Abstract
The objective of the research aims to find out whether the use of folktales can improve the students’ writing ability or not.Quasi-experimental design was applied in this research with two classes of the students. The first class as an experimental class and the second as a control class that was given different treatment. The instrument of this research was a written test. The population of this research was the first year students of SMA Negeri 2 Watampone, academic year 2012-2013. The number of population was 420 students consisted of 14 classes. A sample of this research was taken by using cluster random sampling technique; there were 60 students as sample, 30 students in X-9 as experimental class and 30 students in X-10 as control class. Data were collected through written test administered in the pretest and posttest. The mean score of pretest in experimental class is 47.93 and mean score of posttest is 73.5. While the mean score of pretest in control class is 52.36 and mean score of posttest is 66.37. It can be conclude that there is significant difference of the students after the use of folktales in improving their writing ability.
Highlights
English is very important language used by people around the world to communicate
The experimental class received the new treatment by use of folktales during teaching and learning; whereas the control class was taught with the way their teacher teach them
The description of data collected through writing test as explained in the previous section shows that using folktales improved the students’ writing ability
Summary
English is very important language used by people around the world to communicate. It is one of the reasons why there are many people learn English. Language consists of four kind of skill They are listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Writing is Didaktika Jurnal Kependidikan, Jurusan Tarbiyah STAIN Watampone, Vol 11 No 1, Juni 2017 one of the important skills in English, and it can help the students in learning and developing their English by expressing their knowledge, experience and the way of thinking. It can be expressed in form of essay, a paragraph, a letter, a short story and etc. Writing ability is very important for this time, and no one can obtain success without having this ability. Masdianti (2011) stated that “through writing we can convey our feeling, thought and opinion without having face to face”
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