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THE ABILITY OF WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS OF SMP N 01 MARGOREJO PATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016
TAUGHT BY USING CUBING TECHNIQUE
By
ARIF KUNDHORI NIM 201132156
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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THE ABILITY OF WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
OF THE EIGHTH GRADERS OF SMP N 01 MARGOREJO PATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016
TAUGHT BY USING CUBING TECHNIQUE
SKRIPSI
Presented to University of Muria Kudus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education
By
ARIF KUNDHORI NIM 201132156
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto:
Dream, believe, and do it.
Don’t try to be a success man, but rather try to be a valuable man. (Albert Einstein)
Dedication:
This skripsi is dedicated to:
The writer’s parents (Warsono and Sutinah). The writer’s young brother (Andik).
The writer’s beloved friend Erin ASL. The writer’s cousins, Antok, Pipit, Ajib. Gun, Devita, Unyel, Ngor.
And all of writer’s friends who give support
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The writer would like to express his high gratitude to Allah SWT for blessing and guidance, so the writer can finish his skripsi entitled “The Ability of Writing Descriptive Text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 Taught by using Cubing Technique”.
The writer wishes to express the writer’s deepest gratitude to those who
are directly or indirectly involved in completing this skripsi, they are:
1. Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M. Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, S. Pd., M. Pd. as the head of English Education Department and the writer’s first advisor who has already approved this research and given a lot of guidance, suggestion, and motivation in the completion of this research.
3. Rusiana, S.Pd, M.Pd. as the writer’s second advisor who has patiently and kindly given valuable guidance, advice, as well as encouragement in completing this research.
4. All of the lecturers and staffs of English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty who help the writer in finishing this research. 5. Suharyanto, S.Pd. as the Headmaster of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati for the
permission and helps.
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7. Retna Sri Mulyani, S. Pd. as the English teacher of class VIIIF of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati for the support and guidance in the process of collecting data of this skripsi.
8. All of the students of class VIIIF of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in Academic Year 2015/2016 for the great cooperation and participation.
9. The writer’s beloved parents, Warsono and Sutinah, and also the writer’s brother, Andik Kurniawan for giving prayer and spirit.
10. The writer’s beloved friend, Erin ASL.
11. All of the writer’s friends who give support and motivation.
12. Anyone that can not be mentioned directly or indirectly who has help the writer in completing this research.
The writer would like to express her sincerest gratitude to the readers for some critics and suggestions. Hopefully this skripsi will be useful for everyone.
Pati, 29 August 2015
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Kundhori, Arif. 2015. The Ability of Writing Descriptive Text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 Taught by Using Cubing Technique. Skripsi. English Education Department. Teacher Training and Education Faculty. Muria Kudus University. Advisor Lecturer: (1) Diah Kurniati S.Pd., M.Pd., (II) Rusiana S.Pd., M.Pd.
Key Words: Listening and Listen and Draw
Writing becomes one of the significant problems for the eighth graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati, they still have difficulties in understanding together among vocabulary, grammar, meaning, and genres. In teaching writing, the teacher must choose an appropriate technique which is suitable on the student’s condition. When the teacher asks the students to write or describe their ideas about something, most of students got confused because writing is one of complicated skill for the students especially in writing descriptive text. So, it makes their writing ability is still not good yet. Therefore, the writer used an English teaching technique called Cubing Technique to solve the problems.
The purpose of this research is to find out whether or not there is a significant difference between the ability of writing descriptive text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 Taught by Using Cubing Technique.
The design of this research was experimental research. The writer used one group with pre – test and post – test. The population of the research was the eighth graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the academic year 2015/2016. The writer used cluster random sampling technique to take the sample. Then, the writer got VIIIF with total number of students is 22. The instrument used by the writer was written test.
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ABSTRAK
Kundhori, Arif. 2015. Kemampuan Siswa Kelas Delapan SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati dalam Menulis Teks Deskripsi Diajarkan Menggunakan Tehnik Cubing Technique pada Tahun Ajaran 2015/2016. Skripsi. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris. Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan. Universitas Muria Kudus. Dosen Pembimbing: (1) Diah Kurniati S.Pd., M.Pd., (II) Rusiana S.Pd., M.Pd.
Kata Kunci: Kemampuan Menulis Teks Deskriptif dan Cubing Technique
Menulis menjadi salah satu masalah yang signifikan untuk murid kelas VIIIF SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati, mereka masih mengalami kesulitan untuk memahami secara bersamaan antara kosa kata, tata bahasa, arti, dan ragam tulisan. Dalam pengajaran menulis, seorang guru harus bias memilih tehnik yang sesuai dengan kondisi seorang murid. Ketika guru meminta siswa untuk menulis atau mendeskripsikan idenya tentang sesuatu, sebagian besar para siswa masih bingung karena menulis merupakan salah satu keterampilan yang rumit bagi siswa khususnya dalam menulis deskripsi. Jadi, hal tersebut membuat kemampuan menulis mereka masih belum baik. Oleh karena itu, penulis menggunakan teknik pengajaran Bahasa Inggris yang disebut Cubing Technique untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mencari apakah ada atau tidak perbedaan signifikan antara kemampuan menulis teks deskripsi dari murid kelas VIII SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati pada tahun ajaran 2015/2016 sebelum dan setelah diajar menggunakan Cubing Technique.
Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimental. Penulis menggunakan grup tunggal dengan pre –test dan post – test. Populasi diambil dari kelas VIII SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati pada tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penulis menggunakan teknik cluster random sampling untuk mengambil sampel. Dan penulis mendapatkan kelas VIIIF dengan jumlah siswa 22. Instrumen yang digunakan berupa soal tes tertulis.
Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa post – tes tergolong “bagus” dengan nilai rata-rata 81.72 dan deviasi standar 7. Lebih tinggi dari pre – tes dengan nilai rata-rata 51.31, akan tetapi deviasi standarnya 14.58 karena interval tengah di pre –tes 9 lebih tinggi dari interval tengah di post –tes 5, dan pre – tes tergolong “jelek”. Hipotesis penelitian ini menyatakan ada perbedaan signifikan antara kemampuan menulis deskripsi siswa kelas VIII SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati tahun ajaran 2015/2016 sebelum dan setelah diajar menggunakan Cubing Technique. Dari perhitungan t-test, t-obtained diketahui 13.87 dan t-critical ±2.080 dengan level signifikan (α) 0.05 dan degree of freedom 21. T-obtained lebih besar dari t-critical. Jadi, penulis menolak �0 (null hypothesis) dan
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Berdasarkan hasil diatas, penulis member saran kepada guru untuk menerapkan cubing tehnik untuk membantu kesulitan siswa dalam keterampilan menulis khususnya untuk menulis teks deskripsi. Juga bisa menjadi solusi alternatif / teknik manual untuk keterampilan yang lain; mendengarkan, membaca, berbicara.
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1.6 Operational Definition ... 4
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND HYPOTHESIS ... 5
2.1 Teaching English in SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati. ... 5
2.2 Curriculum of Language Teaching in SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati. ... 5
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2.4 The Method of Teaching English in SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati. ... 7
2.5 Writing as Language Skill. ... 8
2.6 Component of Writing. ... 9
2.7 Genre. ... 9
2.8 Characteristic of Descriptive. ... 12
2.9 Technique of Teaching Writing. ... 13
2.10 Cubing Technique. ... 15
2.11 The Advantages of Cubing Technique... 16
2.12 Steps of Using Cubing Technique ... 16
2.13 Previous Research ... 18
2.14 Theoretical Framework. ... 18
2.15 Hypothesis. ... 19
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH ... 20
3.1 Design of the Research. ... 20
3.2 Population and Sample. ... 21
3.3 Instrument of the Research. ... 22
3.4 Procedure of Data Collection. ... 24
3.5 Data Analysis. ... 25
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH ... 29
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4.1.1 The Ability of Writing Descriptive Text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 Before Taught by Using Cubing Technique ... 30 4.1.2 The Ability of Writing Descriptive Text of the Eighth Graders of
SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 After Taught by Using Cubing Technique ... 33 4.1.3 The Significance Different of the Ability of Writing Descriptive Text
of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in The Academic Year 2015/2016 Before Being Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 39 5.2 The Ability of Writing Descriptive Text of The Eighth Graders of
SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in The Academic Year 2015/2016 After Being Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 40 5.3 The Significant Difference Between The Ability of Writing
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CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 43
6.1 Conclusion ... 43
6.2 Suggestion ... 43
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 45
APPENDICES ... 47
STATEMENT ... 81
xvii Year 2015/2016 Before Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 30 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of the Ability of Writing Descriptive
Text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 Before Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 31 4.3 The Score of Post-Test of the Ability of Writing Descriptive Text of
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LIST OF FIGURES
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2.1 Cubing Technique... 15 4.1 The Bar Chart of Frequency Distribution of the Ability of Writing
Descriptive Text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 Before Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 32 4.2 The Bar Chart of Frequency Distribution of the Ability of Writing
xix 2015/2016 Before Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 68 4 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Ability of 2015/2016 After Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 71 6 The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the Ability of
Writing Descriptive Text of the Eighth Graders of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 After Taught By Using Cubing Technique ... 72 7 The t-test Calculation Pre-test and Post-test of the Eighth Graders of
SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic Year 2015/2016 ... 74 8 The Students of VIIIF of SMP N 01 Margorejo Pati in the Academic
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9 t Table ... 77
10 Pre-test ... 78
11 Post-test ... 79
14 Keterangan Selesai Bimbingan ... 80
