THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write) GAME FOR TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write) GAME FOR TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING A THESIS
Submitted to the English Department as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Degree of S. Pd.
By: NURLIANA FITRIYANTI (1001050011) ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY UNIVERSITY MUHAMMADIYAH OF PURWOKERTO 2014
MOTTO
Do the best and don't be afraid to make the
mistake because from the mistake we can
get the truth
Manjadda Wa Jada
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
My beloved MOM (Mama Yuniatun),
Thank you for your endless love, prayer and support that make me realize that
I have to be the best for you. I LOVE YOU MOM…….. My beloved DADDY (Bapak Sutrisno),
You have given me love, support and prayer until now. I always love and
remember you all the time. I LOVE YOU DAD…… Thanks for everything. My beloved brother (Cholil Nur Efendi) and my beloved sister (Kurnia Nur
Hidayah), Thank you for your affection, I know you how much love me and
care about me, all of you give me prayer and support. My beloved friends in English Department (Mba Vian, Nana, Velis, Imeh,,
Yayuk, Hana, Ayu, Eni, Hani, Egy, Umi, Anggi, Endah, Sifa, Fani, Wahid,
Rian, and others), Thanks for your support, spirit, and joke.I‟ll always miss you friends ….
My beloved friends in PPL/KKN SMP N 2 Jatilawang ( Niken „‟PBI”, Mas
Adi „‟Geografi‟‟, Ria „‟PBSI”, Puji „‟Matematika”, Winda “PBI”, Dwi
“PBSI”, Riswoto “Matematika”, Hendri “Sejarah”, Mas Acong “Sejarah”,
Wati “Biologi”, Izal “Biologi) who always give me support and spirit. I‟ll
always miss you friends…. My beloved friends in Srikandi Cost (Eccal, Mba dewi, Teteh, Dewi Kun, Uly, Wenti), Thanks for your joke, support, smile and spirit.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
First of all the writer would like to say thanks to Alloh SWT, who always give his guidance, mercy, permission, and never let her go without his revelation, so that the writer could finish her thesis as the partial fulfillment to get S.Pd Degree at the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of University Muhammadiyah of Purwokerto.
The writer wishes to express her great appreciation and special thanks to:
1. Drs. Ahmad, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for the encouragement to do this thesis.
2. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum, the Head of the English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for assisting the writer in accomplishing the research.
3. Drs. Bambang Suroso, M.Hum, as the consultant who has given guidance, suggestion, and helpful correction patiently.
4. Drs. Runtut Pramono, the Headmaster of SMP N 1 Kutasari who has given permission to conduct the research.
5. Sari Wahyuningrum, S.Pd, the English teacher of SMP N 1 Kutasari who has given helping to conduct the research.
6. All of the Seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Kutasari who have given good participation in this research.
7. Beloved mother, father, brothers, sisters, and friends who were always in my side, from them I got inspiration and motivation to do this thesis.
8. All of my friends who helped and gave aids to finish this thesis.
Last but not least, the writer hopes that this thesis will give some contributions to the English teacher, English Department students and all the readers. The writer believes that there are still many weaknesses in this thesis. Therefore, the writer accepts constructive suggestions and criticism happily to make this thesis perfect.
Purwokerto, 23 July 2014 The Writer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ............................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... ii
LEMBAR PENGESAHAN ........................................................................... iii
SURAT PERNYATAAN. .............................................................................. iv
MOTTO ..........................................................................................................v
DEDICATION ................................................................................................ vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...............................................................................ix
LIST OF APPENDIX .................................................................................... xi
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... xii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .................................................................1 A. Background of the Research................................................................
1 B. Reason of Choosing the Topic ............................................................
4 C. Problem of the Research......................................................................
5 D. The Scope of the Research ..................................................................
5 E. Aim of the Research ............................................................................
5 F. Clarification of Terms .........................................................................
6 G. Contribution of the Research ..............................................................
7 CHAPTER II: THEORITICAL REVIEW .................................................
8 A. Writing Skill ........................................................................................
8 1. Definition of Writing Skill .............................................................
8 2. The Importance of Writing.............................................................
8 3. Teaching Writing ...........................................................................
10 4. Problem of Learning Writing .........................................................
11 5. Component Influencing Writing ....................................................
13 6.
14 Students’ Need in Writing ..............................................................
B. Descriptive Text ..................................................................................
16 1. Definition of Descriptive Text ......................................................
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2. Function of Descriptive Text .........................................................
16 3. Generic Structure of Descriptive Text...........................................
16 4. Language Features of Descriptive Text.........................................
17 C. CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write) game ................................................
18 1. Definition of CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write) Game ....................
18 2. The Advantages CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write) Game ...............
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3. Teaching writing on Descriptive text using CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write) Game ............................................................................
20 D. Basic Assumption ...............................................................................
22 E. Hypothesis ..........................................................................................
23 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD .....................................................
24 A. Method of the Research ......................................................................
24 B. Place and Time of the Research ..........................................................
26 C. Subject of the Research .......................................................................
27 D. Method of Collecting Data ..................................................................
28 E. Method of Analysis Data .....................................................................
29 CHAPTER IV: RESULT AND DISSCUSSION .........................................
36 A. Result of the Research ..........................................................................
36 B. Discussion ............................................................................................
45 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................
47 A. Conclusion ..........................................................................................
47 B. Suggestion ..........................................................................................
47 REFERENCES ...............................................................................................
49 APPENDICES ................................................................................................
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THE LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A 1.
The List of Students’ Name of Experiment Class
2. The List of Students’ Name of Control Class 3.
The Students’ Pre-test Score in Experimental Class
4. The Students’ Post-test Score in Experimental Class
5 . The Students’ Pre-test Score in Control Class
6. The Students’ Post-test Score in Control Class
7. The students’ Score of Experiment Class and Control Class (Measurement of t-Value)
8. t-test Computation 9. t-table
Appendix B 1. Pre-test and Post-test
2. Lesson Plan
Appendix C
1. Students’ result
2. Evidence Letter
ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CSW (Catch, Speak, and Write)
GAME FOR TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE WRITINGBy: NURLIANA FITRIYANTI 1001050011
The aim of this research was to find out the effectiveness of CSW (catch, speak, and write) game for teaching descriptive writing at SMP Negeri 1 Kutasari in academic year 2013-2014.
This research was a quasi-experiment. The population of this research was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Kutasari. There were eight classes which consist of 32-35 students, so the total numbers of the students were 275. In this research, there were two classes that were taken as the sample. Class VII G as the control class and class VII H as the experiment class. The treatment was done
th th
from 14 - 30 April 2014 at SMP Negeri 1 Kutasari. The writer used test (pre- test and post-test) to collect the data, and t-test was used to analyze the data.
In this research, the data were analyzed by using computation to know the effectiveness of CSW (catch, speak, and write) game. The result was that t-test higher than t-table. The result showed that the pre- test’s mean score of experiment class was 47. 65, while the pre- test’s mean of control class was 47. 32. The post- test’s mean score of experiment class was 74. 75, while the post-test’s mean score of control class was 64. 68. The deviation score of experiment class was 27.1, while the deviation score of the control class was 17. 36. The t-test result was 3. 98 and t- table for degree of freedom (df) 62 at the level significance α= 0. 05 is 1. 670, so the result showed that t-test was higher than t-table (3. 98> 1. 670). It means that CSW (catch, speak, and write) game is effective for teaching descriptive writing at the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Kutasari,Purbalingga in academic year 2013-2014.