available but rather use their judgment to select that they believe, based on prior information, will provide the data they need.
” In this study, because purposive sampling was used, I was helped
by the English teacher of tenth-grade in SMAN 1 Bawang to decide which classes to be my subjects. Based on our discussion, X Social 1 was chosen.
X Social 1 is a large class with diligent students, but they have low ability in English especially in writing. That is why we chose the class to conduct
my research.
3.3 Instruments of the Study
Instruments of the study were used to help and find out students‟
imp rovement. The instruments were teacher‟s interview sheet 1, observation
sheet, rubric of assessment, pre-assessment test, lesson plan, post-cycle test, questionnaire, and teacher‟s interview sheet 2.
3.3.1 Teacher’s Interview Sheet 1
Teacher‟s interview sheet is the result of interview with the teacher. There were two types of teacher
‟s interview sheets. The first type was Teacher‟s Interview Sheet 1. It was used before conducting the research to see if the
problem existed or not. see appendix 12, page 139 There were fourteen questions in teacher‟s interview sheet 1. Those
questions were about descriptive text, students‟ ability and responses in writing descriptive text by using running dictation technique. This interview
was done before conducting pre-assessment test, cycle 1, cycle 2 and post- cycle test. The purpose of doing interview with the teacher was to know about
students‟ ability especially in writing skill. Therefore, I could analyze how to conduct the research based on the interview.
3.3.2 Observation Sheet
Observation sheet contains of the result of observation during the teaching learning process in classroom. see appendix 7-11, page 133-137
This instrument was used to observe how each individual contribute in the teaching and learning activity. The indicators observed were the
students‟: 1
attention during the learning activity, 2
response to the material, 3
activeness in the learning activity, 4
enthusiasm in doing the assignments and classroom tasks. Each indicator has 1-5 score, whereas 5 is the highest score and 1 is the
lowest score.
3.3.3 Pre-assessment Test
Pre-assessment test is a test that is conducted before the students are given the materials. Pre-assessment was given to the students before the treatment. Its
purpose i s to measure the initial students‟ ability in writing descriptive text.
Below is the example of the pre-assessment.
Figure 3.1 Pre-assessment Test 3.3.4
Post-cycle Test
Post-cycle test is a test that is conducted after the students are given the materials. The post-
cycle test was used to measure the students‟ writing ability of narrative text after the given treatment. The instruction was given in the beginning of the
lesson since the writing process was started as the lesson began. There are two types of assignments. First, it is a group work and the rest is an individual work.
In group work, the students had to make groups and did the given task based on the instructions. It is similar with the cycle 1 and cycle 2 assessments. The
difference is just about the text.
PRE-ASSESMENT TEST MY BEST FRIEND
I have a best friend called Dinda. She is a good-looking girl. …………………………………………….………………………..………………..
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Dinda is always cheerful. She is also very friendly and likes to make friends with anyone
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She loves drawing manga characters. She always has a sketchbook with her everywhere……………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………
Dinda has been my best friend since junior high school. …………………………………………………………………………………………
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3.3.5 Lesson Plan