Writing Recount Text Research Articles

INVESTIGATING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN USING ENGLISH PAST TENSE: A LOOK FROM TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

This study aims at investigating junior high school students’ errors in using English past tense in their English compositions. The subjects of this study were 8th-grade students in a junior high school in North Bali. This study employed descriptive qualitative research which describes the error that was produced by EFL learners. There were four steps in collecting the data namely, asking the students to watch a video, telling them to write recount text through guided writing, collecting the learners' writing, identifying the students' errors in writing past tense, and classifying the errors. The data were analysed using Corder's framework to classify students' errors. The study revealed that there were nine types of errors produces by EFL learners. The errors are applying Indonesian syntactic pattern, using Indonesian acronym, omitting the plural marker -s, adding plural marker -s in a singular form, deleting BE, using incorrect word choice, adding articles, overgeneralising, and using incorrect word order. The errors show that the students tend to use their native language structure in composing the English past tense. Hence, the errors made by students and acknowledged by teachers should be addressed immediately by implementing appropriate strategies and materials to enhance learning. Furthermore, this study can be conducted for further research with different subjects as well as references for applied linguistics courses.

Does Instagram as Learning Media Affect Students’ Writing Skill on Recount Text?: An Experimental Research

This research's objectives were to examine whether Instagram as a Learning Media is useful toward students' writing recount text or not and measuring how significant the effect of Instagram on students’ writing recount text before and after treatment. This quasi-experimental research involved 35 students as participants from two different classes. Researchers took 10th graders from a selected private school in Purbalingga as research samples. Two IPS classes were selected, i.e., X IPS 1 was set as an experimental class, and X IPS 2 was set as a control class. The data were collected from the score of pre-test and post-test after the treatment. Researchers then compared the students’ achievement from control and experimental classes and analyzed the data using descriptive analysis and N-gain. The research findings indicated a significant achievement of students' competencies in using Instagram than conventional learning in writing recount text. The average N-gain score from experimental class and control class obtained 0.308 > 0.057. The Mean score of pre-test in experimental and control class obtained 69.875 > 64.818 and the Mean score of post-test in experimental and control class was 79.461 > 67.142. As a result, the experimental class's mean score was higher than the control class means Instagram as a Learning Media is useful in writing recount text.

TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT USING RECEIPTS AS MEDIA OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS

This study was purposed to describe the implementaion of teaching writing recount text by using receipts and to describe students’ cognitive responds in writing recount text by using receipts as media. This study was quantitative research and used experimental method. The quasi experimental was used as the research design and test was the instrument. The students of the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 5 Sidoarjo were as the sample. The number of students in this study was 66 people that 33 people were experimental class students and 33 people were as controlled class students. The SPSS 20 was used to calculate the data. It was proven that sig.2 tailed (p) was for the test of hypothesis proved that sig. 2 tailed (p) was 0.049 while alpha (α) was 0.05. In other words, p < α. It meant that the Ho (Null Hypothesis) was denied and Ha (Alternative Hypothesis) was allowed. It was proven that it had a positive effect of using receipts to students’ writing skill of recount text. Moreover, the result of Cohen’s formulation calculation proved the effect size of receipts result was 0.49. It can be concluded that the effect of this treatment was modest effect.

Grammar-Focused Writing Instruction to the Students’ Writing Recount Text

In learning English, the students often make some problems while building a recount text. One of the problems causing it is that the teacher might use the old teaching method. This research aimed to observe the effect of grammar-focused writing instruction on the tenth-grade students' writing recount text at one of the Senior High School State at Kabupaten Tangerang. The research method used in this research was a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental design by using a non-equivalent control group design. The population of this research was 460 tenth grade students. The sample of this research was taken from two classes that were chosen by using Simple Random Sampling. There were X IPS 4 as the controlled class and X IPS 5 as the experimental class. The normality test result showed that the data is normally distributed, and the homogeneity test result showed that the variants belong to a homogeneous population. The analysis results of post-test by using t-test (The Pooled Variance Model T-test) were obtained data that t-count = 4,37 and t-table = 1,99 with significant level ɑ = 5% or 0,05. From the post-test calculation result, H0 is rejected, and H1 is accepted. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect of students’ writing recount text between students in the experimental class who were taught by using grammar-focused writing instruction and students in the controlled class who were taught by using the conventional method.

