THE UTILIZATION OF COOKING MAMA: LET’S COOK! APPLICATION IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT BY EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS (A Quasi-Experimental Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 3 Huta Raja
Tinggi in Academic Year 2021/2022) AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
Submitted to Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training of UIN-SU Medan as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Bachelor Degree (S-1) in the English
Education Department
By:
SAUT MARITO SIREGAR Reg. No: 0304172135
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
FACULTY OF TARBIYAH AND TEACHERS TRAINING THE STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF NORTH SUMATERA
MEDAN 2022
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Saut Marito Siregar. Registration Number: 0304172135 The Utilization of Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook! Application in Writing Procedure Text by Eighth Grade Students (A Quasi-Experimental Study at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 3 Huta Raja Tinggi in Academic Year 2021/2022) An Undergraduate Thesis, Department of English Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, the State Islamic University of North Sumatera, 2022.
The objective of this study was to find out whether there was a significant effect of the utilization of Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook application in writing procedure text by eighth grade students. This research is a quantitative research with quasi-experimental design. It was carried out on eighth grade students of SMP N 3 Huta Raja Tinggi in Academic Year 2021/2022. The total number of population was 119 students and probability sampling with cluster random sampling was used to determine the sample. The total of sample was 61 students and experimental class consisted of 31 students, whereas controlled class consisted of 30 students. The writer taught both experimental and controlled classes in eight meetings. In experimental class, the writer used Cooking Mama:
let’s cook application as a media of teaching and learning process while in controlled class the writer used conventional method. In collecting the data, a writing test of procedure text was distributed before and after the treatment. Then, the data obtained were analysed in three main steps: preliminary data (normality and homogeneity test), dependent t-test and hypothesis test. Eventually, the researcher found that tobserved was higher than ttable in the significant level of 0,05 (tobserved = 4,769 > ttable = 1,671) at the degree of freedom (df) = 59. Therefore, alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It can be concluded that the utilization of Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook application gives significant effect in writing procedure text by eighth grade students.
Keywords: Cooking Mama Application, Junior High School, MALL (Mobile Assisted-Language Learning), Procedure Text, Writing
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
مْي ِح هرلا ِنَمْح هرلا ِ هاللَّ ِمْسِب
Bismillahirrahmannirrahim
Alhamdulillaahirabbil’aalamiin, praise be to almighty god, Allah SWT,
for the presence of plenty of mercy and health, as well as to our prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought Muslims and guided humans to good life and faith. The aim of finishing this undergraduate thesis is as a partial fulfillment of requirements for S-1 program at English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training, State Islamic University of North Sumatra. The process of finishing this undergraduate thesis involved some people who always support the writer in financially and spiritually, therefore I would like to express my gratitude to:
1. Prof. Dr. H. Syahrin Harahap, M.A as the Rector of State Islamic University of North Sumatera.
2. Dr. Mardianto, M.Pd as the Dean of Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training, State Islamic University of North Sumatera.
3. Yani Lubis, S.Ag., M.Hum as the Head of English Education Department.
4. Rahmah Fithriani, Ph.D as my first advisor who has assisted me in completing this undergraduate thesis by providing guidance, corrections and suggestions.
5. Dr. Utami Dewi, M.Hum as my second advisor who has given some advice and ideas for writing this undergraduate thesis.
6. All of lecturers especially those of English Education Department who has
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guided and imparted a wide range of knowledge.
7. Marontianna Simatupang, S.Pd as the Headmaster of SMPN 3 Huta Raja Tinggi who has given an opportunity to the writer for doing this research in the school.
8. Zulkifli Nasution, S.Pd as the English teacher of SMPN 3 Huta Raja Tinggi who has given time and opportunity to the writer to collect the data in his class for this research.
9. All of the students in VIII-1 and VIII-2 at SMPN 3 Huta Raja Tinggi in academic year 2021/2022 who enthusiastically participated in this research.
10. My beloved parents, Zulakhir Siregar and Asnaria Simatupang, S.Pd, who have patiently provided Spiritual, Moral, Financial, and Endless Love and Prayer. Anwar Siregar, Agus Siregar, Santo Siregar, Usman Siregar, Massidik Siregar and Annisa Siregar are my dear brothers and sister. This is not only mine, but it is also yours. This is our family's ambition.
11. Thank you also to the R7 Family Group, the Bimbel Sejati Teachers, Bou and Amangboru‟s Family, who have always been supportive of my efforts to complete this undergraduate thesis as soon as possible.
