The result of the research shows that the use of free writing technique was significantly effective in developing students' writing ability in the first grade students of MA Al Mubarak DDI Tobarakka. Worksheet for calculating the score on the pretest and posttest on students' writing ability in the descriptive paragraph.
INTRODUCTION
Problem Statements
From that analysis, it can be seen that almost out of the 29 students, the ability to write was still low. The researcher calculated the standard deviation of the pre-test performance in Appendix 3. The lowest achiever earned a score of 42. The standard deviation of the post-test performance in Appendix 4.
The Objective of the Research
Significance of the Research
REVIEW AND RELATED RESEARCH LITERATURE
- The Concept of Writing
- Definition of Writing
- Definition of Free Writing
- Definition of Technique
- The Components of Writing
- Writing Process
- The Characteristic of Good Writing
- Descriptive Paragraph
- Definition of Interest
- Conceptual Framework
- Hypothesis
- Research Variable and Operational Definition
Several studies have been conducted on writing that is the same as one of the variables that will be applied in this research. They are as follows. 4Nurhaedah, "Mind Mapping Technique in Developing Students' Writing Ability in English" (Unpublished Thesis Makassar: PPs UNM, 2004), p. The definition of writing above is similar to the definition of writing by Mario Pei in his book entitled "The History of Language".
He argues that writing is a symbol of the spoken language, less arbitrary than the language itself, as most writing systems attempt to correspond characters to sounds.9. With regard to the organization of the ideas on the paper, a researcher must have the ability to balance the purpose, audience and topics, as well as the speaking activity. Good writing consists of errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. It doesn't matter because these mistakes kill the writer and distract the readers.24.
24Masfiah Mustafir, Developing Writing Ability of Second Year Students of SMP I Bissapu Bantaeng through Reproduction (Thesis FBS UNM 2002), p. In a descriptive paragraph, students must be very clear about the location of the object they are describing. Oshima stated that a good description is like a "world picture", the reader can imagine an object, place or person in his mind, or that a writer of good description is like an artist who paints a picture that can be "seen". clear in the reader's mind.
The next step is to apply pre-test to measure their skill in writing followed by the use of free writing technique (treatment) in descriptive writing. After the treatment, the students are tested to measure their skill in writing. the conceptual framework can be designed as follows. The researcher will handle one classes of the first grade of MA Al Mubarak DDI Tobarakka, that is X IPA1.
METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
- Location and Duration of the Research
- Population and Sample
- Variables of the Research
- Instrumen of the Research
- Procedure of Collecting Data
- Treatment
- Technique of Data Analysis
The independent variable is "the use of the free writing technique", and the dependent variable is the students' achievements and interest in learning with the free writing technique". The students practiced composing sentences in the positive pronoun, present tense, tobe. j) The teacher checked whether the students understood the explanation or not. k) Pupils composed sentences, which they composed into descriptive paragraphs. l) The teacher explained the function of learning descriptive texts. m) Pupils communicate benefits with the teacher, summarize learning outcomes about descriptive. n) Carry out further activities in the form of assigning individual tasks. o) Pupils listened to information about the further learning plan. p) Teachers are invited to pray at the end of the study and then conclude with greetings. The teacher corrected the students' mistakes in pronunciation, word stress and intonation. i) The teacher asked the students to answer the questions contained in the descriptive text. j) Under the guidance and direction of the teacher, the students asked questions about the descriptive text they read. k) Students mention the vocabulary in the descriptive text in front of the class. l) The teacher told the students to mention the vocabulary contained in the text. m).
Therefore, classification of data on students' high writing ability after using free writing technique was six categories namely; excellent, very good, good, pass, weak and very poor. The data were collected in accordance with instruments and were analyzed using the following procedures: Classification of students' scores, which fall into five classifications. Data source spreadsheet for calculating scores on pre-test and post-test on students' writing ability in descriptive sections). So the mean difference score (d) = 17.5. The calculation of the t-test value shows on Appendix 5 Table 4.6 the significance test. Data source: the significance test).
