Developing Materials Based On Task Based Instructions To Enhance Students Writing Ability

Abstract

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk 1) menggambarkan proses pembuatan materi ajar berdasarkan task based instruction dan 2) menyelidiki efektifitas task based instruction pada ketrampilan menulis siswa kelas X di SMAN 1 TBT tahun ajaran 2016/ 2017. Penelitian ini mengambil dua kelas sebagai sampel yang dipilih secara acak. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa materi yang dikembangkan sangat sesuai dan efektif bagi siswa kelas sepuluh, SMAN 1 TBT. Dalam hal ini, null hipotesis dari tidak ada peningkatan pada kemampuan menulis siswa dengan mengimplementasikan kedua tipe task yang dikembangkan dapat ditolak. Maka dari itu, dengan menggunakan task based instruction dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa karena dengan menggunakan kedua tipe task tersebut dapat meningkatkan nilai menulis siswa.

The objective of this research were 1) to describe the process of developing materials based on task based instruction and 2) investigate the effectiveness of task based instruction in students writing ability at the first year of SMAN 1 TBT in 2016/2017. The research took two classes as the sample which were selected randomly. This research was design and development research. In collecting the data, questionnaire, interview, and observation sheet distributed to the students, teachers and expert and writing test were given to the students to get the effectiveness of the product. Based on the results, it was found that the developed materials are appropriate and effective to be used for the students of tenth grade of SMAN 1 Tulang Bawang Tengah. In this case, the interpretation would be that the H_o of no difference of students writing by implementing the two types of developed materials could be rejected. Therefore, using task based instruction could improve students writing ability since their score increased through those types of tasks.

Keywords : Materials, task based instructions, writing.