12. All of my dearest TBI-2 2017 friends, as well as my closest friends while studying at UIN-SU Munandar Pulungan, Eka Haliah, Qori Puji Asih, Ajeng Aprilia, Evi Sugiarti, Leni Maharani, Zuhrotunnisa Saragih, and Anisa Widya Sari, who have always supported me throughout this undergraduate thesis process.
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13. Thank you to my housemates at A4 Bali's House Ray Pondok Platinum 2, Hilal Saadillah Siregar, Aziz Kamil Hasibuan, and Dimas Ari Kusuma for providing a caring and memorable experience over the last four years.
14. To all the people whose names are not mentioned who have been kind and provided assistance in completing the writing of this undergraduate thesis.
15. Last but not least, I want to thank me for believing in me, for all this hard work, for never taking days off, for never giving up in order to complete this undergraduate thesis as soon as possible.
Medan, June 2022
Saut Marito Siregar NIM. 0304172135
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT... i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... v
LIST OF TABLE... xiii
LIST OF FIGURE ... ix
LIST OF APPENDICES ... x
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
A. The Background of Study ... 1
B. The Identification of Problem ... 4
C. The Formulation of Problem... 5
D. The Objective of Study ... 5
E. The Significant of Study... 5
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ... 7
A. The Nature of Writing ... 7
1. The Definition of Writing ... 7
2. Process of Writing ... 9
3. The Purposes of Writing ... 11
4. The Components of Writing... 12
B. Procedure Text... 13
1. Definition of Procedure Text... 13
2. Social Function of Procedure Text ... 14
3. Generic Structure of Procedure Text ... 14
4. Language Features of Procedure Text... 15
5. Example of Procedure Text ... 16
C. Educational Technology in Language Learning ... 17
1. MALL (Mobile Assisted- Language Learning) ... 19
2. Online Games in Language Learning ... 20
D. The Nature of Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook Application ... 21
1. Definition of Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook Application ... 21
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2. The Procedure of Learning through Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook
Application ... 22
E. Conceptual Framework ... 25
F. Related Studies ... 26
G. Hypothesis ... 28
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 29
A. Research Setting ... 29
B. Research Design ... 29
C. Population and Sample ... 30
1. Population and Sample ... 30
2. Sampling Techniques ... 32
D. Instrument of the Study ... 32
E. Validity and Reliability ... 33
F. Techniques of Collecting Data ... 34
1. Pre-test ... 34
2. Treatment ... 34
3. Post-test ... 35
G. Techniques of Data Analysis ... 35
1. Techniques of Scoring Data ... 35
2. Analyzing the Data ... 36
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ... 41
A. Data Description ... 41
1. The Pre-test Score ... 41
2. The Post-test Score ... 42
3. The Gained Score ... 43
B. Data Analysis ... 45
1. Preliminary Analysis ... 46
2. Dependent T-test ... 48
3. Hypothesis Test ... 49
C. Discussion ... 50
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 52
A. Conclusion... 52
B. Suggestion ... 52
REFERENCES ... 54
APPENDICES ... 59
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LIST OF TABLE
Table 3.1 the Population of the Study ... 31
Table 3.2 the Sample of the Study ... 31
Table 3.3 Table Score of Experimental Class ... 36
Table 3.4 Table Score of Controlled Class... 36
Table 4.1 Normality of Pre-test ... 46
Table 4.2 Normality of Post-test ... 47
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 Cooking Mama: Let’s Cook! Logo ... 22
Figure 2.2 Presents Coin ... 23
Figure 2.3 Age Confirmation ... 23
Figure 2.4 Start Game... 23
Figure 2.5 Start Kitchen ... 23
Figure 2.6 Cooking Mama’s Main Features ... 24
Figure 2.7 Conceptual Framework ... 26
Figure 4.1 Students’ Pre-test Score in Experimental and Controlled Class ... 42
Figure 4.2 Students’ Pre-test Score in Experimental and Controlled Class ... 43
Figure 4.3 the Students’ Gained Score... 44
Figure 4.4 the Mean Score of Pre-test and Post-test in Experimental and Controlled Class ... 45
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix I Lesson plan of Experimental and Control Class ... 59
Appendix II the Instrument ... 83
Appendix III Initial Name of Students ... 85
Appendix IV Analytical Score Rubric ... 87
Appendix V Table of Score ... 89
Appendix VI Normality Test Table ... 92
Appendix VII T-Table ... 96
Appendix VIII Table of F-Test ... 97
Appendix IX Documentation and Students Result Test ... 98
Appendix X Research Permission Letter ... 105
Appendix XI Research Response Letter ... 106
Appendix XII Curriculum Vitae ... 107
