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3.5 Procedures of Analyzing the Data
In this session, I concern my discussion with method of scoring and classifying the score. The discussion of them will be presented as follows;
3.5.1 Method of Scoring
After conducting the research, I analyzed the students’ writings and gave them score based on the quality of their writings. Scoring the students’ writing was a step
to obtain information of each student. The analytical scale to rate composition task by Brown 2004: 244 was used to measure the students’ ability in writing news item
text. By using the rating scale, the score could make a rank order of the students’ results on given categories. The scheme of rating scale by Brown 2004: 244 can be
seen in appendix 3.
3.5.2 Classifying the Score
After conducting the research, the students’ works were analyzed and given score based on the quality of their works. The analytical scale to rate composition
task by Brown 2004: 244 was used to measure the students’ ability in writing news item text. The analysis then focuses on three aspects: generic structure, language
feature and social function of the students’ news item texts. After analyzing all of the three aspects required, then I give a complete description about the texts.
The score became a meaningful score after adding the score in each category. The classifying scores were arranged from the highest to the lowest in order to know
the position of the students’ achievement. Finally, from the total point of the students’
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writing based on the Brown’s analytical scale for rating composition task, the writer will determine the students’ achievement. The data of the students’ score can be seen
in appendix 1. Here is the table of students’ achievement: Table 3.1 Students’ achievement level adopted from Brown, 2004: 287
Criteria of mastery Grade
Score Level 81-100 Excellent
62-80 Good 43-61 Adequate
24-42 Fair 5-23 Unacceptable
I analyzed questionnaire students’ answer by using percentage formula. The description of formula is the following:
Number students’ answers signs Percentage = X 100
Number of students
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter is divided into three subchapters. The first subchapter gives general description. It is then followed by the second subchapter that data description. The
third subchapter describes the students’ score writing news item text. And the last is the research findings. The descriptions of them are as follows:
4.1 General Description