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IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE THROUGH MIND MAPPING AT GRADE X OF SMA METHODIST-2 KISARAN IN SCHOOL YEAR 2014/ 2015
No full textThis research was mainly intended to figure out whether concept mapping can improve the students‟ writing ability. The subjects of the study were the grade X students of SMA Methodist-2 Kisaran in 2014/2015 school year. The result of the data analysis of the post-test score in cycle I showed the mean score of 64.07. The result of data analysis of the post-test score obtained by the subjects under study in cycle II pointed out the increasing mean score of 78.45. The grand mean figure of the post-test score obtained by the subjects under study in cycle I was 64.07 and in cycle II was 78.45. These findings clearly showed that concept mind mapping could improve the students‟ writing skill in compound complex sentence. The result of the data analysis of questionnaire score showed the comparative percentages figures of 63.6% for option A, 35% for option B, 1.4% for option C and 0% for option D. The result comparative percentages figure clearly showed the students attitude and motivation in learning writing skill of compound complex sentence changed positively.Key words: improving writing skill, compound complex sentence, mind mapping mapping
Digital Storytelling as an Innovative Tool for Improving Academic Writing Skills Among English Major Students: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Full text linkThis study investigates the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an innovative pedagogical tool for enhancing academic writing skills among English major students in Indonesian higher education. Digital storytelling, which combines traditional narrative techniques with multimedia elements, has emerged as a promising approach to address the challenges students face in developing academic writing competencies. A mixed-methods research design was employed to examine the impact of digital storytelling interventions on students' writing performance, engagement, and skill development. The study involved 60 English major students from a public university in Indonesia, divided into experimental and control groups. Quantitative data were collected through pre- and post-assessment writing tests, while qualitative data were gathered through interviews, focus group discussions, and reflective journals. Results indicated significant improvements in academic writing skills among students who participated in digital storytelling activities compared to those receiving traditional instruction. The findings revealed enhanced narrative competence, improved technological literacy, and increased student motivation and engagement. This research contributes to the growing literature on innovative pedagogical approaches in language education. It provides practical implications for educators seeking to integrate technology-enhanced learning in academic writing instruction
THE EFFECT OF USING WRITING DIARY STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY ON RECOUNT TEXT FOR GRADE X AT SMK SWASTA AL MASHUM KISARAN
Full text linkThe purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence about the effect of diary writing on the ability to write recount texts in vocation high school students. This study used a quasi- experimental method and used tenth grade vocation high school students at the school as the population in this study. Two classes as research samples were selected for the experimental class and the control class. The experimental class was given treatment in the form of writing a diary and the control class was taught by the lecture method. Pretest and posttest were used as data collection techniques. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using the test results t-test showed that the average posttest score of the experimental class students was 70.27 which was higher than the control class score, which was 63.60. In addition, the results of statistical calculations, it was found that the tvalue in both posttest (2.562) are higher than the ttable (1.671) t-test result > t-table in the significance level of 0.05. In other words, there is the effect of writing a diary on the ability to write recount texts for tenth grade students at a vocation high school in Almashum Kisaran. The results of this study are expected to stimulate and initiate further research.Keywords: Writing Skill, Recount Text, Writing Diar
THE EFFECT OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING MODEL ON STUDENTS\u27 ABILITY IN WRITING REPORT TEXT
Full text linkTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah penggunaan model Problem Based Learning (PBL) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks laporan kelas X SMA N 1 Sei Kepayang tahun ajaran 2024/2025. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan desain eksperimen yang melibatkan dua kelas: kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas X SMA N 1 Sei Kepayang. Sampel penelitian ini terdiri dari 25 siswa dari kelas eksperimen dan 25 siswa dari kelas kontrol. Instrumen pengumpulan data adalah tes menulis, di mana siswa diminta untuk menulis teks laporan berdasarkan satu dari tiga topik yang diberikan. Data dianalisis menggunakan rumus uji-t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata kelas eksperimen meningkat dari 29,9 pada tes awal menjadi 65,4 pada tes akhir, sedangkan kelas kontrol meningkat dari 29,6 menjadi 38,7. Ini menunjukkan bahwa hipotesis alternatif (Ha) diterima dan hipotesis nol (H₀) ditolak.
