A Thesis Submitted to the English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree By: ENUN TRI RETNO SARI 0801050149

  IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH CHAIN STORY GAME A Thesis Submitted to the English Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd Degree By: ENUN TRI RETNO SARI 0801050149 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO 2012 i

  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  Praise is to Allah SWT, the most graceful and merciful, the giver of divine direction and guidance, who gives inspiration and guidance, so that the writer could accomplish the thesis as a partial fulfillment of the requirements of S. Pd degree: The writer is greatly grateful to: 1.

  Dra. Hj. Titi Wahyukti, M. Pd and Rina Agustina S.S MApplLing TESOL as my supervisors who have guided the writer to make correction of the thesis manuscript.

  2. Drs. Joko Purwanto, M.Si, the Dean of Teaching Training and Education Faculty for giving permission to do the research.

  3. Endang Kusrini S.Pd, M. Hum, the Head of the English Department who gave the opportunity, agreement, guidance to carry out this thesis.

  4. All of the lecturers of the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty who have given support, suggestion and help.

  5. Hj. Siti Haryati, S.Pd, the Headmaster of SMP PGRI 1 Sempor, who has given permission to the writer to conduct the Classroom Action Research.

  6. Sujar, S.Pd, the collaborative teacher who has helped the writer in collecting the data in this thesis.

  7. The writer’s parents who have supported and given their love and some facilities to do this thesis.

  

iv Finally, the writer thanks for all people who have given support and suggestion in completing this thesis.

  The writer hopes that this work can give valuable contributions to all readers particularly those who are interested in teaching and learning English.

  Purwokerto, July 2012 The writer

  

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ABSTRACT

  

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

THROUGH CHAIN STORY GAME

By:

ENUN TRI RETNO SARI

  

0801050149

  This Classroom Action Research aimed at improving students’ competence in writing recount text through chain story game. The research was conducted at one of the Junior High Schools in Sempor, Kebumen with 27 students of class VIIIG as the subject of the research. It was done for five months (January - May 2012).

  The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the method of the research. To do this research, the researcher worked collaboratively with the English teacher. The CAR was done based on the Kemmis and McTaggart’s design. The researcher took two cycles with two actions in each cycle.

  The data were collected through observation, writing test, questionnaire, interview, and documentation. The researcher employed qualitative and quantitative data as technique for analyzing data. The qualitative data were analyzed based on the students’ and teacher’s interview result, while the quantitative data were analyzed based on students’ writing result, students’ observation result, and questionnaire.

  The data analysis showed that Chain Story game improved the students’ writing competence. The mean of students’ writing competence was described as follows; pre test showed 50.92, Cycle 1 showed 58.85, and Cycle 2 showed 63.85.Therefore, the improvement of mean from pre test until post test Cycle 2 was 25.39 %. It was also supported by the observation and questionnaire result. The data of observation showed that the average of the students’ improvement in writing activities in Cycle 1 was 27.81 % and Cycle 2 was 74.99 %. Then the improvement from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 was 47.17 %. Moreover, most of the students gave positive responses to the implementation of chain story game. The average percentage of all questions who answer “yes” was 84.56%. Based on the result of interview the students and teacher also gave good responses. It could be summarized that chain story game could improve the students’ competence in writing recount and could make the students be active in teaching learning process. Moreover, the students and teacher also gave positive responses about the implementation of chain story game.

  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  TITLE........................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ................................................................................................. ii LEGALIZATION ......................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................ iv ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. vii LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................ xi LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................... xii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................... xiii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ...................................................................

  1 B. Reasons for Choosing the Topic ...........................................................

  5 C. Problem of the Research ......................................................................

  5 D. Aim of the Research ............................................................................

  5 CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................

  6 A. Writing ...............................................................................................

  6 1. Definition of Writing .................................................................

  6 2. The Importance of Writing .........................................................

  7 3. The Process in Writing ...............................................................

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  The Purpose in Writing .............................................................. 11 5. The Criteria of Good Writing ..................................................... 13 6. The Task of Teacher in Writing ................................................. 14 B. Recount Text ....................................................................................... 15 1.

