Abstract

The aim of this study is to find out whether or not Quantum Teaching Strategy are effective to help students enhance their writing skills. This study was carried out at SMA Negeri 1 Manganitu. The research used quantitative research. Hopefully, this research can be useful to provide information to teachers in teaching and learning activities so that teachers are more creative and know how to improve students' curiosity, to gain students’ interest in learning English in class. The population of this research was the students of SMA Negeri 1 Manganitu and class X that consisting of 20 students was taken as sample. This study used a pre-experimental, pre-test, and post-test design with only one group. The researcher gathered data by asking students to complete a written test firstly also known as pre-test the apllied Quantum Teaching Strategy, secondly delivered with written test also known as post-test. After these activities, the researcher analysed the data by comparing the mean score of pre-test and post-test. The result of post-test score was 64.2 compared to the total mean = 17.85 as the result of pre-test. This meant that Quantum Teaching Strategy was an effective way to improves student’s writing skill in recount text especially in personal recount text. It was recommended to teachers to use Quantum Teaching Strategy in order to maximize students’ capability in learning English.

Highlights

  • Learning is an activity where someone finds out something from they do not know and became aware.According to Suyono (2011:165), “belajar adalah suatu upaya pembelajaran untuk mengembangkan seluruh kepribadian, baik fisik maupun psikis

  • Some of the advantages using Quantum Teaching Strategy according to Bobbie Deporter and Hernacki ( 2004:12) are: (1) A positive attitude, (2) increased motivation, (3) lifelong skill, (4) self-confidence, and (5) success or improved learning outcomes are all factors to consider

  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate if the Quantum Teaching Strategy is beneficial in improving students' recount text writing skills

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Introduction

Learning is an activity where someone finds out something from they do not know and became aware.According to Suyono (2011:165), “belajar adalah suatu upaya pembelajaran untuk mengembangkan seluruh kepribadian, baik fisik maupun psikis. Accoridng to Nihta Liando and Nita Mozes (2019) to help very young learners learn English as a foreign language, teaching methods and learning strategies should be influential for their emotion/physic, various activities and short periods. Which means the importance of the teacher to enter the world of students as the first step, why? As a result of these efforts, a teacher will be able to lead, guide, and assist students in gaining more knowledge. Some of the advantages using Quantum Teaching Strategy according to Bobbie Deporter and Hernacki ( 2004:12) are: (1) A positive attitude, (2) increased motivation, (3) lifelong skill, (4) self-confidence, and (5) success or improved learning outcomes are all factors to consider

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