Test Data Improving Students' Descriptive Writing through Role, Audience, Format, and Topic (RAFT) Strategy (A Classroom Action Research in the Seventh Grade of SMP Paramarta Jombang)

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B. Suggestion

Based on the conclusion above, several suggestions are proposed. They can be stated as follow: 1. English Teacher It is recommended for other English teachers in SMP Paramarta in academic year 20142015 to use RAFT strategy as an alternative and interactive strategy in teaching writing. It is because RAFT strategy can help the students to write their descriptive paragraph more focus because they know exactly what is their role as the writers, the audience who will read their writing, the format they will use and the topic they will write. 2. Students The students should be more motivated in learning English especially writing because writing is a difficult skill rather than the others. Moreover, the students have to master many vocabularies and understand grammar if they want to be confident in writing using English. Then, the students must pay attention during teaching explanation in the class, and they have to do the writing exercise to improve their writing skill. 3. Other researchers There are few researches conducting RAFT strategy, therefore more researchers are expected to do further investigation in the field related to this research. The future researcher could use this study as a reference, develop the implementation of RAFT strategy, or combine with other strategy to get better result. 58 BIBLIOGRAPHY Alisa, Teza Peby., dkk., R.A.F.T as a Strategy for Teaching Writing Functional Text to Junior High School Students. Jurnal English Department of State University of Padang, Vol 1, 2013. Buehl, Doug. Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning. New York: International Reading Association, 2013. Buscemi, Santi V. A Reader for Developing Writers. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. Clouse, Barbara Fine. The Student Writer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. Cohen, Louise., et al., Research Methods in Education, 6 th ed. New York: Routledge, 2007. Creswell, John W. Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Education fourth edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc., 2012. Depdiknas, Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan School Based Curriculum Standar Isi Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris SMP dan Mts, Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, 2006. Dietsh, Betty Mattix. Reasoning Writing Well a Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Fisher, Douglas and Frey, Nancy. Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom. Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2007. Flynn, Naomi., and Stainthroph, Rhone. The Learning and Teaching of Reading and Writing. West Sussex: Whurr Publishers, 2006. Harvey, Lee. “Analytic Quality Glossary: Quality Research International”. http:www.qualityresearchinternational.comglossarypreliminarystudy.ht m , retrieved on April 20 th , 2015. https:qualitativeinquirydailylife.wordpress.comchapter-5chapter-5-credibility retrieved on May 28 th 2015. Jacobson, Julie., et al., Effective Instruction for English Language Learners. New York: The Guilford Press, 2011.