In order to find out how the strategy of "using the free writing technique" can improve students' writing ability in descriptive text, the researcher obtained some information from the students' activities in the learning process during a few sessions. As can be seen from Table 4.1 and Table 4.2, the data show that the content score was up to 2.1, the organization score was up to 1.4, the vocabulary score was up to 1.9, the language use score was up to 1.3, and the mechanics score was up to 0.3. Content assessment is the most improved aspect of the five assessment aspects. So, we can say that this strategy improved students' writing ability, especially in improving the content. The aim of this study is to find out whether the use of free writing technique is able to improve students' writing ability in the first grade students of MA Al Mubarak DDI Tobarakka. The improvement of the students' writing ability is also supported by the result of the test result that was analyzed: the mean score of the pre-test was 47.5 and in the post-test it improved to 64.8, the standard deviation of the pre-test was 7.41 and improved to 14.8 in the post-test.
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Students Writing Ability
Below is the calculation process to find the mean score (X) and standard deviation (SD) based on the calculation of the students' score in the pretest of Table 4.1. After determining the mean score (X1) of the pre-test was 47.5 and the standard deviation (SD) of the pre-test was 7.41. After determining the mean score (X2) of the post-test was 64.8 and the standard deviation (SD) of the post-test was 14.8, it can be seen that in the post-test, there is an improvement in the students' writing ability compared to the result of pre-trial.
The results of the pre- and post-test are shown in the following table: Data source: the mean score and the standard deviation of the pre- and post-test). The data in Table 4.3 shows that there was an improvement in performance from the pre-test to the post-test.
Because the result was on this item, the mean score of the posttest was greater than the mean score of the pretest. The following table shows the percentage of frequency in the pre-test and post-test. Table 4.4 shows that the percentage of students who took a pre-test indicated that there are six (20.6%) students in the very poor category and none in the excellent category.
Data Analysis of Pre-test and Post-test
Thus, we can conclude that the writing ability of the students in the descriptive paragraph is significantly better after the treatment. According to the Likert scale, students are very interested in learning the technique of free writing. The aim of this test is to know the students' writing ability, especially in descriptive text, before they are treated.
In this case, the researcher gave marks to the students' work based on the scoring of writing. The researcher asked the students to write a descriptive text about "place" and write in their own words. The purpose of this test is to know about the students' writing ability, especially in descriptive text after receiving the treatment.
In giving the score, the researcher gave a score to the students' work based on the scoring rubric for writing in Table 3.2. It can thus be concluded that the students' writing ability in descriptive text is significantly better after receiving the treatment. Based on the results above, the researcher concluded that free writing technique is able to improve students' writing ability in the first grade students of MA Al Mubarak DDI Tobarakka Kab.
Based on the likeker scale the students were very positive in learning English through the free writing technique. It proved that the use of free writing technique can improve students' writing ability in MA Al Mubarak DDI Tobarakka.
Finding of Students Response Through Questionaire
Discussions
Then the researcher tells the students that a valuable way to think about an experience is to relive it or experience it as it first happened in the here and now. Then the researcher gave a post-test and asked the students to write a descriptive text about “an animal: and write in their own words. This happened because students find it difficult to remember the subject they want to describe.
Due to the result of this, the alternative way to solve the problems or inhibitions that the students were facing, the researcher gave the treatment through free writing technique. It was hypothesized that this strategy is able to motivate and accustom students to learning and cultivate an active character in learning. to write. The core of this strategy is that the students are used to being active while writing. As shown by the above findings, the students were able to achieve high performance in the post-test after studying writing using the free writing technique.
This technique can sharpen students' imaginations because it engages students' minds. By allowing students to write about their experiences as if they were going to happen, students' writing will be more dramatic. The response of the students using free writing technique on the writing ability of students in the first grade of MA Al Mubarak DDI Tobarakka was analyzed using a likert scale.
