TEACHING WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING BY USING ROUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMAN 1 PASIR SAKTI
Abstract
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti apakah ada peningkatan pada kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks recount setelah belajar melalui tehnik roundtable. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 34 siswa tingkat pertama sekolah menengah atas (SMA). Tes menulis yang mencakup pretest dan posttest digunakan sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Tes tersebut diberikan untuk melihat sejauh mana peningkatan kemampuan menulis siswa setelah diadakan perlakuan. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan t-test dengan tingkat signifikan level p<0.05 menggunakan SPPS versi 17.0. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan secara statistik pada pencapaian menulis siswa. Hal ini menandakan bahwa teknik roundtable dapat diterapkan untuk meningkatkan keterampilan menulis siswa.
The aim of this research was to find out the improvement of the students’ writing ability after the implementation of roundtable technique in teaching writing recount text. The approach of the research was quantitative. The subjects of this research were 34 students at the first grade of senior high school (SMA). The writing tests consisted of pretest and posttest were administered to collect the data. The tests were given to see how far the students improve their recount writing ability after the treatment. The data were analyzed by using t-test with the significant level p<0.05 through SPSS version 17.0. The result showed that there was a statistically significant increase of students’ writing ability. This suggests that teaching writing using roundtable technique facilitates the students to improve their writing ability.
Keywords: writing, writing ability, roundtable technique
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