IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING PICTURE

The journal that I have read last week is Improving Student’s Writing Skill of Descriptive Text by Using picture. The journal is written by  Akhmad Mukhotim Nasir, Abdul Asib, A. Handoko Pudjobroto, they are from English Education Study Program Sebelas Maret University Surakarta.

The aim of this journal of thee research that I have read is to investigate whether or not pictures can improve students’ writing skill and class condition. The writer chose the subject of this research is students of class VIII A in SMP N 5 Kebumen. The method of the research is a classroom action research. This research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four steps: planning, action, observation and reflection. 

To collect the qualitative data, the researcher used field notes, photograph and interview. To collect the quantitative data, the researcher conducted tests. The tests were pre-test and posttests. To analyze the qualitative data, the researcher used interactive model data analysis. For the quantitative data, the researcher analyzed the mean scores of the tests to compare differences between pre-test and post-test. The writer claimed that the result of the research shows that teaching writing skill by using pictures could improve the students’ writing skill and the class condition. 

The improvements of the mean scores showed that there was an improvement on the students’ writing skill. The students’ mean score of pre-test is 51.15, it improves up-to 57.79 in the post-test I and up to 60.82 in the post-test II. Therefore, it could be concluded that teaching writing skill by using picture could improve the students’ writing skill.