word order, articles, pronoun, and
sentence construction.
sentence construction.
construction and only few errors in
tense, agreement, and word order.
Mechanics Many students were
not aware of applying
punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
Some students were more aware of
punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.
Many students were more aware
of punctuation, spelling, and
capitalization.
2. The Improvement of Students’ Writing Scores
In this part, the researcher presents the students’ writing score in the pre – test, post – test 1, and post – test 2. The researcher analyzed the students’ mean
score in all aspects of writing namely content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. The tables below show the mean score of each aspects of
writing.
Table 15: Students’ mean score in the content aspect
Component Pre – test
Post – test 1 Post – test 2
Content 2.28
3.24 3.50
The students’ mean score in the content increased after the actions during the implementation of picture series. The students’ gain score was obtained by
comparing the students’ mean score of pre – test and post – test 2 which was 1.22.
Table 16: Students’ mean score in the organization aspect
Component Pre – test
Post – test 1 Post – test 2
Organization 2.05
2.82 3.17
Table 16 presents the students’ mean score in the organization aspect. After implementing the actions in the research, the students’ mean score in
organization increased. The students’ gain score compared from pre – test and post – test 2 in the organization aspect was 1.12.
Table 17: Students’ mean score in the vocabulary aspect
Component Pre – test
Post – test 1 Post – test 2
Vocabulary 1.86
2.66 3.21
According to the table, the students’ mean score in the vocabulary increased during the research. In pre – test, the students’ mean score was 1.86, in
the post – test 1 the students’ mean score increased 2.66. The students’ mean score in the post – test 2 was 3.21. The gain score of this aspect was 1.35.
Table 18: Students’ mean score in the language use aspect
Component Pre – test
Post – test 1 Post – test 2
Language Use 1.57
2.32 2.82
Table 18 presents the mean score in the language use aspect which was attained by students. It could be seen that the students’ mean score in this aspect
increased in every cycle. In the pre – test, the students’ mean score was 1.57. In the Cycle 1, the students’ mean score increased 2.32. Then in the post – test 2 the
students’ mean score was 2.82. The gain score was obtained by comparing the students’ mean score of pre – test and post – test 2 which was 1.25.
Table 19: Students’ mean score in the mechanic aspect
Component Pre – test
Post – test 1 Post – test 2
Mechanic 1.88
2.50 2.78
The students’ mean score in the mechanic aspect increased after the actions during the implementation of picture series. In the pre – test, the students’
mean score was 1.88. In the post – test 1, the students’ mean score increased 2.50 and became 2.78 in post – test 2. The students’ gain score was obtained by
comparing the students’ mean score of pre – test and post – test 2 which was 0.90. The table below shows the students’ score from pre – test, post – test 1, and
post – test 2.
Table 20: The Students’ Mean Scores of Writing in the Pre – test, Cycle 1, Cycle 2
Table 20 shows the increasing mean of the five aspects of writing obtained by students from the pre – test, post – test 1, and post – test 2. The result of the
analysis of their scores in the pre – test showed that the mean was 9.67, in post – test 1 the mean was 13.54, and in post – test 2 the mean was 15.50.
Scores Pre – test
Post – test 1 Post – test 2
Mean Score 48.36
67.70 77.50
SD 13.56
9.49 7.78
The researcher analyzed the percentage of writing score development. It was divided into six categories, namely excellent, very good, good, fair, poor and
very poor for each cycle. The analysis result of the each cycle is presented in Table 21.
Table 21: The Improvement of the Students’ Writing Scores in the Pretest, Post – test 1, and Post – test 2
