conclusion was that using of film as a media of learning improved students’ writing achievement.

Highlights

In the country where English as a foreign Language, writing in English is not easy for students
The procedure of the first cycle can be seen as follows: 1. Planning There were many activities that will done in planning, they are: 1) Prepare lesson plan; 2) Prepare the teaching material of narrative writing; 3) Prepare the instrument to record and analyze the data, such as diary notes, observation sheet, questionaire sheet and interview sheet; 4) Prepare the facilities and media that will be used as work sheet; 5) Plan and design the application model and procedure of teaching and learning method
1) Arsyad state that media is one of the ways to make writing class more interesting is by using media when teacher is teaching and He said that the using of media can motivate the students and give some psychologies effect in learning process

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Introduction

In the country where English as a foreign Language, writing in English is not easy for students. Writing is a process of putting thought, ideas, opinions, experiences, events, and histories such as writing letters, notes, shopping list, etc. According to Atwan and Forrer 91), writing can be as one way of expressing our feelings. As Albee in Atwan and Vesterman 2) states that writing is to find out what we are thinking about. 1), writing is the evidence our personal experience and we can be evaluated by reading our own writing. The purpose of writing, the increased complexity of its context of use and diverse background and needs of those wishing to learn, all push the study of writing into wider frameworks of analysis and understanding

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