DEVELOPING MEDIA BASED ON POWTOON IN TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS IN SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 MEDAN

The study was aimed to develop media based on PowToon in teaching writing recount text for grade VIII students in SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan. This study was conducted by using Research and Development (R & D) design through six stages; gathering information and data, analyzing data, designing materials, validating by experts, revising, and final product. The subject of the study was Grade VIII of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Medan. The data were gathered by administering interview to English teacher and distributing questionnaire to 30 respondents to get the students’ needs. The interview and questionnaire result prove that the students’ needs English learning media which can motivate the students to understand about the recount writing. The product has been validated by experts. The result of the product was videos that contain audio-visual media to be used in mastering the recount text writing. The result of experts’ validation showed that the media was an appropriate media to be used in teaching writing recount text by getting the average percentage of 95% categorized as excellent.Keywords: PowToon, Recount Text, Research and Development (R&D)

TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT EIGHT GRADE USING THINK-TALK-WRITE TECHNIQUE BY DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Based on the fact that the students writing ability, was very low, so the students had difficulties in writing especially writing recount text. The aims of this research to find out: 1) The implementation of the scenario in teaching English writing recount text using think-talk-write technique by digital storytelling 2) The students difficulties in learning writing recount text using think-talk-write technique by digital storytelling. This study used descriptive qualitative research. The subject of the study was the eight grade students in one of junior high school that consist of twenty students. The instrument used in this study were observation sheet and questionnaire. The results of this study indicated that the implementation of teaching and learning process was done in accordance with the scenario that had been made by the researcher. The initial assignment was given to the students to know what are the difficulties faced by the students. Based on the result, it could be mentioned that the students difficulties were the use of grammar, poor vocabulary-especially in spelling and how to use appropriate vocabulary. After learning using the TTW technique, the students could overcome their difficulties. They could understand better the use of grammar and structure, appropriate vocabulary and better in spelling. Keywords: Think-Talk-Write, Digital Storytelling, Writing

L2 WRITING STRATEGIES USED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Writing is a challenging activity that comprises a complex cognitive process, as well as various strategies. Furthermore, minimal research has been performed on using writing strategies among High School students in the EFL context, specifically in Indonesia. Although the applications of effective strategies have been evidenced to be helpful, many students are not aware of using them to alleviate their writing quality. Therefore, this study aims at investigating English L2 strategies when writing recount texts using three skilled English students. This is a qualitative research that utilized purposive sampling and the instruments employed were Think-Aloud Protocols (TAPs), observation, retrospective, and semi-structured interviews. Following the analysis and interpretation of the data obtained from these instruments, the acquired results demonstrated that they used similar writing strategies. However, the occurrences from this use differed from one individual to another as some were unaware that the writing process was recursive and not linear. Therefore, this study implies that students need to be encouraged to apply different strategies to develop their writing, and teachers also, were required to explicitly teach these strategies as it will lead students to use them effectively. Training on the use of writing strategies is needed for Indonesian students to support and help them write efficiently in English.

The Effectiveness of Guided Writing Combined with Virtual Reality Video as Teaching Media on Students’ Writing Achievement

This study was conducted to identify (1) whether guided writing combined with virtual reality video as a teaching media is effective on improving students’ writing achievement in writing recount text and (2) the teaching learning process in which guided writing combined with virtual reality video as teaching media is implemented in the writing class at the eleventh grade of a private Senior High School in Surakarta. The method used in this research was classroom action research. This research consisted of two cycles, each consists of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. There are qualitative and quantitative data collected in this research. The qualitative data included interview, observation, transcription, and document analysis whereas the quantitative data included the students’ pre-test and post-test scores. The findings showed that the implementation of guided writing combined with virtual reality video as teaching media effective to improve the students’ writing achievement and the classroom situation. The mean score improved from 60.71 in pre-test, improved to 72.07 in post-test 1 and improved to 79.15 in post-test 2. The implementation of guided writing combined with virtual reality video as teaching media also changed the class situation to be more active and interacting the students to join the teaching learning process.

