AUTHENTIC AND SIMPLIFIED MATERIALS ON STUDENTS WRITING ABILITY OF RECOUNT TEXT

Ida Fitri Mardaningsih, Patuan Raja, Muhammad Sukirlan

Abstract


Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan pada kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks recount dengan menerapkan materi autentik dan materi yang disederhanakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif yang telah dilakukan pada 32 siswa dari X IPA2 sebagai kelas percobaan 1 dan 32 siswa dari X IPA3 sebagai kelas percobaan 2 di SMA Negeri 3 Metro. Dalam pengumpulan data, peneliti memberikan pre-tes dan post-tes untuk menganalisis peningkatan nilai siswa. Data dianalisis menggunakan Independent Group t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang berarti pada kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks recount dengan menerapkan materi autentik dan materi yang disederhanakan dalam 3 aspek menulis, yaitu: isi, penggunaan bahasa, dan kosakata. Maka, penelitian ini menyarankan guru agar lebih kreatif dalam mengaplikasikan materi yang sesuai sehingga siswa dapat menulis teks recount dengan baik.

The objective of this research was to find out whether there is different students writing ability of recount text who were taught by using authentic materials and simplified materials. This research used quantitative method which had conducted to 32 students in X IPA2 as experimental class 1 and 32 students in X IPA3 as experimental class 2 at Senior High School Negeri 3 Metro. In collecting the data, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test to analyze the increase of students score. The data were analyzed by using Independent Group t-test. The results showed that there was significant difference on students writing ability of recount text who are taught through authentic and simplified materials in terms of 3 aspects of writing; content, language use, and vocabulary. Thus, this research recommends the teacher to be more creative in applying the appropriate materials to make the students write recount text well.

Keywords: authentic materials, simplified materials, writing, recount text


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