TEACHING NARRATIVE WRITING THROUGH GUIDING-QUESTIONS TECHNIQUE AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SMA

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui (1) apakah teknik guiding-questions dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis narrative siswa, (2) aspek menulis manakah yang paling meningkat, (3) kesulitan siswa dalam menulis. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI IPS 2 SMAN 1 Belitang. Data didapat melalui tes menulis dan kuesioner lalu dianalisis dengan t-test. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa t-value lebih besar dari t-table (8.857>2.0369) Hal itu berarti ada peningkatan signifikan dari teknik guiding questions pada kemampuan menulis narrative siswa. Aspek menulis yang paling meningkat yaitu language use. Sementara, kesulitan siswa kebanyakan terjadi pada aspek language use.

This research was intended (1) to find out whether or not guiding-questions technique could be used to increase students narrative writing skill (2) to investigate which aspect of writing increased the most, (3) to know students difficulties in writing. The sample was class XI IPS2 of SMAN 1 Belitang. The data were collected through writing tests and questionnaire and computed using t-test. The result showed that t-value is higher than t-table (8.857>2.0369). It means that there was significant increase of guiding questions technique on students narrative writing ability. The aspect of writing that increased the most was language use. Meanwhile, students difficulties mostly occurred in language use aspect.

Keywords: guiding-questions technique, narrative, writing