56 their sentences. In the end of the lesson, the teacher asked the students to submit
their drafts. The teacher would give the drafts back after giving feedback which the students had to revise. The revised writing had to be submitted on April 17
th
, 2014. After that, the researcher distributed the questionnaire of preliminary study
to the students.
2. Students’ Achievement Score in Preliminary Study.
In the preliminary study, t he researcher assessed student‟s drafts which
had been revised by using the writing scoring rubric. The data are presented as follows.
Table 4.1 Students’ Achievement Score in Preliminary Study
No Students
Items Being Measured Sco
re Total Score
Passing Grade 65
G ra
m
Vo c
M ec
h F
lue F
o rm
1 Students 1
3 3
3 3
3 15
50.00 Failed
2 Students 2
2 3
3 3
3 14
46.67 Failed
3 Students 3
2 2
3 3
2 12
40.00 Failed
4 Students 4
3 4
5 4
4 20
66.67 Successful
5 Students 5
3 3
3 3
2 14
46.67 Failed
6 Students 6
3 3
4 4
3 17
56.67 Failed
7 Students 7
2 3
3 3
2 13
43.33 Failed
8 Students 8
3 3
4 4
3 17
56.67 Failed
9 Students 9
2 3
4 3
3 15
50.00 Failed
10 Students 10 2
3 3
3 3
14 46.67
Failed 11 Students 11
2 3
3 3
2 13
43.33 Failed
12 Students 12 2
3 3
3 3
14 46.67
Failed 13 Students 13
2 3
3 4
3 15
50.00 Failed
14 Students 14 3
3 3
4 4
17 56.67
Failed 15 Students 15
3 4
5 4
4 20
66.67 Successful
16 Students 16 3
4 4
5 4
20 66.67
Successful 17 Students 17
3 3
4 3
3 16
53.33 Failed
18 Students 18 3
4 3
3 3
16 53.33
Failed 19 Students 19
2 3
4 3
3 15
50.00 Failed
20 Students 20 3
3 4
3 3
16 53.33
Failed 21 Students 21
3 4
5 4
5 21
70.00 Successful
22 Students 22 3
4 5
4 4
20 66.67
Successful
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23 Students 23 2
3 4
3 3
15 50.00
Failed 24 Students 24
2 3
3 3
4 15
50.00 Failed
25 Students 25 3
3 4
3 3
16 53.33
Failed 26 Students 26
2 3
3 3
2 12
40.00 Failed
Average 52.44
Based on the Table 4.1, there were only 5 19.23 of 26 students who
reached the passing grade. It was considered that only 5 students who were successful in writing the recount texts. Meanwhile, 21 80.77 of 26 students
needed improvement because their scores were less than 65. It could be summed up that most of the students did not reach the passing grade. The students needed
improvement in their writing skills.
a. Grammar
There were no students who got the maximum point in grammar aspect. There were 14 53.85 of 26 students who got 3 points in the grammar aspect.
The others, 12 46.15 students got low points, 2. The researcher viewed that the students still could achieve the higher points of grammar rather than just got
point 3 or 2. All of students needed improvement in the grammar aspect.
b. Vocabulary
In the vocabulary aspect, there was no student who got the maximum point of the vocabulary aspect. There were only 6 23.08 of 26 students who got 4
points. The rest, 19 students got 3 points and 1 student got 2 point. It showed that most of the students were lack in the vocabulary aspect. Some of them did not
know many vocabularies to be written in their writing.
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c. Mechanics
In the mechanics aspects, the researcher saw that some of the students had been good enough. There were 4 15.39 of 26 students who got 5 points. Most
of the students needed improvement in this aspect. It can be seen that 9 students and 13 students got 4 and 3 points in mechanics skill.
d. Fluency
In this aspect, there was only 1 student 3.85 who got 5 point. The others, 8 students and 17 students got 4 and 3 points in fluency aspect. The
researcher saw that most of the students misused structures and vocabularies in their writing. Therefore, they still needed improvement.
e. Form
There was only 1 3.85 student who got 5 point in the form aspect. There was no one who got the maximum point. There were 6 23.08 of 26 students
who got 4 points. The others, there were 14 students and 5 students who got 3 and 2 points for their form skill. The researcher saw that almost all of the
students were still unable to organize their writing.
3. Researcher’s Reflection in the Preliminary Study
In this section, the researcher made the reflection based on the field notes and the questionnaire. Based on the field notes, since there was no media as a
technique used in the classroom, the teacher-centered method, in which the students listened to the
teacher‟s explanation, was used most of the time. The researcher also found that the students used the
Lembar Kerja Siswa LKS
or handbooks only to learn the materials. The handbooks were given by the school.
