especially writing a recount. The instruments in this research were test and interview.
3.3.1 Test
The test is used to measure how good the motivation of the students in learning writing. In this study a test is used as an instrument to collect data. In addition,
Harris 1969:71 states, “there are two basic kinds of test instrument used to measure the four language skills of the students, i.e. the objective test and essay
test.” In this study, the researcher used the essay test as an instrument to collect data. The tests that the writer would conduct were pre-test, test in each cycle, and
post-test. 1 Pre-test was used to identify the students’ ability in writing recount text
before the treatment was given. In other words, pre-test was held to know the beginning conditions of the students in written recount text.
2 The tests were used to know whether there is improvement of the students in producing a recount text or not after getting the treatments.
3 The post test was used to know whether the students can really produce a good text. Post-test was conducted to measure the students’ achievement
after the treatments. The test was the same as the pre-test. Result of the post-test was analyzed to see to what extent the zig zag pattern technique
improve the students’ written recount.
3.3.2 Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people the interviewer and the interviewee where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information
from the interviewee. According to www.eduers.com, there are some types of interview; they are one to one interview, phone interview, group interview, panel
interview, mock interview, carrier fair interview, and site interview. In this study, I would like to apply the informal interview with the five
students. I chose them based on the result in the test, and the attitudes when followed my teaching. I asked them some questions to be answered. I also
conducted the interview with the English teacher.
3.4 Procedure of Collecting the Data
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