55 employed writing scoring rubric and questionnaire. The scoring rubric was used to
assess students‟ writing, while the questionnaire was used to obtain the information of students‟ perception toward the teaching and learning process. In
conducting the preliminary study, the English teacher gave permission to the researcher to observe her class. The material which had to be taught was writing a
recount text.
1. Classroom Activities in the Preliminary Study
The teacher started the class by greeting the students and checking the attendance list. The teacher, after that, reviewed in the elements of recount,
generic structure, and also language features. After reviewing the material, the teacher asked the students to do assignments in the
LKS
about translating new vocabularies which were found in the sample recount text. After that, the teacher
invited the students to check the answer together. The next activity was individual writing task. The teacher asked the
students to compose the recount texts. In the middle of the writing activity, the teacher saw that some students did not do their own work. They asked other
students about some words which they did not know. The teacher also saw that some students got difficulties to start writing the text. Some of them also asked
the teacher about the use of verb 2 in their sentences. Because of the English teacher did not ask the students to bring their
dictionaries, the students faced the limited English vocabularies. The students also got difficulties in organizing the idea. Apart from that, the students found
difficulties in applying the past tense verbs, particularly in the use of verb 2 in
56 their sentences. In the end of the lesson, the teacher asked the students to submit
their drafts. The teacher would give the drafts back after giving feedback which the students had to revise. The revised writing had to be submitted on April 17
th
, 2014. After that, the researcher distributed the questionnaire of preliminary study
to the students.
2. Students’ Achievement Score in Preliminary Study.
In the preliminary study, t he researcher assessed student‟s drafts which
had been revised by using the writing scoring rubric. The data are presented as follows.
Table 4.1 Students’ Achievement Score in Preliminary Study
No Students
Items Being Measured Sco
re Total Score
Passing Grade 65
G ra
m
Vo c
M ec
h F
lue F
o rm
1 Students 1
3 3
3 3
3 15
50.00 Failed
2 Students 2
2 3
3 3
3 14
46.67 Failed
3 Students 3
2 2
3 3
2 12
40.00 Failed
4 Students 4
3 4
5 4
4 20
66.67 Successful
5 Students 5
3 3
3 3
2 14
46.67 Failed
6 Students 6
3 3
4 4
3 17
56.67 Failed
7 Students 7
2 3
3 3
2 13
43.33 Failed
8 Students 8
3 3
4 4
3 17
56.67 Failed
9 Students 9
2 3
4 3
3 15
50.00 Failed
10 Students 10 2
3 3
3 3
14 46.67
Failed 11 Students 11
2 3
3 3
2 13
43.33 Failed
12 Students 12 2
3 3
3 3
14 46.67
Failed 13 Students 13
2 3
3 4
3 15
50.00 Failed
14 Students 14 3
3 3
4 4
17 56.67
Failed 15 Students 15
3 4
5 4
4 20
66.67 Successful
16 Students 16 3
4 4
5 4
20 66.67
Successful 17 Students 17
3 3
4 3
3 16
53.33 Failed
18 Students 18 3
4 3
3 3
16 53.33
Failed 19 Students 19
2 3
4 3
3 15
50.00 Failed
20 Students 20 3
3 4
3 3
16 53.33
Failed 21 Students 21
3 4
5 4
5 21
70.00 Successful
22 Students 22 3
4 5
4 4
20 66.67
Successful
