Analysis of the Pre-test

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CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

In this chapter, the writer is going to present discussion of the result of the study. They are the analysis of pre-test, the analysis of teaching learning process, the analysis of post-test, and the last is the analysis of questionnaire.

4.1 Analysis of the Pre-test

In starting the data collection, the writer conducted Pre-test. The purpose of this test was to identify the students’ ability in writing a text recount before the treatment is giving. In this test, the writer’s position is not only the observer but also the researcher. The pre-test was conducted on Thursday, 28 May 2009. In this test, the students had to write a recount text based on the topic given by the writer. From the result of the pre-test, it was found that 5 people got more than 65 and 30 students got less than 65. The writer concluded that the result of pre-test was very poor. After tabulating the result of students’ pre-test, the writer then tried to analyze the pre-test result in order to know the students’ initial condition. 36 Table 4.1. The result of the students’ achievement in pre test No Test code F G V C S Total Mark 1 A - 1 3 2 3 2 3 13 52 2 A - 2 3 3 4 3 3 16 64 3 A - 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 20 4 A - 4 2 2 2 1 2 9 36 5 A - 5 1 2 2 2 2 9 36 6 A - 6 1 2 2 1 2 8 32 7 A - 7 2 2 2 2 3 11 44 8 A - 8 2 2 2 2 2 10 40 9 A - 9 1 1 2 1 1 6 24 10 A - 10 2 2 3 3 3 13 52 11 A - 11 2 2 2 1 2 9 36 12 A - 12 1 1 2 1 1 6 24 13 A - 13 2 2 2 1 2 9 36 14 A - 14 1 2 2 2 2 9 36 15 A - 15 1 1 2 1 2 7 28 16 A -16 3 2 2 2 3 12 48 17 A - 17 1 2 2 1 2 8 32 18 A - 18 3 3 3 3 3 15 60 19 A - 19 1 1 1 1 1 5 20 20 A - 20 1 1 2 1 1 6 24 21 A - 21 1 2 2 2 2 9 36 22 A - 22 1 1 2 1 1 6 24 23 A - 23 3 4 4 3 4 18 72 24 A - 24 3 3 4 3 4 17 68 25 A - 25 2 2 2 2 3 11 44 26 A - 26 1 1 1 1 1 5 20 27 A - 27 3 4 4 3 4 18 72 28 A - 28 2 2 2 2 2 10 40 29 A - 29 1 2 2 1 2 8 32 30 A - 30 3 2 4 3 4 16 64 31 A - 31 2 2 3 2 3 12 48 32 A - 32 2 2 2 2 2 10 40 33 A - 33 1 1 1 1 1 5 20 34 A - 34 3 4 4 3 4 18 72 35 A - 35 3 4 4 4 4 19 76 65 72 84 65 82 368 1472 The total percentage The number of the students 1472 35 = 42.06 The average of the students’ test results = = 37 The average of the students’ result in the pre-test was 42.06 The result was lower than the criterion that has been stipulated by the Department of National Education. The writer concluded that the student had not understood recount text yet, so the treatments in each cycle were necessary to improve students’ ability in writing recount text.

4.2 Analysis of the First Cycle