3.2 Subject of the Study
The subject of the study was VIII G students of SMP N 39 Semarang in the academic year of 20152016. The reason for choosing VIII Gwas because the
students of VIII G faced some problems in writing. The problem that students faced was in generating ideas and arranging sentences. They were also weak in
vocabulary, especially adjective.They got low score because there were so many mistakes in their writing. They needed a treatment to improve their skill in
writing. So, I decidedto take VIII G as the subject in order to improve their writing skill by using write-around strategy.
3.3 Instrument for Collecting Data
The instruments in this study were; tests, observation sheet, questionnaire, and teacher‟s interview. The details of each instrument are described below:
3.3.1. Test
A te st can be defined as a method of measuring a person„s ability, knowledge, or
performance in a given domain Brown, 2004:3.
As a method, it is an instrument –
a set of techniques, procedures, or items that require performance on the part of the test taker.
Test was conducted in order to know the students‟ achievement in learning process. There were three kinds of test: pre - test, formative test and
post - test.
3.3.2. Observation Checklist
This instrument was used to observe how each individual behaviour during learning process with the use of write-around strategy. The processes observed
would show the positive behaviour during the learning process. They were respect, enthusiastic, responsibility, convidence, and communicative in doing the
assignments and tasks in the class.
3.3.3. Questionnaire
Questionnaire is a number of questions or statements to get information from the respondents.The purpose of giving questionnaire in this research was to obtain
information from the students about the factors that may affect their improvement in writing. The questionnaires also tried
to find out students‟ opinion about learning writing in English and the strategy used in this action research.The kind
of questionnaire was cloze interview. There were ten questions about writing and the write-around strategy. Students had to answer by giving cross mark in
multiple choice.
3.3.4. Interview
Interview was conducted in order to know the classroom teacher‟s opinion about the strategy that used in the research. It was used to know the condition of
students in learning English especially in learning descriptive text after being taught by write-around. There was one interview which was given to classroom
teacher as the observer. There would be ten questions in the interview.
3.4. Procedure of Collecting Data
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