USING PICTURE SERIES TO IMPROVE THE WRITING SKILLS OF GRADE VIII A STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 SEWON IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

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The objective of this research was to improve the writing skills of Grade VIII A students of SMP Negeri 1 Sewon in the academic year of 2013/2014 by using picture series.
This study was action research that was conducted in two cycles. There were three meetings in the first cycle and two meetings in the second one. The subjects of the research were 27 students of Grade VIII A of SMP Negeri 1 Sewon. The data were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were in the form of field notes, interview transcripts, and photos. The quantitative data were the students’ writing scores. The qualitative data were obtained from the observation and interviews with the teacher and the students. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were obtained by conducting a pre-test before the actions and a post-test after the actions. This research implemented five criteria of validity, namely democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. Besides, to enhance the trustworthiness of the data, the researcher used triangulation, namely time triangulation, investigator triangulation, and theoretical triangulation. The actions implemented in this research were providing picture series, providing group work activities, giving more examples of writing products, correcting the students’ writing products, asking the students to bring dictionaries in every meeting, and playing games.
The results of this research showed that the use of picture series was able to improve the students’ writing skills in the four aspects of writing namely content, organization, vocabulary, and mechanics. The mean scores of each aspect increased from the pre-test to the post-test. The content aspect improved from 17.08 to 24.08, the organisation aspect improved from 12.09 to 20.54, the vocabulary aspect improved from 12.26 to 20.67, and the mechanics aspect improved from 13.93 to 18.34. Furthermore, the students were also actively involved in the teaching and learning process.

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