The Students’ Score RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
implementation of the Brainstorming technique was successful to make the students get involved in the teaching and learning process of writing. It also
improved their writing skill. However, there were still some problems that occurred in implementing the actions. The students needed more explanation
related to recount texts and more exercises that focused on grammar. The students still had many grammatical mistakes in their writing. In addition, some students
also needed more exercises and activities that enable them to improve their vocabulary. Some students still had difficulties in choosing appropriate words
when producing a recount text so that the researcher allowed them to use a dictionary.
Therefore, the researcher overcame the problems so that in Cycle II the students‟ writing ability improved successfully. The research findings on
improving writing ability are summarized in Table 12.
Table 12. The Result after Implementing Brainstorming Technique
No. Pre - condition
Cycle I Cycle II
1. The
students had
difficulties in finding and generating ideas.
The students could find and
generate ideas
better. The students could find
and generate ideas well.
2. The students had low
motivation in teaching and learning process.
Some students showed enthusiasm
and motivation
on the
teaching and learning process.
They enthusiastically
got involved and more motivated
in the
teaching and learning process.
3. The students had low
average ability
in writing.
The students‟ writing ability was better.
The students ‟ writing
ability improved much. 4.
The students
had limited
vocabulary mastery
and many
grammatical mistakes. Their
vocabulary mastery was richer, but
they had
many grammatical mistakes.
Their vocabulary
mastery was
much richer,
only few
students had
grammatical mistakes. contined
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The activities in the teaching and learning
process lacked
variation and seemed monotonous.
The activities in the teaching and learning
process were varied. The
activity using
Brainstorming technique in teaching
and learning process were more varied.
6. The mean score
The mean score of the students‟ writing ability
6was 4.93 The mean score of the
students‟ writing ability was 6.24
In reference to the result above, there were improvements on the students‟ motivation in Cycle II. They seemed interested in and enjoyed the learning
process since the students could build their writing habits through conducting the brainstorming technique. The students also could work cooperatively in groups or
pairs. They could finish their work well. Moreover, their grammar and vocabulary mastery were improved well although only few students still had grammatical
mistakes. The students also could determine the appropriate words when producing a text. Therefore, their writing ability also improved well by using the
brainstorming technique. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis, the students‟ writing
ability improved well. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of the Brainstorming technique
could improve the students‟ writing ability.
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