 
THE EFECT OF SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION ON STUDENT WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT
Full text linkThis study aims to examine the effect of the Small group discussion Strategy on the Writing Skills of Students X Class of SMA Swasta Al’mashum Sidodadi in the 2022/2023 Academic Year. The population of the research is 70 students. The strategy used in the study was a small group discussion for treatment in an experimental class consisting of 35 students. They were asked to discuss with group friends to understand story, then write it in the forms of narrative text while in the control class the conventional method was used, namely 35 students. After receiving the treatment, the student writing skill were getting better. Based on the t-test calculation, the product moment degree of freedom (df) = n-2 35-2=33 obtained thitung > ttable, namely thitung = 3.745 and thitung = 1.692 significance 0.000 < 0.005 (Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted). Keywords: Small Group Discussion Strategy, Narrative Text, WritingÂ
DEVELOPING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING PROBLEM BASED INTRODUCTION MODEL AT GRADE X OF SMK ASAHAN KISARAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2016/2017
No full textThe title of this study is the Developing the Students’ Speaking Achievement by Using Problem Based Introduction. The objective of the research was taken from the grade X students of X TKJ 1 SMK Asahan Kisaran. Problem Based Introduction (PBI) is a learning process towards a way of solving its problems more focused on the creativity and skills, such as formulating the problem by forming small groups, give ideas, conduct research, discuss and presentation. PBI learning model (Problem Based Instruction) is one of many innovative learning model. This model presents a state of active student learning and engage students in a problem-solving through the stages of the scientific method. There were only one class consist of 30 students. The result of the first cycle is 52 % and the result of the second cycle is 87 % After the Problem Based Introduction model was implemented and developed through two cycles, it is concluded that this model can develop the students’ achievement in speaking. In addition the students’ opinions toward the implementation of problem based introduction were positive. The average of first cycle and second cycle shows that the research is succeed.  Keyword : Problem Based Introduction Model, Speaking Achievemen
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
THE EFFECT OF USING (GI) GROUP INVESTIGATION METHOD ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL
Full text linkThe research focused on students’ writing skill in procedure text at grade XI SMKS-1 Daerah Sei Bejangkar in 2022/2023 academic year. The purpose of this research is to find out does the (GI) Group Investigation Method have an influence on students’ writing skill in procedure text. Sampling in this study using Jenuh sampling technique and the samples were 25 students in XI AK-1 and 25 students in XI AK-2. In this study used quantitative research. Technique of data collection in this study are observation, pre-test, treatment and post-test. The instrument of collecting data is an essay test. The results showed that the pre-test average for the Experimental group was 62,8 and post-test 78,8 an increase of 25,48% while the the pre-test average for the control group was 52,6 and post-test 65,4 an increase of 24,33%. The GI Method is an effective way to improve students’ writing skill. This is evidenced by T-test formula for analyzing data, with tscore = 63,33 while rtable (df) 25 + 25 - 2 .= 48 (0,284) so tscore > rtable
AN ERROR ANALISYS OF STUDENTS’ IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT GRADE X IN SMA SWASTA DAERAH AIR JOMAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
Full text linkThis research was about error analysis in writing narrative text of students at Grade X of SMA Swasta Daerah Air Joman in Academic Year 2020/2021. The objectives of the research to find out the types of errors that students faced in writing narrative text at Grade X of SMA Swasta Taman Daerah Air Joman. The subject of the research is students at Grade X Mia of SMA Swasta Daerah Air Joman in Academic Year 2020/2021 . The research methodology was narrative qualitative. The technique of collecting the data isonline test, because of pandemi covid 19. So the researcher joint to group whatshapp students at Grade X of Mia and ask students to write a narrative text. In this research, the researcher classified and analyzed the students‟ errors in their sentences based on the Dulay et.al Theory namely Surface Strategy Taxonomy, they are omission, addition, misinformation, and misordering. The result of this research showed that there were 381 items researcher found that the students did in writing narrative text. The proportions (frequency and percentage) of the students‟ error in writing narrative text are are omission error with 196 items or 51,44%, addition error with 16 items or 4,19%, misinformation with 144 items or 37,79% and misordering error with 25 items or 6,56%. Therefore, the result of the research showed that omission errors are the highest error that made by the students.Keywords: Error Analysis, Writing, narrative tex
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