Lesson Learned of the Implementation Picture Series Technique to

110 performances by using the writing scoring rubric. The researcher employed the passing grade of English subject which has specified by the English teachers of this school . The students‟ writing performances, whether successful or not, were determined by the passing grade. The score of the passing grade was 65. There were two cycles in this classroom action research. In the first cycle, the researcher conducted two meetings. In the second cycle, the researcher conducted one meeting. The picture series were used in the first and second cycle. In the first cycle, most of the students improved their writing score. The class average score improved in cycle one. The students who did not reach the passing grade in the preliminary study decreased in the first cycle. But, according to the field notes and the questionnaire results, it was shown that certain activities in the first cycle was not effective to be applied in the classroom. In the second cycle, the researcher still implemented the picture series. The activities in cycle one were revised. The researcher changed the technique in giving the picture series to the students. The picture series were given one by one to the students. As a result in cycle two, the students who reached the passing grade increased from the first cycle. The class average score also increased from the previous cycle. The results of the field notes and also the questionnaire showed that their skills in writing improved. The researcher concluded that the picture series technique could improve students‟ writing skills. As clarified in the previous chapter, the researcher had presented the result of the research instruments were employed indicate several 111 improvements. The students‟ aspects in writing skills improved. It was presented by the students‟ achievement scores showed that they got better score in cycle one and cycle two. Students made improvement in their writing elements: organizing ideas, finding new vocabularies and applying them into sentences, using appropriate generic structure for composing the text, and knowing the tense which used and applying the tense for writing the text. The s tudents‟ achievement could be seen from their scores in the first and second cycle. When the students could pass the passing grade, the researcher considered that the students could make a progress. Another indication which showed that the students‟ writing skills improved was that the students‟ perception toward writing also improved. It could be seen through the results of research instruments were employed such as questionnaire, field notes, and also interview. The use of picture series technique had a great influence on the improvement of students‟ writing skills. Picture series really helped the students to be able to organize the ideas, to find the new vocabularies, to apply the appropriate generic structure, and the use of simple past tense to write the narrative text. Also, by applying picture series, the researcher is able to build good atmosphere in which the students like the activities so that they enjoy writing in the classroom. It comes to the conclusion that picture series technique could improve the writing skills for the VIII F class of SMP Negeri 10 Surakarta during the writing activity. 112

B. Recommendations

Based on the research‟s findings, picture series became the appropriate technique to improve writing skills to VIII F class of SMP Negeri 10 Surakarta. Therefore, there are suggestions for the English teachers and also the future researchers who want to conduct a study on the similar topic. The suggestions are presented as follows:

1. For the English Teachers

It is suggested that the English teachers who want to teach their students about writing narrative texts use picture series as a technique. The English teachers can get the benefits which have been explained in the results and the discussion of this study. Meanwhile, there are some suggestions which have to be prepared. The English teachers should provide well- prepared picture series. The size of the picture series, the variety of the picture series colored picture series or black and white picture series, and the way the teachers distribute the picture series attached on the whiteboard, presented using Liquid Crystal Display LCD, or given to each student will affect student s‟ writing result. The English teachers also should arrange well- planned activities to the students so that they can engage with the picture series well.

2. For the Future Researchers

The future researchers who would like to conduct a study on the similar topic may find the new ways to improve students writing skills through the use of picture series technique. They could explore this issue by conducting more 113 research with other participants of the research. The future researchers also could modify the picture series and the activities so they can be more interesting.