CHAPTER IV
DATA ANALYSIS
4.1 Description of the Research
The design of the research is quasi experiment which uses pre- test and post-test. This form consists of two group, they are experimental and
control group. There are 38 students in every group. The result of pre- test and post- test of each group will be analyzed to prove hyphothesis. The
analysis of the data and the interpretation of the result are presented as follows:
4.2 Research Findings
The data obtained of this research were taken from the test result of writing recount text of eighth grade students of SMP N II Bae, Kudus in
the academic year 2009 2010 of those who are taught by using and without diary writing. The test was held twice in both of groups,
experimental and control group.
4.2.1 The Analysis of the Pretest Score of the Experimental Group
In starting of the data collection, the writer conducted pre-test. The purpose of the pre-test was to check the students’ ability in writing English
recount text. The writer wanted to know whether or not the students could produce a recount text by paying attention to the generic structure of the
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text well. This stage was intended to know the students’ weakness before having some treatments.
In this test, the students were asked to write a recount text consisting of 5 sentences based on the topic given about the unforgottable
experience. There were 38 students who followed this test. They looked nervous because they rarely did it in the class.
In the pre-test, the the writer found that the highest score is 68 and the lowest score is 40. Appendix 7. The pre- test can be seen in the
following table.
Table 4.1 the pre- test score of ability of the students in writing recount text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N II Bae Kudus in the Academic
Year 20092010 of Those Who are Taught by using diary writing
Students’ number
Score of Pre- test
Students’ number
Score of Pre- test
1 68 20 48 2 52 21 56
3 48 22 48 4 40 23 52
5 56 24 52 6 64 25 44
7 52 26 62 8 56 27 56
9 60 28 56
10 40 29 52 11 56 30 60
12 68 31 64 13 52 32 64
14 52 33 52 15 44 34 44
16 48 35 68 17 56 36 60
18 44 37 52 19 56 38 48
Those score can be made a distribution a frequency as follow:
Table 4.2 the Distribution Frequency of pre- test score of ability of the students in writing recount text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N II
Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 20092010 of Those Who are by Taught using diary writing
Interval Class f x fx
65- 69 3
67 201
60- 64 7
62 434
55- 59 8
57 456
50- 54 9
52 468
45- 49 5
47 235
40- 44 6
42 252
Total 38 2046
From the table above, it can be shown that before being taught by using diary writing, most of the students get score 50- 54 with frequency 9
students. The highest score is 65- 69 with the frequency 3 students. While there are 6 students who get the lower score 40- 44.
Related to the table, the pre- test score of the ability in writing recoun text of the eighth grade students of SMP N II Kudus in the
academic year 2009 2010 who are taught by using diary writing runs from 40 to 68. The average score mean is 53,84 and the standard deviation
SD is 7, 55 the calculation can be seen in appendix 9. The result was lower than the criterion that has been stipulated by the Departement of
Education and Culture. It can be inferred that the pre ability in writing recount text of the eighth students of SMP N II Bae, Kudus in the
academic year 2009 2010 who are taught by using diary writing is low.
The writer concluded that the students had not understood yet about recount genre that would be discussed in this experimental research.
Thus, treatments in each activity were important to improve students’ result.The treatments is using diary writing.
4.2.2 The Analysis of the Posttest Score of the Experimental Group
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