  The Nature of Recount Text ........................................................ 15 2. Generic Structure of Recount Text .............................................. 16 3. Language Features of Recount Text ............................................ 17 4. Type of Recount Text ................................................................ 17 5. Writing Recount Text ................................................................ 18 6. Evaluation of Writing ................................................................ 18 C. Games ................................................................................................. 20 1.

  Definition of Game ..................................................................... 20 Reason to Use Game .................................................................. 20 3. How to Choose Game ................................................................ 21 D. Chain Story Game ............................................................................... 22 1.

  Definition ...................................................................................... 22 2. The Procedure to Use Chain Story Game for Teaching Writing .. 23 E. Advantages and Disadvantages of Chain Story Game ......................... 24 1.

  Advantages of Chain Story Game ................................................. 24 2. Disadvantages of Chain Story Game ............................................ 25 F.

  Chain Story Game for Teaching Writing ............................................. 25

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  Basic Assumption ............................................................................... 26 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...........................................

  28 A. Method of the Research ....................................................................... 28 B.

  Setting of the Research ........................................................................ 29 C. Subject of the Research ........................................................................ 30 D.

  Research Design .................................................................................. 30 E. Technique for Collecting Data ............................................................. 34 F. Technique for Analyzing Data ............................................................. 37 G.

  Inter-Rater Reliability ......................................................................... 44 H. Indicator of Success ............................................................................. 45 CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION ..............................................

  47 A. Result of the Research ......................................................................... 47

  The Implementation of Cycle 1 .................................................. 47 2. The Implementation of Cycle 2 .................................................. 54 3. Results of the Instruments .......................................................... 60 4. Triangulation Data ..................................................................... 69 5. Results of Inter-Rater Reliability ................................................ 72 B. Discussion ........................................................................................... 73 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION .....................................................................

  78 A. Conclusion ........................................................................................... 78 B.

  Pedagogical Implication ....................................................................... 79

  

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  Limitation of the Research .................................................................. 80 D.

  Future Direction .................................................................................. 80 REFERENCES APPENDICES

  

LIST OF TABLE

Table 3.1 Time Table of the Research ................................................................ 29Table 3.2 Writing Evaluation Criteria Using Scale ............................................ 37Table 3.3 Model of Writing Evaluation Criteria Using Score ............................. 38Table 4.1 Students’ Writing Competence Before and After the Implementation of

  Chain Story Game................................................................................ 62

Table 4.2 Writing Test Result .............................................................................. 72

  

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LIST OF FIGURES

  Figure 1 Research Design of Kemmis and Mc.Taggart ..................................... 30 Figure 2 Technique for Analyzing Data ........................................................... 41 Figure 3 Observation Result of Students’ Activities in Cycle 1 ........................ 49 Figure 4 Observation Result of Students’ Activities in Cycle 2 ........................ 56 Figure 5 Mean of Students’ Writing Test ......................................................... 60 Figure 6 Improvement of Students’ Writing Competence ................................. 61 Figure 7 Improvement of Students’ Activities in Cycle .................................... 64 Figure 8 Results of Questionnaire .................................................................... 65 Figure 9 Triangulation Data ............................................................................ 67 Figure 10 Writing Scoring System ................................................................... 69 Figure 11 Result of Students Activity ................................................................ 73

  

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A:

  Lesson Plan

  Appendix B:

  Result of Pre Test Result of Post Test 1 Result of Post Test 2

  Appendix C:

  Observation Result of the Students’ Activities in Action 1 Cycle 1 Observation Result of the Students’ Activities in Action 2 Cycle 1 Observation Result of the Students’ Activities in Action 1 Cycle 2 Observation Result of the Students’ Activities in Action 2 Cycle 2 Observation Result of Teacher’s Activities in Action 1 Cycle 1 Observation Result of Teacher’s Activities in Action 2 Cycle 1 Observation Result of Teacher’s Activities in Action 1 Cycle 2 Observation Result of Teacher’s Activities in Action 2 Cycle 2

  Appendix D:

  Result of the Students’ Questionnaire

  Appendix E:

  The Result of Students’ Interview The Result of Teacher’s Interview

  Appendix F:

  The Students’ Activities in the Classroom

  

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