IMPROVING WRITING SKILLS ON NARRATIVE TEXTS FOR GRADEudVIII E STUDENTS OF SMPN 6 MAGELANG THROUGH COLLABORATIVE WRITING TECHNIQUEudIN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/2015

摘要

The action research was aimed at improving writing skills on narrative texts for grade VIII E students of SMPN 6 Magelang through collaborative techniques in the academic year of 2014/2015. This study was carried out in the second semester, from February to May 2015. This research was conducted in two cycles. In each cycle, the steps were reconnaissance, planning, action, evaluation, and reflection. The data were obtained through observing the teaching and learning process, interviewing the students and collaborators, and testing the students. The data collected were in the form of qualitative and quantitative data. Assembling the data and to reread it again, coding the data into more specific patterns or categories, comparing the data to see whether patterns or categories are repeated across different data collecting techniques, building meanings and interpretation, reporting the outcomes were used to analyze the data. The results of this study show that there are some improvements in the students’ participation, motivation, writing skills, and attitude toward the teaching and learning process through application of collaborative techniques. Additionally, the means scores of each aspect of writing also indicate that students’ writing skills have improved. The students’ scores increased from 50.00 in the pre-conditional to 63.67 in Cycle 1 and to 73.70 in Cycle 2.