The purpose of this study is to improve students' skill, especially in writing, using suggestopedia as a method, which is the main idea using classical music or some pictures in the decoration. Then the average grade is II. cycle 75.2 with a student success rate of 80%%, i.e. progressing to 8.3 points.
Background of the Study
They need to understand the characters of the object to more easily construct a descriptive text. Thus, it can be concluded that many of the students failed the passing grade and have a low score for writing skills.
Identification of the Problem
Limitation of the Problem
Formulation of the Problem
Objective of the Study
Significances of the Study
The Previous Study
Process of Writing
Secondly, an experienced writer thinks about the audience they are writing for, therefore this will not only affect the form of the writing (how it is laid out, how the paragraphs are structured, etc.) but also the choice of language, e.g. whether it is formal or informal in tone. Third, authors must determine the content structure of the work, that is, how to sequence the facts, ideas, or arguments they have decided to include.
Measurement of Writing
FAIR TO BAD: limited range, frequent errors in word/idiom, choice, usage, meaning confused or obscured. FAIR TO BAD: frequent errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphs, poor handwriting, confused or unclear meaning 2.
Improving Students’ Skill in Writing
Based on some theories above, the conclusion is that the description determines to tell something about the person, place, animal and others that bring the reader's perception can be described.
Kinds of Descriptive Text
It is used to create a visual image of people, places, even units of time. Notice how the description of the unit of time creates a particular mood or emotional tone in each of the following selections.
Generic Structure of Descriptive Text
Grammatical Feature of Descriptive Text
Mental verbs are used when describing feelings in literary descriptions, for example: She felt unhappy. Adverbs are used to add additional information to verbs to give more detailed description, for example: He can think clearly.
The Principles of Suggestopedia
Technique of Suggestopedia Method
Teachers tap into the conscious and subconscious of students to better orchestrate the "suggestive" factors involved in the learning situation. Baroque music is softly played in the background, which increases mental relaxation and the possibility of receiving and retaining new material during the lesson.
Benefit of Suggestopedia Method
Students participate in a variety of activities designed to help students learn material and use it more spontaneously. probably we should never underestimate the 'super learning' powers of the human brain". Some principles in Suggestopedia can be successfully adapted to the American classroom: a) the more competence a teacher displays, the more confident the students will be and thus the more they will learn, b) the less tense students are and the more confident they are in their own ability to learn, the greater and faster the learning will be.
Teaching Writing by using Suggestopedia Method
In the classroom, the chairs are arranged in a semi-circle to make the students more attentive and more relaxed. The teacher asks to close the students' eyes after two to three minutes for relaxed mood visualization of scenes and events, to help them relax, facilitate positive suggestion and encourage creativity.
Action of Hypothesis
Teacher conducts a slow Baroque music is played softly in the background to increase mental relaxation and potential to absorb and retain new material during the lesson. Students participate in various activities designed to help the students learn material and in particular they are asked to write the descriptive text on paper as well. It provides main parts of the investigation which are definition of operational variable, setting of the research, subject of the research, procedures of the research, the technique of data collection, instrument of data collection, and technique of data analysis and technique of data validation is. .
Setting of the Research
Subject of the Research
In this case, the researcher would like to use one class which was XI IPS 2 which consisted of 16 women and 4 men and used collaborator to help the research to do the action research named Mrs. to do. Therefore, the aim of action was to improve students' skill in writing descriptive text by using Suggestopedia Method.
Procedures of the Research
Cycle I
In this cycle, students' writing of descriptive text was measured and their problem to understand about writing descriptive text. The researcher as the teacher and the teacher of the English subject work together to plan everything necessary to solve the students' problem in the teaching-learning process. In this step, the scenario was teaching writing descriptive text using Suggestopedia Method in the process of teaching and learning in the classroom.
Cycle II
The researcher checked the students' scores in post-test II, it was found that the students' scores in post-test II showed the differences between the scores in pre-test and post-test I. If the students' scores in post-test I. -test II are higher than their scores in post-test I and pre-test.
