THE USE OF PICTURE SERIES MEDIA IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY OF RECOUNT TEXT VIA GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN CLASS VIII IN THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF JEMBATAN BUDAYA

Abstract

This study was aimed at analyzing (1) the student's ability to write recount text before and after applying the picture series as a teaching-learning media via Google classroom; (2) the strategy of implementing picture series as a teaching-learning media in enhancing the ability to write recount text via Google Classroom for the eighth-grade students at Jembatan Budaya Middle School. This study involved a form of qualitative descriptive design. The research respondents were 25 students in class VIIID at Jembatan Budaya Junior High School. The theory used for this research is Skinner's (1975) behaviouristic learning theory. In gaining the data, this research employed twice tests and direct observation. The pre-test was to determine the student's initial abilities in writing the recount text before applying the treatment, and the post-test was handed after the treatment. The observations were accomplished during the online treatment via Google Classroom to discover the strategy utilized for implementing picture series as a teaching-learning media. The results revealed that the use of picture series as a teaching-learning media via Google Classroom had a positive effect on students' ability to write recount text. It is evidenced by the enlargement in the students' average score from the pre-test of 47.56 to 77.28 in the post-test. The results of students' writing also proved that picture series media could help students develop their ideas in writing recount text. Furthermore, the study's results revealed that the strategy teachers use in applying picture series as teaching-learning media via Google Classroom is through discussion. The teachers' phases in teaching via Google Classroom were uploading learning materials, involving students, giving examples based on the picture series media uploaded by the teacher, and the training stage as strengthening understanding of the learning material.