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component of attitude. The positive responses of the students to Statement 18
According to me, learning writing is important
shows that they thought that learning writing became important for them after the GBA was implemented in
teaching descriptive text in their class. Understandbly, it happened because GBA gives explicit instruction in a highly systematic and logical manner Firkins
et al.
, 2007. By learning writing through step-by-step processes, the students realized
that writing was important for them to study. In addition, students thought that that their texts should be evaluated and
revised based on their responses to statement 25
According to me, the text I have written need to be revised and corrected
. It is related to what is stated by Gabrielatos 2002 that in doing writing, four steps in writing process should be
realized. They are title analysis, planning, writing the first draft, and evaluating and improving the first draft. This means that revising evaluating and improving
the first draft is needed in doing writing whether the students are low achievers or high achievers. It also proves that writing is not a
“straightforward task” as stated by Gibbons 2002.
Below are the description of the questionnaire data based on the three components
of the attitude the students‟ responses to the questionnaire items. Each of the attitude component is elaborated in the following sub-sections.
5.4.1.1 Affective Component of Attitude
The responses regarding the affective component of attitude towards the implementation of GBA in the teaching writing shows that the mean score is
111.77. This indicates that affectively the students had positive toward writing, teaching writing, and the implementation of GBA. The results of the responses of
the students to the affective component statements in the questionnaire can be shown in Table 5.23 below.
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Table 5.23 The Results of Affective Component
SD D
U A
SA Total
1 2
3 4
5 1-5
N V
N V
N V
N V
N V
N V
S 1 4
8 1
3 15
60 8
40 28
111 79.29
S 2 1
1 1
2 7
21 8
32 11
55 28
111 79.29
S 3 1
2 9
27 10
40 8
40 28
109 77.86
S 4 1
1 1
2 5
15 13
52 8
40 28
110 78.57
S 5 2
2 2
4 4
12 12
48 8
40 28
106 75.71
S 6 3
9 13
52 12
60 28
121 86.43
S 7 1
2 3
9 10
40 14
70 28
121 86.43
S 8 2
2 2
4 1
3 14
56 9
45 28
110 78.57
S 9 2
2 7
21 11
44 8
40 28
107 76.43
Total 1006
Mean 111,77
79.84
5.4.1.2 Behavioral Component of Attitude
As shown in Table 5.24 below, the behavioral component of attitude towards implementation represented the highest mean score 118.57 and the
percentage is 84.69. That is, the participants have positive behavioral attitude and feel relaxed whenever they study writing in class through the GBA.
Table 5.24 The Results of Behavioral Component
SD D
U A
SA Total
1 2
3 4
5 1-5
N V
N V
N V
N V
N V
N V
S 10 2
2 2
6 8
32 16
80 28
120 85.71
S 11 1
2 2
6 9
36 16
80 28
124 88,57
S 12 7
21 12
48 9
45 28
114 81.42
S 13 2
2 3
9 14
9 45
28 112
80.00
S 14 2
4 1
3 9
36 16
80 28
123 87.86
S 15 1
1 1
2 1
3 12
48 13
65 28
119 85.00
S 16 7
21 8
32 13
65 28
118 84.29
Total 830
Mean 118.57
84.69
5.4.1.3 The Cognitive Component of Attitude
The cognitive component represents the middle percentage of attitudes towards the implementation of GBA 80.79 as displayed in Table 5.25. The
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findings indicated that the majority of the students showed positive cognitive attitude towards the implementation of GBA in the teaching of writing.
Table 5.25 The Results of Cognitive Component
SD D
U A
SA Total
1 2
3 4
5 1-5
N V
N V
N V
N V
N V
N V
S 17 2
4 8
24 8
32 10
50 28
110 78.57
S 18 13
52 15
75 28
127 90.71
S 19 3
3 2
4 1
3 9
36 13
65 28
111 79.29
S 20 6
6 4
8 7
21 8
32 3
15 28
82 58.57
S 21 1
1 2
6 11
44 14
70 28
121 86.43
S 22 1
2 5
15 5
20 15
75 28
112 80.00
S 23 2
2 1
2 1
3 13
52 11
55 28
114 81.42
S 24 2
2 1
2 3
9 9
36 13
65 28
114 81.42
S25 1
2 2
6 6
24 19
95 28
127 90.71
Total 1018
Mean 113.11
80,79
5.4.2 Focus Group Interview Analysis
