74 class. There were 9 students 81.82 who disagreed and 2 students 18.18
who agreed that before they talked about jumbled words, they have been able to construct sentences correctly. Furthermore, based on the students’ point of view,
the use of jumbled words in the class could improve the quality of their writing products.
Come to an end, the researcher would like to conclude that most of the students had positive opinions toward jumbled words. They thought jumbled
words were fun and easy to understand. Because of that, the use of jumbled words helped them to construct sentences. As a result, the students improved their ability
to construct simple sentences. They felt that their writing products improved after the jumbled words were applied in the class. Besides, the improvement could be
seen from the average of error percentage in the students’ writings in the preliminary study 58.33, the cycle one 18.52, and the cycle two 6.02.
b. Interviews
The researcher conducted interview after she implemented jumbled words in the class. She chose four participants randomly. The researcher did interview
face to face with two participants each. It was aimed to make the participants feel comfortable.
From the interview, most of the students had opinions that the jumbled words helped the students to construct sentences, especially in simple sentences.
Researcher : Ok. Nah kemarin waktu memakai jumbled word itu, setelah
belajar jumbled word bisa menyusun kalimat. Ok. After we learn by using jumbled words, are you able to construct sentences?
75 England + Wales: Bisa banget Sure
Researcher : Berarti jumbled word itu membantu dalam menulis karangan
Bahasa Inggris enggak? Does it mean that jumbled word helps you to write story in English?
England : Membantu sekali Yes, it did helped me a lot.
Wales : Iya. Membantu. Yes, it helped me too.
Interview transcript, see appendix 15. From the students’ point of view, the jumbled words could help the students to
construct simple sentences. As a result, they felt that their ability improved. They said that their
writing products were better than before. Researcher
: Nah sebelum menggunakan teknik jumbled word, menurut kamu tulisanmu itu udah bagus belum? Before the teacher used
jumbled word technique, do you think that your writing is good?
England : Belum not yet
Wales : Belum sempurna it is not perfect yet.
Researcher : Kalau setelah menggunakan jumbled word kemarin? What do
you think about your writing after the teacher used jumbled words?
England+Wales: Sempurna It is perfect Interview transcript, see appendix 15.
For the interview, the students thought that jumbled words had improved their ability to construct simple sentences.
The use of jumbled words helped the students to understand the sentence structure and the tenses. Moreover, it motivated the students to learn the language.
In the teaching and learning process, they were enthusiastic and active. They were willing to learn the language.
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: Berarti jumbled word itu membantu kamu dalam menulis karangan Bahasa Inggris? Does the use of jumbled words help
you to compose texts in English?
Albania : He e. Iya. Yes, it does.
Researcher : Kenapa? Why?
Albania : Tapi harus ngapalin kosakatanya juga si. However, I must
memorize the vocabulary as well. Researcher
: Berarti yang penting itu kosakatanya sama… So, the important things are the vocabulary and…
Albania : Struktur. Tenses nya juga. Sentence structure and the tenses
Interview transcript, see appendix 15 In addition, two students stated the reason why jumbled words helped them to
construct complete sentences in the following statements. Wales : “Karena jumbled words dapat memotivasi dan mendukung dalam belajar
saya, terutama dapat memahami kosa kata yang mudah ke yang sulit dalam membuat kalimat Bahasa Inggris dengan baik dan benar dengan
menggunakan metode jumbled words.” It was because jumbled words can motivate and support me in my study. I can understand the vocabulary
from the easiest to the most difficult vocabulary in constructing sentences correctly by using jumbled words
England: “Karena jumbled words sangat penting buat belajar Bahasa Inggris kalau tidak ada jumbled words belajar Bahasa Inggris tidak
mengasyikan.” It is because jumbled words are important to learn English. If there is no jumbled words, learning English will be boring
Interview transcript, see appendix 15. Based on the students’ opinions, it could be concluded that the use of
jumbled words could help the students to construct simple sentences since it helped to understand the sentence structure and tenses. Besides, it motivated the
students to learn the language. As a result, they felt that there was improvement on their writing products.
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C. Other Findings
