IMPROVING ABILITY TO WRITE NARRATIVE TEXT USING ANIMATION MOVIES OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT MAN 2 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

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IMPROVING ABILITY TO WRITE NARRATIVE TEXT USING
ANIMATION MOVIES OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT
MAN 2 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013
By:
Dyah Setya Nur Astiti
07202244016
ABSTRACT
This research is action research which aims to improve writing skills of
narrative of XI IPA 1 students of MAN 2 Yogyakarta in the academic year of
2012/2013. Based on the preliminary observation done in MAN 2 Yogyakarta,
there were some problems related to students’ writing namely those of ideas,
grammatical features, and organization. Those problems were influenced by
students’ motivation, teaching techniques, and learning media.
This research consisted of two cycles with two meetings in each cycle. The
subjects of this research were the students of XI IPA 1, the English teacher as the
collaborator, and the researcher herself. The techniques of collecting data were by
filling observation checklist forms, observing the teaching and learning process,
interviewing the English teacher and students, taking photographs, collecting
documents, and scoring students’ writing. Hence, the data were in the forms of
observation checklist forms, field notes, interview transcripts, photos, samples of
students’ writing, and students’ writing scores. In analyzing those data, the
researcher used two methods namely qualitative and quantitative methods. In
analyzing the qualitative data, the researcher did three steps namely data
reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. In analyzing the
quantitative data which were in the form of students’ writing performance task
scores, the researcher used a writing rubric.
The results of this research show that the use of animation movie is able to
improve students’ writing skills of narrative in terms of ideas, grammatical
features, and organization. Based on qualitative data sources, the students were
able to generate ideas well, apply correct grammatical features, and organize the
paragraph well. Through the use of animation movie, the students were
enthusiastic and motivated to join the teaching and learning process, both in the
materials presentation and in the writing stages. Based on quantitative data
sources, students’ writing scores in the two cycles increased. In addition, based on
the conversion table, the students’ categorization also increased. From the data
sources elaborated above, it can be concluded that students’ writing skills of
narrative are improve

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