score of the students writing. The content of the text, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling were significantly improved.
4.2 Result of Test
In this action research, some tests were conducted to measure the students‟ ability.
They were pre test, formative, and post test. I analyzed the result of the test by giving them score and used criteria number scoring by giving them number.
4.2.1 Pre-test Result
Atest paper was given to the students and they were asked to write descriptive text based on the theme in the instructions of the test paper. The length of the story
was about 15-20 sentences and the time allotment was about 60 minutes. The result of the pre-test would be compared to the result of formative and post-test.
Here is the result of the pre test.
Table 4.2 The Result of Pre-test
Students‟ Code
Components Score
Grammar Content Vocabulary Spelling
Total G-01
2 3
3 3
11 55
G-02 3
3 3
3 12
60 G-03
2 4
3 3
12 60
G-04 2
4 3
3 12
60 G-05
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-06 2
3 3
3 11
55 G-07
3 3
4 3
13 65
G-08 2
4 3
3 12
60 G-09
3 4
3 3
13 65
G-10 2
4 3
3 12
60 G-11
3 3
3 3
12 60
G-12 2
3 3
3 11
55 G-13
2 3
3 3
11 55
G-14 3
3 3
3 12
60 G-15
3 3
3 3
12 60
G-16 3
4 3
3 13
65 G-17
2 2
3 3
10 50
G-18 2
4 3
3 12
60 G-19
2 4
3 3
12 60
G-20 3
4 3
3 13
65 G-21
2 4
3 3
12 60
G-22 2
3 3
3 11
55 G-23
3 3
3 3
12 60
G-24 2
3 3
3 11
55 G-25
3 4
3 3
13 65
G-26 2
4 3
3 12
60 G-27
3 3
3 3
12 60
G-28 3
4 3
3 13
65 G-29
3 3
3 3
12 60
G-30 3
4 4
3 14
70 G-31
2 4
3 3
12 60
Total 77
108 96
93 374
1870 Mean
2.48 3.48
3.10 3.00
12.06 60.32
Highlighting the analysis of each student‟s writing in the pre-test, it could be drawn a conclusion that their ability in writing was still poor and far from
satisfying. They got very low score in grammar and spelling. Their common errors occurred in the use of adjective and also article. They forgot to give article
and could not differentiate the use of adjective, verb, and noun. I should emphasize on grammar, vocabulary and spelling, so that the means and scores can
be improved.
Chart 4.1 The Precentage of the Grade Category of Students’ Pre-test
From the result above, we could see the result of the test was very poor. 3,2 of students were categorized in poor. 71 were categorizedin poor tofair.
25,8 of them were categorized as fair to good. The highest score was 70. The means of the test was 57.58. The lowest score was 50. It was far from satisfying.
The detail of the grade category and frequency of students‟ pre-test could be seen in Appendix 20, page 133.
4.2.2 Formative Test Result
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