Using Story Mapping Technique in Teaching Writing Skills at SMAN 1 Palopo

The purpose of this research was to find out whether the use of story mapping technique effective to improve students’ writing recount text at the first grade of SMAN 1 Palopo. This research applied quasi experimental. The research was carried out in two classes, experimental and control classes. The population of this research was the first grade students of SMAN 1 Palopo. The samples of this research were Class X MIPA 2 as a control class and Class X IPA 3 as experimental class. The sampling technique in this research was random sampling. The instrument of this research was writing test. The writer gave pretest and posttest to the students. The data was analyzed by using SPSS 20.The result of this research showed that the use of story mapping technique in teaching writing recount text is effective. It could be seen from the result of calculation that the students’ score in experimental class which was higher than students’ score in control class. The mean score of posttest in experimental class was higher than the mean score of pretest (76.7667>61.6667). While in control class the mean score of posttest was also higher than the mean score of pretest (71.0667>67.8000). It means that there was significant difference between the students’ score in teaching writing recount text by using story mapping technique and students’ score in teaching writing recount text without using story mapping technique at the first grade of SMAN 1 Palopo.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN TEACHING WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

This research aimed to find out Google Classroom effectiveness, which was used to enhance students’ writing recount text for Senior High School and recognize students' writing performance. This research used a pre-experimental research design. The subject of this study is the tenth grade of senior high school at Western Surabaya. It involved 30 students as a sample of this study. In the process of data collection, the researcher used a pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. The researcher analyzed the data using Wilcoxon Ranks Test to test the hypothesis. This study found the value of significance (2-tailed) was lower than the significance level (0.022 < 0.05), then the Ha was accepted. It means there was a significant value on students’ achievement of the writing performance of recount text by using Google Classroom. In addition, the result of the questionnaire indicates that the students’ responses are neutral; it means that the students do not feel difficult in the use of Google Classroom. However, it can be concluded that Google Classroom significantly affects students’ writing performance and helps them finish and collect the assignment without any bound by time and space. Further, based on the data obtained, which analyzed through Brown's theory, the students' writing performance is imitative and intensive. It means they are still positioning in the primary category.

EFFECT OF USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ON THE STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

ABSTRACT
 This research was conducted to investigate the effect of using clustering techniques on the student achievement in writing recount text. Therefore, an experimental research was conducted to obtain the data, the population of this study were the first school year in the academic year 2019/2020 of SMA DHARMAWANGSA Medan which has two classes consisted of 80 students. They were taken as the sample. 40 students in the experimental group were taught using clustering techniques while the other 40 students in the control group were taught using free writing technique. Writing test was used to acquire to obtain data. The result the data analyzing indicated that there is a large effect of using clustering technique on the students’ achievement in writing recount text since the result tobserved> ttable or 2.568 > 2.06. Thus, the null hypothesis is rejected while the alternate hypothesis is accepted. This the student who are taught using clustering technique could achieve better achievement than students who were taught rewriting technique. Result of data analyzing suggests that teachers should consider the use of clustering techniques in writing recount text to their students.
 Keyword : Writing , Recount Text , Clustering Technique

Exploring the Influence of Blended Learning Method in English Recount Text Writing for Senior High School Students

This paper aims to explore the influence of blended learning method on the teaching of English recount text writing and examine students’ perceptions toward the implementation of the method. The design of the study was a mixed-method research designs. The data were collected by using a pre-test, post-test, and an open-ended interview. The quantitative data were analyzed using independent samples t-test, while qualitative data obtained from interviewing students were transcribed, categorized, and interpreted using interactive model analysis. The quantitative data analysis showed there was a significant effect of the blended learning method towards students' English recount text writing with a large effect size (1.03). From the interviews, it was found that the students gave positive responses to the implementation of blended learning methods in teaching writing of recount text. It can be concluded that blended learning is an effective method for teaching writing recount text for senior high school. Other researchers are expected to expand the research variable and explore this method's implementation on different English skills.

ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN APPLYING SIMPLE PAST TENSE IN RECOUNT TEXT AT SMP N 1 PANGARIBUAN

Abstract
 
 Recount text is a kind of text in english that tell about a story, actions or event which use simple past tense. Meanwhile, simple past tense is an event that happen in past, the characteristic of simple past tense is using verb 2. Students’ability are a condition to determine students skill in applying simple past tense in recount tense. The aim of this research were to analyzed the students’ ability in applying simple past tense in recount text. This research performed at eight grade in Smp N 1 Pangaribuan. Researcher used qualitative research designs. The data was collected by test, and questionnaire. Based on students test result, the average score of 20 students at eight grade in Smp N 1 Pangaribuan was 55,4. The data from questionnaire showed that 11 from 20 students couldn’t remember the pattern of simple past tense. 12 from 20 students didn’t know about simple past tense or couldn’t make sentence in simple past form. 15 from 20 students couldn’t remember verb in simple past, 12 from 20 students thought that recount text was difficult. And 17 from 20 students couldn’t write recount text correctly.
 Keywords : Students’ Ability, Simple Past Tense, Recount Text

AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT BASED ON GENDER

in the recount text. Students errors were analyzed using errors analysis. This research used qualitative descriptive method as the research methodology. The data would be presented descriptively and the result was in explanation of words form which would be following by data presented in form of tables. The errors made by female there are 12 errors of omission, 13 errors in addition, 21 errors in misformation and 1 errors in misordering. while the errors are made by male there are 5 errors of omission, 5 errors in addition, 27 errors in misformation and 1 errors in misordering. The instrument in this research was a test item created by students. From this research it can be deduced that the most mistakes made by female and male are errors in the way of misformation because students lack understanding of how to make stories in the writing recount text. Keywords: Writing, Error Analysis, Recount text.

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING

English language lessons have become compulsory secondary schools. Especially, in era of globalization writing is very important The purpose of this study is to investigate students' difficulties in writing recount text through Project Based Learning. This study used descriptive qualitative research. The data was gathered through questionaire. The questionnaire were administered to eight grade students of SMPN 3 Batujajar in the academic year of 2019/2020. The questionnaires consist of 5 statements related to aspects of writing. The data was analyzed descriptively.The result showed that most of students got difficulties in writing related to five aspect of writing, such as content (23,33%), grammar or language use (56,67%), organization (36,67%), mechanic (43,33%), and vocabulary (26,67%).

Improving Student's Writing Skills Through the Application of Content Structure Strategy

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of content structure strategy on improving student's writing skills and to determine whether or not the content structure strategy was effective in increasing student's writing skills. This study used a cluster random sampling method consisting of 28 students taken as the research sample from three classes. The results showed that there was a significant difference between student scores before and after treatment. Student writing recount text increases after use. In addition, the calculated t-test match result is higher than the matched t-test result table coefficient. In conclusion, there was a significant different between the student's achievement before and after the treatment. The student's mean score on the post-test was higher than the mean score on the pre-test. This shows that the content structure strategy is effectively used in learning recount text in Al-Ikhlas Lubuklinggau Junior High School. 
 Keywords: Ability, Content Structure, Strategy, Writing

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH PROJECT- BASED LEARNING

This research is entitled “IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING”. This research aimed to examine improving students’ writing recount text through Project-Based Learning method. The research employed quantitative research with quasi- experimental design. The participants in this research were 30 students in experimental class and 30 students in control class in one of senior high school in Garut. In collecting data, the reseacher used test pre-test and post- test. The data were analyzed statistically using Mann-Whitney test. The result of Project-Based Learning method gave significant improvement to students’ writing proficiency. This result gained from hypothesis testing showed that Z18.0948 > Z5.1885. In, conclusion Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that there is a significant difference in the achievement of the students who are through by Project-Based Learning.

