Aini Winaryoga Ruhama , 2201410071 (2016) THE USE OF ASKfm MEDIUMTO INCREASE STUDENTS’ WRITING RECOUNT TEXT (A Classroom Action Research of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N1 Tahunan in the Academic Year of 2014/2015). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project is based on a study which was conducted to describe the effect of ASKfm technique to increase the students’ skill of writing recount text. The object of this study was the students of VIII E of SMP N 1 Tahunan in the academic year of 2014/2015. There were 36 students, consisting of 20 male students and 16 female students. The objectives of the study are to find out the students’ difficulties in writing recount texts, reason of ASKfm is proposed as medium in teaching recount texts, and the effectiveness ASKfm to increase students’ ability in writing recount. This action research needed seven meetings which were divided into pre-test and post-test and two cycles. There were two meetings for each cycle, one meeting for pre-test, and one meeting for post-test. In the first cycle, the students were introduced with the use of ASKfm in teaching writing recount texts. The second cycle was the betterment of the first cycle. There were some modifications in the second cycle. The result of the study shows that the students’ writing recount text could be increased by providing important learning materials such as the material itself, examples and the exercises by using ASKfm in which this kind of medium could gain the students’ attention. The improvement of the students’ writing recount text could be seen from the average of the pre-test was 57.22, the mean of the first cycle was 64.89, and the mean of the second cycle was 72.89., and the post-test was 77.78. Besides, the result of the observation and questionnaires showed that the students’ interest during the teaching writing and learning process by using ASKfm was high. In conclusion, the use of ASKfm as medium worked well in writing class, especially for the VIII E students of SMP N 1 Tahunan. The students also said that they were not bored during the teaching and learning process. They enjoyed learning and their ability in writing recount text increased after using ASKfm.

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