THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH DIARY FOR TEACHING WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT TO
THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PURWOKERTO IN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/ 2014
THESIS
Submitted to English Departments as the Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of S.Pd Degree
By:
MELLY SHEPTIYA ANEI
0901050104
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedication for:
1. My parents, four of them, who always pray and do the best for me, give me support and care of me as well,
2. My sisters and brothers, Nori, Nora, Bayu, Adam and the little one Fahrin, who always cheer me up on doing the thesis,
3. My beautiful girl, Eneng, who always care for me. Actually, she treat me well,
4. My dearest silly bestfriends, CWC, Bella, (MaulidyaWindhaIntanti), Fikes (EndahDarmawanti), Odette (DiahWIjiSetiarsih), Vitta (Dina ServitaAgustina). There are no words can describe our friendship. I love you more than words,
5. My second family, GA Lovers, Pia, Dwi, Ferdiana, Wulan, Rojak, Ummu and all GA Lovers, who always being my family,
6. My man who always care and support me in all ways,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AlhamdulillahiRabbil „alamin. Thanks to AllohSWT who has given blessing and mercy for me in making and finishing this thesis as the requirement of S.Pd Degree of English Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.
In this occasion, the writer would like to say thanks to:
1. Drs. Ahmad, M.Pd, as the head of the Teacher Training and Education Faculty of University of MuhammadiyahPurwokerto for encouragement to do this thesis.
2. Drs.Pudiyono, M.Hum., as the head of English Department of Teacher
Training and Education Faculty of University of
MuhammadiyahPurwokerto for assisting the writer in accomplishing the research.
3. Ending Kusrini, S.Pd, M.Hum., as the first consultant who gave guidance, encouragement, advice, support, suggestion, and helpful correction.
4. Drs.Pudiyono, M.Hum.,as the second consultant who gave guidance, encouragement, advice, support, suggestion, and helpful correction.
5. SMPMuhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto, who gave permission and helped in conducting the research.
6. Family and all friends who support to finish this thesis.
Although this thesis is still far from being perfect and could be the mistakes color this thesis still, the writer hoped this thesis will give positive contribution and be useful to this field of study.
Purwokerto, January 2014
Writer
MOTTO
You never know how strong you are until being
strong is the only choice you have
TABLE OF CONTENT
APPROVAL ... i
SKRIPSI BERJUDUL ... ii
SURAT PERNYATAAN... iii
DEDICATION ... iv
a. Aspect of Assessment ... 14
D. Teaching writing through English diary ... 21
E. Recount text and diary ... 23
F. Basic assumption ... 24
G. Hypothesis ... 25
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Research method ... 26
1. Determining the Individual Students‟ Ability ... 29
2. Knowing the percentage of the Class Competency... 31
5. Knowing the Effect of the Use of English Diary in Writing... 33
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. Research Result ... 36
LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1. Score of Writing ……….. 30
Table 4.1.t-table result ………. 39
Table 4.2. Students‟ Sum Score of Grammar ……… 41
Table 4.3. Students‟ Sum Score of Vocabulary ………... 42
LIST OF APPENDIXES
Appendix A
Appendix A.1. Student‟s list of Experimental Class Appendix A.2. Student‟s List of Control Class
Appendix A.3.Average Score of Individual Students‟ Ability of Experimental Class
Appendix A.4.Average Score of Individual Students‟ Ability of Control Class Appendix A.5. Pre-test and Post-test Score of Experimental Class
Appendix A.6. Pre-test and Post-test Score of Control Class Appendix A.7. The Result of the Experimental Class
Appendix A.8. The Result of the Control Class Appendix B
ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH DIARY FOR TEACHING WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT TO THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF
SMPMUHAMMADIYAH 1 PURWOKERTO IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
This experimental research was done in two weeks with the total number was 51 students. It was 27 students of experimental group and 24 students of control group. Both groups were compared based on the method of teaching. That was conventional teaching method followed by the control group and English diary method followed by the experimental group. The result indicated that experimental group out performed better than the control group in learning writing recount text.
The t-test result from experimental and control group was higher than the value of t-table (4.157 > 1,667), because the level of significance was α = 0,05 and the d.f = 49. It could be concluded that English diary could be effective for teaching writing of recount text to the second grade students of SMPMuhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in academic year 2013/2014
