IMPROVING THE WRITING SKILL THROUGH GUIDED WRITING FOR GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF SMPN 6 MAGELANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015

摘要

This study aims to improve the writing skill of Grade VIII students of SMPN 6 Magelang through guided writing in the academic year 2014/2015. This was a classroom action research study. The steps of this research were reconnaissance, planning, action, observation and reflection. The data collection techniques were observations, interviews, and tests. The data were in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were analyzed through five steps: 1) assembling and reading 2) coding 3) comparing, 4) building meanings and interpretation, and 5) reporting the outcomes. Meanwhile the quantitative data were analyzed using the descriptive technique to obtain the mean and the standard deviation and the t-test to investigate the improvement. The results of the study indicated that the implementation of guided writing improved students’ writing skills. Firstly, students were actively involved in the teaching and learning process. Secondly they could use vocabulary and grammar in writing a narrative text appropriately. They developed their ideas and organize the text well. Thirdly, their mean score improved. Their mean score in the pretest was 54.02 and after Cycle 1 it was 67.50 and after Cycle 2 it was 76.53.