Implementing Clustering Technique in Teaching Descriptive Writing
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Tujuan penelitaian ini adalah untuk mengetahui 1) apakah ada peningkatan yang signifikan pada kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks deskriptif dengan menggunakan teknik clustering, dan 2) kesulitan apa saja yang dihadapi oleh siswa dalam menggunakan teknik clustering. Tes yang digunakan adalah tes menulis teks deskriptif dan kuisioner. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui pre-test, post-test dan kuisioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan secara statistik antara pre-test dan post-test setelah penerapan teknik clustering dengan nilai signifikansi 0.05. Selanjutnya, kebanyakan siswa mengalami kesulitan dalam penggunaan kata sifat dan mengembangkan topik utama pada saat menggunakan teknik clustering untuk menulis paragraf deskriptifnya.
The aims of this study were to investigate 1) if there was a statistically significant increase of the students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraphs by using clustering technique, and 2) the difficulties the students encountered in using the clustering technique. The writing test and questionnaires were used to collect the data. The data were collected by administering the pre-test, the post-test, and questionnaires. The result showed that there was a statistically significant increase of writing ability between the pre-test and the post-test after the implementing clustering technique with the significant level 0.05. Furthermore, the students most found it difficult to identify adjective and to develop the main idea in clustering the the topic for their descriptive writing.
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