Prasetyo, Septinus Didy (2016) Improving Writing Ability Of The Eleventh Grade Students Of Sma Pgri 2 Kayen In The Academic Year 2015/2016 Taught By Using “Longman Writing Coach”. Update Test thesis, Universitas Muria Kudus.

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English in Indonesia is considered as a foreign language (EFL). There are two skills in English (receptive and productive) that should be learnt. The receptive skills are listening and reading, whereas the productive skills are speaking and writing skills. Writing is one of the four skills which is very important to be learnt. Writing needs hard thinking in producing words, sentences, and paragraph at the same time. The eleventh grade students of SMA PGRI 2 Kayen were still confused how to starting write a paragraph because they were still less in vocabulary and grammar. They also have low motivation to learn. Therefore, they are difficult to write in a good sentence. The alternative media is needed to make learning process run well. The Use Longman Writing Coach as media in teaching and learning process is expected to stimulate the students’ interest in having habit of writing and can help students to develop their writing skill. The objective of the research isto improve the students’writingability by usingLongman Writing Coach.The research will give some useful information about teaching writing by using Longman Writing Coach. The design of this research was classroom action research. It was a collaborative research between the researcher and the English teacher. It was done in two cycles which aims to enhance the eleventh grade students’ writing ability of SMA PGRI 2 Kayen. The subjects of this research were XI IPA 1 which consists of 30 students. The results of this research improve in every cycle. (1) Longman Writing Coach can improve the students’ writing ability. It could be seen from the preliminary test, the students’ average score was 62.3 and it was categorized as low. It had an improvement in cycle 1, the students’ average score was 67.56 and the category was still low. Cycle2, there was also an improvement, the students’ average score was 77.13 and it was categorized as satisfactory. (2) The process of teaching and learning writing by using Longman Writing Coach made the students more enjoyable and interesting in learning writing. In the cycle 1, they did not enjoy the activities in the classroom. While in the cycle 2, they became more enthusiastic to follow the activities in the classroom. Based on the results of the research above, the researcher concluded that the use of Longman Writing Coach can improve the students’ writing ability in report text of the eleventh grade students of SMA PGRI 2 Kayen in the academic year 2015/2016. From the result of this research, the researcher recommends some suggestions for the English teacher, and further researcher. For the teacher, Longman writing coach can be an effective media which can be used in teaching English, especially in teaching writing. And this research can give information or knowledge for further researcher.

Item Type:	Skripsi/ Thesis (Update Test)
Dosen Pembimbing:	Pembimbing: Drs. Muh Syafei, M.Pd
Kata Kunci:	Writing Ability, Computer Software, Longman Writing Coach.
Subjects:	Pendidikan > Teori dan praktek pendidikan
Program Studi:	Fakultas Keguruan & Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar
Depositing User:	pustakawan umk
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2016 07:26
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2016 07:26
URI:	http://eprints.umk.ac.id/id/eprint/6406

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