THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING SKILL ON ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT ON THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA PAWYATAN DAHA KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC 2015/2016
Author (Penulis)
FRAMESTI YULIANA
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
11.1.01.08.0082
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Method to improve students’ writing ability in analytical exposition text (a classroom
action research with eleventh graders of MA Manahijul huda Pati in the academic year of
2011/2012)”. Thesis, Semarang: Bachelor Degree of English Language Education of State
Institute for Islamic Studies Walisongo Semarang 2011. This thesis based on phenomena which
happen in school, there were how many students who like writing but they do not know how to
write. Teacher uses technique to teach students that often makes students feels bored to join
English lesson. The thesis discusses the use of group investigation to improve students’
ability in writing skill on Analytical Exposition. The study is aimed at responding the following
question: (1) how is the implementation of group investigation to improve students’ writing
organization of analytical exposition text? (2) To what extent is the improvement of students’
writing organization of analytical exposition text after being taught through group investigation?
This thesis uses a classroom action research with 11th Grade students of MA Manahijul Huda
Pati in the Academic year of 2011-2012. The number of the population is 35 students. The
researcher take one of class to be sample. It was class 11C. The research design used was a
classroom action research design. The instrument used to collect the data was observation and
test. The assessment of the test result was focused students’ ability in writing analytical
exposition. The research findings show that: (1) The Implimentation of Group investigation is
improvement of learning tool, motivates students in doing work or jobs (2). The research
improve students ability in writing, It looks from their score in doing test in every cycle. The last
cycle show the significant improvement of students’ ability. Score from pre-cycle was 57.71, the
score from the first cycle was 65.71, and score from the second was 75. Based on the result of
this research, the writer suggests that group of investigation be used as alternative media in
teaching writing especially in teaching writing text type, in order that the students can write text
more easily and more interested in writing activity.