Muhammad Rozin Muhafidz , 2201413177 (2019) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRAINSTORMING CARD TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT (A Quasi-Experimental Study of Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 2 Temanggung in the Academic Year of 2017/2018). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The objectives of this research is to find out the effectiveness of brainstorming card technique to improve students’ skill in writing a recount text. A specific concern of this study is to investigate the significant difference of writing achievement between the group that is taught by a brainstorming card technique and another group that is taught by a conventional technique. The writer tried to modify the brainstorming technique in form of card. The card consists big six questions then will be given to the students and they will jot down all of the answers there. The card then called brainstorming card as it will stimulate the students to write all of in their mind by answering the big six questions written in the card. This research used quasi-experimental design in this research. The subject of this study was the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Temanggung in the academic year of 2017/2018. The sample consisted of 68 students from two classes. The study was started by giving pre-test, treatments, and post-test to both groups. The experimental group (VIII G) was taught by a brainstorming card technique, while the control group (VIII E) was taught by using a conventional technique. The data were obtained by giving a writing test to both groups. In addition, the interview was also conducted for the experimental group to obtain more data. The result analysis of the quantitative data showed that the mean scores of the experimental group increased from 63.82 to 80.23. It increased 25.80%. Then, the t-test showed that the tvalue (3.582) was higher than ttable (1.998). It can be inferred that the working hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It means that there is a significant difference of effectiveness and improvement in students’ skill in writing recount text who are taught by a brainstorming card technique. Therefore, that technique is effective and convenient for students to improve their skill in writing a recount text.

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