Abstract
The researcher chooses this title because she found students who have difficulties to start writing at tenth grade students in MA Al- Hidayah Sumbakeling. Therefore, this study aimed to find out the effectiveness of Journalistic questions method in teaching writing recount text at tenth grade students of MA Al-Hidayah Sumbakeling Pancalang Kuningan. The method used in this research was a quantitative research and the design was a quasi-experiment. The sample of this research was two classes which was divided into experimental class and controlled class. X-A as the experimental class consist of 22 students and X-B as the controlled class consist of 20 students. The experimental class was taught using Journalistic questions method while the controlled class was taught without using the Journalistic questions method. In collecting data, the researcher conducted a writing test which was divided into test (pre-test and post-test) and documentation. The data collected were analyzed by using SPSS v.20 and t-test. According to the result of statistical calculation, it could be seen that t o was 65.91 and t t was 1.68. It means that t o was higher than t t (to > t t ). Thus, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. In conclusion, using Journalistic questions method is effective on students’ writing skill of recount text.
Highlights
In Indonesia English is not regarded as a second language but English is a foreign language
Writing is a process of transforming thoughts and ideas into written form.Related to Alvisa, Sumadi, Permana, the Effectiveness of| 120 writing skill, the researcher chooses the title because found students who have difficulties to start writing at tenth grade students in MA Al- HidayahSumbakelingPancalangKuningan
The first finding is the ability of students writing recount text in control class
Summary
In Indonesia English is not regarded as a second language but English is a foreign language. Students are expected to improve their proficiency in English.There are four language skills in teaching English; they are listening, speaking, reading and writing. There are many strategies that can make English teaching and learning process more exciting but none is the best. A teacher must try to find out the appropriate strategies to teach his or her students because the teacher has a very important role in the teaching and learning process. The strategies in English language teaching are using creative language arts, such as song, essay, writing diary, journalistic questions.Based on previous research on the journalistic question method entitled "Teaching Speaking through the Wh-Question technique” by Novita (2011), this method can express help students build their ideas, including in writing
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