Total Marks = 652 Total Data = 15 Mean = 43.46 Based on the presentation of the data in the table above, the writer was convinced that the writing level of the students was low, especially in writing argumentative essays. Based on the Preliminary Research Result above, the writer found many problems faced by students in writing argumentative essays. Therefore the writer chose this title because the title of this study is interesting, and the writer wanted to prove how much the application of Tumblr as a media student affects argumentative essay writing.
To conduct this research, the author formulated the research question: "Does Tumblr application media affect argumentative writing skills in third grade .. students at SMA YAPIM Medan. Looking at the problem statement above, the purpose of the above research is ”The purpose of this study is based on the background and issues above , which aims to find out whether the tumblr app significantly affects argumentative writing skills of third grade students at SMA YAPIM Medan”.From writing argumentative essay, the author could learn the quality and ability of each student.
The writer will examine in class XII IPA 1 and XII IPA 3. 1.5 The Importance of the Research. Ha : There was a significant effect of using Tumblr application media on argumentative writing skill of the third grade students at SMA YAPIM Medan. Ho: There was no significant effect of using Tumblr application media on argumentative writing skill of the third grade students at SMA YAPIM Medan.
The initiator of the method has decided on the type of activity, the roles of teachers and students, the types of useful materials and certain organizational models of the syllabus.
The Definition of Writing
The following are the types of techniques in the learning process: lecture techniques, question and answer techniques, discussion techniques, task techniques, training techniques, research techniques, demonstration techniques.
Teaching Writing
Demonstrating
Motivating
Supporting
Responding
Argumentative Essay
- Structure Elements of Argumentative Essay
Usually, in argumentative articles, there was a comment or objective information, followed by examples, analogies and cause-and-effect relationships (Housden, 2013:106). In addition, the argumentative essay can also contain arguments for (supporting the idea), and contradictions about these issues (conflict of ideas) or the topic under discussion (Gregory Nash, 2003:7). When students are struggling, develop and organize ideas, use correct grammar and word choice, and use appropriate writing skills such as capitalization, spelling, and punctuation.
From the definition above, it can be simplified that argumentative essay was an argument written to become a piece of writing that contains data, facts and evidence.
Introduction and thesis statement
Argument/Body
Conclusion
The Features of Argumentative Essay
Media
The Kinds of Media
Tumblr application
- Tumblr 's strengths and weaknesses
Tumblr was one of favorite social media because the user could simply create a blog. Tumblr was published in English using the classification framework developed by us based on the research results of Twitter (Williams et al. Advantages of the Internet, it also made it easy for foreign language learners to access the virtual classroom , and students could access some websites. for language learning, and some online materials that were even physical, the classroom cannot give them.
With this media, online blogs can be used as media for teaching English in the classroom, especially for teaching writing. According to Zhang, blogs were easy to link to each other to create a larger online community. Language learners can use a personal blog as an electronic portfolio that shows development over time.
By publishing a blog on the Internet, students have the opportunity to offer writing opportunities to classmates and other readers. According to Egbert (2006), in Kavaliauskiene et al. Application of information and communication technology (ICT) has become very popular in language learning. According to Campbell (2003:2), a blog can be considered an online journal, individuals can constantly update their own language, thoughts and ideas through software that makes it easy for a person to do so.
Based on the above explanation, the author wants to bring Zhang's theory to answer the research problem.
Strengths
Therefore, all students in era 4.0 must use some simple media to make a lesson/study become happy and effective and make a change in the learning process. Students could learn more from the comments Send and get direct feedback from the teacher online.
Weakness
The Use of Tumblr in Teaching Writing
Then students wrote their personal comments on the teacher's Tumblr Students posted their Tumblr after work. After posting the task, students should visit other tasks. Friends post some comments on the Tumblr page. In the class, the teacher should follow the students online activities or as a host in a classroom.
Tumblr Application’s features
Blog
Dashboard
Post
Explore
Reblog
- The Previous Study
- The Conceptual Framework
- Research Design
- The Population and Sample
In essence, these media were almost the same as other media as it gave creativity in writing argumentative essays and also activated their prior knowledge in writing. Using Tumblr to Improve Students' Writing Skills in Text Retelling (Classroom Action Research) at MA Al Khoiriyyah Semarang in Academic Year 2014/2015 by Nita Kurniati (Faculty of Education and Teacher Training Walisongo State Islamic University Semarang 2015). The researcher used the Tumblr app as a medium to improve students' writing skills in writing narrative texts.
The result of the test showed that the average score of the students on the pre-cycle test was 60.7, the average score of the students on the I. cycle was 79.8 and the average score of the students on the II. cycle 86.4. The test score indicated that the treatment was successful because the test result was II. cycle higher than the I. cycle test. According to this result, the researcher concluded that the research has improved the student's skill in writing narrative text.
Eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 3 Pontianak should have at least 78.00 as the minimum score for all English skills including writing. It was very different from the fact taken from the students' pre-test results, the eleventh grade students of Class XI IPA 2 scored only 71.2 for the mean of students' writing scores. It would successfully connect teachers and students in the writing process to produce a written essay.
Therefore, the writer decided to use the media (Tumblr application) to improve the students' writing skills (mainly argumentative essay). Writing was one of the most important skills in English because writing was the most important part of communication tools. In writing, there were many types of narrative texts, procedural texts, narrative texts, news, etc., but the writer would discuss argumentative essays because most of the students would encounter difficulties in writing.
While the control group was taught by explaining the media (paper) as usual in the classroom. In this study, the writer would try 2 mediums using the Tumblr app and without using the Tumblr app (using paper as the media). But to be balanced, the writer used 2 teaching methods which are the same, namely conventional teaching methods.
Population
Sample
The Instrument of Collecting data
The Technique of Collecting Data
Pre-Test
Treatment
Explain the concept of argumentative essay and the steps of writing an argumentative essay. Asking the students if they have any problems or problems using the Tumblr application. Asking the students to take an assignment to create an argumentative essay using tumblr application 7.
Give a conclusion and give some vision and mission about what the purpose of the written test is.
Post-Test
The Technique of Analysing Data
Calculating the score of the pre-test and post-test in the experimental and
Interpreting the result of writing an argumentative essay
Testing Hypothesis
Validity
The Validity of The Test
Excellent or very good treatment of the subject Theme; .. topic narrow enough; various ideas; independent and thorough explanation of the topic; content related to the topic; exact details; initial thoughts;. Enough topics to cover; some ideas or disputes; certain independence of interpretation of the topic; most relevant content Topic;. The expression is very uneven and the ideas are hard to follow; the organization does not help the reader with a logical sequence (coherence), which is difficult for the reader to follow; most conjunctions Absence (cohesion).
Wide range of vocabulary; exact words/idioms Selection and use; appropriate selection to match the registry. Adequate vocabulary; occasional errors Choice and use of words/idioms; registration is not always appropriate. Limited vocabulary; obvious error Choice and use of words/idioms; registration is not always appropriate.
There is no vocabulary range; Frequently used word/idiom choices and Usage; there is no clear sense of registration.