LIYA NOVITARINI , 2201404566 (2009) THE USE OF STAD TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (An Action Research of the Eighth Year Students of SMP N 1 KESESI PEKALONGAN in the Academic Year of 2008/2009). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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The topic of this study is the use of STAD technique to improve the students’ skill in writing descriptive text−an action research of the eighth year students of SMP N 1 Kesesi Pekalongan in the academic year 2008/2009. In this study, the writer limited the discussion by stating the following problem: How can the STAD technique be applied effectively in teaching writing to improve the students’ skill in writing descriptive text? The objective of this study was to find out how far STAD technique can be applied to improve the proficiency of students’ writing descriptive text. Action research approach was adopted in this study. The population of the study was the year eighth students of SMP N 1 Kesesi Pekalongan in the academic year of 2008/2009. The writer took the whole students of VIII E as the subject of the research. There were 48 students (12 boys and 36 girls). It was conducted on 9th until 16th December 2008. The techniques used for obtaining data were collecting data from the students by using writing test. Besides, the questionnaire was also given to support the data. In the first activity, the writer gave a pre-questionnaire in order to find out the specific problem in writing descriptive text. The second activity, the writer gave a pre-test. Then, the third and the fourth activities were held. It was cycle I/treatment I and cycle II/treatment II. In the last activity, the students were given a post-test and a questionnaire sheet. The result of the students’ progress during the teaching and learning process by using STAD technique was good. The students’ achievement increased from the second meeting to the last. The students’ result were (56,26%) in the pretest: (61,50%) in the first cycle; (67,70%) in the second cycle; and (74,35%) in the post-test. So the result of the students’ achievement from pre-test to post-test increased 18,09%. Additional data was collected through questionnaires, it can be seen that most students chose to work in groups because it made them feel happy and appreciated their friend’s opinions more. Based on the result the writer concludes that the use of STAD technique could be applied in improving the students’ skill in writing descriptive text. Moreover, from the questionnaire it can be seen that the students become more active and interested in the learning process using STAD technique.

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