The Error Analysis of Writing Recount Text at Third Semester Students of English Education Department in Academic Year 2019/2020

The researcher as the lecturer at the Third Semester Students in English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Islamic Institute of Darussalam Blokagung Banyuwangi in academic year 2019/2020 found the problem in students’ understanding in writing recount text. Although The students had got the material about writing recount text in the previous semester, they were still got difficulties on it. Here, the researcher interested to analyze students’ error in writing recount text deeply. The purpose of this research was to find out the students’ problem in writing recount text, so that the researcher can decide the appropriate method in teaching writing in the third Semester. The researcher used descriptive qualitative method. The data was taken from the students’ writing test in third semester of English education department that consist of 30 students. To collect the data, first, asking the students to write a recount text with the topic given. Second, analyze the result of students’ task. Third, Finding and marking the errors in students’ writing task. Fourth, divide the errors based on the types of errors. The result of the test had been analyzed and then classified into four types of the errors, those were mis-formation, omission, addition and mis-ordering. Based on the finding in this research, there were 70 errors made by the students in writing recount text. The errors were 13 errors or 15.71% in mis-formation, 16 errors or 22.85% at omission, 37 errors or 52.85% at addition and 6 or 8.57% errors in mis-ordering. From the result of the data, it could be concluded that students still find difficulties in writing recount text. It could be seen from the errors they made. The errors cover mis-formation, omission, addition and mis-ordering.

WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON EFL STUDENTS AT AN ISLAMIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Teachers provide students with corrective feedback for guiding them in the process of teaching a language. This study aimed to investigate the types of corrective feedback that the teacher used in teaching writing recount text, this also employed to reveal the students' motivation for writing recount texts, and to explore the benefit of teacher corrective feedback to the students' ability in writing recount text at Manbaul Huda Islamic Junior High School Central Java Indonesia. Descriptive qualitative method was employed by interviewing both the teacher and the second-year students. The participants were three teachers and twenty students. There were three guided Interview questions for teachers and two questions for students. The findings of this study turned out that the teacher employed indirect corrective feedback and gave symbols to the student’s error production. Most of the students are highly motivated to be able to write a status on Facebook or other online media by using English. The most important advantage of obtaining corrective feedback for the students is to understand the use of grammar in making a sentence. This study concluded that the motivation of the students to write recount text was to get teacher corrective feedback to be able to write the appropriate sentence and to increase their ability in writing English. This also implied that different types of corrective feedback might impact differently to the students in improving their motivation to learn English more.

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN USING PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

This study is aimed to investigate the students’ difficulties in using personal pronouns in writing recount text at grade eight of SMP Negeri 8 Pematangsiantar”. In this research, the problem is as follows: “What are the students’ difficulties in using personal pronouns in writing recount text at grade eight of SMP Negeri 8 Pematangsiantar?”. The objective is to find out the students’ difficulties in using personal pronouns at grade eight of SMP Negeri 8 Pematangsintar. To answer the problem above, the researcher intends to use the theories of Collins (2014), Siahaan (2007), Derewinka (1990), William (2005), Frank (1972). The methodology used in this research is the Qualitative research. The subject of this research is grade Eight of SMP Negeri 8 Pematangsiantar. The data collected by observation. After analyzing the data, the researchers found that there were three kinds of students’ difficulties in using personal pronouns in writing text, namely: Personal pronoun as subject (34%), personal pronouns as the object (24%), and personal pronoun as a possessive adjective (42%). It can be concluded that the students at grade eight of SMP Negeri 8 Pematangsiantar still have difficulties in using personal pronouns when they write a recount text based on their experience. The researchers suggest the students’ should memorize the kinds of personal pronouns so they can use it well.