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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
In this chapter, there are two parts that will be discussed. The first part is the conclusion of the research. The second part provides suggestions for the
English teachers who will implement picture series as teaching writing technique and also for other researchers who will conduct the same type of research.
A. Conclusions
This research was conducted to find out the appropriate technique to improve students‟ writing skills of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 10
Surakarta. There were two problems in this research: “to what extent picture series help class VIII F of SMP Negeri 10 Surakarta in writing narrative text and
how is the use of picture series implemented in writing narrative text toward class VIII F of SMP Negeri 10 Surakarta to improve their writing skills.”
In conducting this research, the researcher employed several research instruments to collect the data. The instruments were observation sheets, field
notes, questionnaires, interviews, and students‟ drafts. These instruments were used to support each other in order to help the researcher in monitoring the
students‟ achievement and to know whether the technique applied was appropriate or not.
The researcher also used writing scoring rubric to assess the students‟
drafts and the revised written. The scores of the students‟ writing results became
the major data of this research. The researcher assessed students‟ writing
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
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