were categorized as active participants, while 58.06 students were categorized as passive participants. It means that the active participants were less than 70
from the total number of VIII- D students. It can be stated that the students’
participation in Cycle 1 had not achieved yet the criteria success of the students’
participation that was at least 70. As the results of the observation in meeting 1 and meeting 2 of cycle 1 did not achieve the target, the action was continued to
the second cycle to improve the students’ active participation.
4.1.3 The Result of the Students’ Writing Test in Cycle 1
The writing test was given to measure the students’ ability in writing a descriptive text. It was conducted on Thursday April 2
nd
, 2015. The researcher asked the students to write a descriptive text related to the realia by using their
own words. The students were asked to write a descriptive text consisted of identification and description with the theme is orange. The time allocation for the
test was 40 minutes. There were two raters; the researcher rater 1 and the English teacher rater 2 scored
the students’ writing result. The result of the students’ writing test in cycle 1 is presented in the following table.
Table 4.4 The Result of the Students’ Writing Test Cycle 1
N O
Name The student’s writing score
Achievement Rater1
Rater 2 Ave
rage Score
70 Score
≥70 C O V G M
N C O V G M
N
1 ADEA
4 4
4 3
4 76
3 4
4 3
4 72
74 √
2 AFA
4 4
3 3
2 64
4 4
4 3
2 72
68 √
3 AH
2 2
2 2
2 40
2 3
2 1
1 36
38 √
4 AF
4 4
3 3
4 72
4 4
4 4
3 76
74 √
5 AI
3 4
3 3
4 68
3 4
3 2
4 64
66 √
6 DER
3 3
4 3
4 68
3 2
3 3
4 60
64 √
7 DFAV
4 4
4 3
4 76
4 4
4 2
4 72
74 √
8 DFAY
5 5
3 2
3 72
5 5
4 2
4 80
76 √
9 DIR
3 3
2 3
4 60
3 2
3 2
4 56
58 √
10 HK 3
5 3
2 5
72 4
4 4
2 5
76 74
√ 11 H
3 4
4 3
5 76
4 5
3 3
5 72
74 √
12 IRHA 5
4 5
3 4
84 5
4 4
2 5
80 82
√ 13 JS
5 5
5 2
4 84
5 5
3 3
4 80
82 √
14 JP 4
4 4
2 4
72 4
3 4
3 4
72 72
√ 15 MRH
3 2
3 3
2 52
3 2
2 3
2 48
50 √
16 MAR 4
4 4
3 2
68 4
4 3
3 2
64 66
√ 17 MR
4 4
4 3
3 72
4 4
4 3
4 76
74 √
18 MMI 4
3 3
2 4
64 4
3 3
2 3
60 62
√ 19 MTR
4 3
3 3
3 64
4 4
4 2
3 68
66 √
20 MV 3
3 2
1 3
48 3
3 2
2 2
48 48
√ 21 NASS
4 2
4 3
3 64
4 3
4 3
3 64
64 √
22 N 3
2 3
3 3
56 3
2 3
2 3
52 54
√ 23 RR
4 4
3 3
2 64
3 4
3 2
2 56
60 √
24 RAP 2
5 4
5 3
76 5
5 3
2 3
72 74
√ 25 SW
4 4
3 2
2 60
4 4
3 2
1 56
58 √
26 SS 4
4 3
3 4
72 4
5 3
3 4
76 74
√ 27 SR
4 4
4 3
4 76
4 4
4 3
4 76
76 √
28 SS 4
4 4
3 4
76 4
4 4
3 4
76 76
√ 29 SI
5 5
3 2
3 72
4 5
3 3
3 72
72 √
30 YRA 4
4 3
2 2
60 4
4 2
2 2
56 58
√ 31 YF
4 3
3 3
3 64
4 3
3 3
3 64
64 √
To tal
2092 2072 2082 16
15
Percentage of the Student’s writing score
51.61 48.38
Notes: 1.
Rater 1 refers to the researcher 2.
Rater 2 refers to the English teacher The students’ mean score of writing test
M = Adopted from Hadi, 1989:246
Notes: M: The mean s
core of the students’ writing achievement. : The total score of the students’ writing test.
N: The number of the students.
M = = 67.48 Rater 1
M = = 66.83 Rater 2
M = = 67.16 Average
The percentage of the students’ writing score Ʃ =
x 100 Adopted from Ali, 1993:186
Notes: E: The percentage of the students who got at least 70
n: The total students who got the score at least 70. N: The number of the students.
The percentage of students who got score ≥ 70 Ʃ =
x 100= 48.38 The percentage of students who got score 70
Ʃ = x 100= 51.61
The writing test of cycle 1 was attended by 31 students. Based on table 4.3 above, it was found out that the percentage of the
students who got score ≥ 70 was 48.36 15 students and the students who got score under 70 were 16 students or
51.61. In conclusion, the result of writing test of the cycle 1 had not fulfilled the minimum score requirement that was 70
of the students get the score ≥ 70. Most of students still had problems in writing grammatically correct sentences, spelling,
vocabulary, and making mistakes in capitalization and punctuation. It could be proved when the students were asked to write a descriptive text, they focused on
finding the meaning of the word in the dictionary and concerned with how to finish their writing rather than to make a good composition in writing a
descriptive text. It was necessary to conduct the second cycle to reach the target score by revising some points in the first cycle.
4.1.4 The Result of Reflection in Cycle 1
