Tri Istianah , 2201407089 (2011) The Use of Genre - Based Approach in Teaching Writing Procedural Texts to Improve Students’ Writing Skill to the Eleventh Grade of SMK N 1 Slawi (In the Academic Year of 2010/2011). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project is an action research that answers the two research questions: (1) How is the implementation of teaching writing procedural text by using genre – based approach for the eleventh graders of SMK N 1 Slawi in the academic year of 2010/2011? (2) How does the teaching writing procedural text by using genre – based approach influence the students‟ behavior in improving students‟ writing skill for the eleventh graders of SMK N 1 Slawi ? The answer was proven through a research. In the research, the subject of the study was twenty nine students of the eleventh graders of SMK N 1 Slawi as the subject of the study. It involved XI. Account 1 class. The data were collected through a writing test. To obtain the data I carried out three steps: pre test, formative test, and post test. Besides, the observation using field notes and the questionnairis were also given to support the data. The result of this research revealed that genre – based approach gives some contributions improve students‟ achievement and students‟ behavior in writing procedural text. It was supported by the results of the pre – test (62.75), result of cycle 1 test (78.89), result of cycle 2 (76.41), and result of post – test (77.93). Thus, the result of the students‟ achievement from pre – test to the post – test increased 14.18. From the findings, it can be concluded that there were some contributions of genre – based approach to teach writing procedural text to the students. By using genre – based approach, students can write down what they think of in their mind and state it on paper by using sequence of steps and grammar in correct way in writing procedural text. Thus, it is suggested that in teaching writing procedural text to the eleventh graders of Vocational School, teachers use genre – based approach to guide the students in writing a procedural text easily.

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