The Technique of Data Collection
- Test
- Observation
- Documentation
- Field notes
Prior to the implementation of the Suggetopedia method, a pre-test was conducted to know the competence of the student in writing descriptive text. The post-test was examined to the students after they implemented the Suggestopedia method in teaching writing skills as a treatment to know the improvement of the student's performance before and after giving the treatment. In addition, the researcher used observation as a data collection approach to learn how writing descriptive text using the Suggestopedia method works in the classroom, how the students.
Technique of Data Analysis
Indicator of Success
The Profile of The School
This school was established by a society figure from Central Lampung on the 5,030 m2 area at Kotagajah District. MA Nurul Ulum Kotagajah was founded by the concept of the teachers at Primary and Secondary Level School and Socialite to improve the high school level for everyone. A generation that has a sense of responsibility for the welfare of the people and the progress of the Religion and State.
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The Description of Research Result
Source: XI IPS 2 Class MA Nurul Ulum Kotagajah Written Preliminary Exam Results on November 7, 2018 Based on the students' Descriptive Written Preliminary Exam result, it could be concluded that 15 students (75%) were failed and 5 other students were successful ( 25%). From the result of the pretest, the researcher got an average of 60.9, so the result was not satisfactory.
Pre-test
The researcher also planned to assess the students' knowledge on the given materials. At this stage, the class condition was effective because the associate handed over to the researcher to make sure. The researcher started the lesson with a prayer, greeting, checking the attendance list and asking questions of the students.
Post-test 1
The students were confused about what they had to do and struggled to find the information from the text. Although only 9 students passed the minimum score, the results of the students' test were better than the students' pre-test before treatment was given. The table and graph above showed that not all the students were active in the learning process.
Average Score
Cycle 2
After explaining, the teacher asked the students about the material whether the students understood or not. So for the next section, the teacher ordered the students to make a class decorated with pictures. Before the time is up, the teacher gives motivation to the students and reminds them to keep learning at home.
Post-test 2
Discussion
- Result of Students Learning
- Observation Result of Students’ Activities
In order to know the students' writing descriptive text mastery after the implementation of the treatment, the researcher in this research conducted post-test I. Comparison of scores Pre-Test, Post-Test I and Post-Test II The score from the implementation of the cycle I and II can be seen in the table result of student learning below. The average score of students writing descriptive text in pre-test, post-test I and post-test II.
Students Activities
Conclusion
Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that the result of the test shows that the students who were taught by using Suggestopedia method got higher score. This means that the average score of cycle 2 was better than cycle 1, and the average score of cycle 1 was better than pretest. This is because, based on the key term of this study, more effective means that the students who were taught through the use of Suggestopedia scored higher than those who were not.
Suggestion
Selanjutnya, peneliti tambahan dapat meneliti keterampilan menulis siswa setelah menerapkan metode sugestopedia. Mendengarkan dan menirukan guru membacakan teks deskriptif sederhana tentang tempat wisata dan/atau bangunan bersejarah terkenal dengan intonasi, lafal dan tekanan yang benar. Amati dan ajukan pertanyaan tentang contoh menganalisis deskripsi dengan alat seperti tabel, peta pikiran, lalu terapkan untuk menganalisis lebih banyak deskripsi.
Core Competence
Basic Competence
Indicator
Learning Objectives
Teaching Method
Learning Material
- Social function: The social function or the general purposes of the descriptive text is describing a particular person, place or thing in detail
- Generic structure
- Significant lexicon grammatical Features
Borobudur Temple is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, which must be preserved in its conditions. People all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest works of art ever known long ago. Most of them admire Borobudur Temple because of its beauty, its elegance and the history of the relief on its walls.
Media
After undertaking some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and more tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists. Domestic tourists usually go there by bus or private cars, while foreign tourists like to join travel agency because they don't have to think about the transportation, accommodation and itinerary.
Source Book
- Learning Activities
Ø The teacher directs the students to ask questions about the descriptive text through preliminary explanations. Ø The teacher asks the students to identify the main idea, general structure and linguistic features and information about the text.
Scoring
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: effective complex constructions, few agreement errors, tense, number, word order/function, articles, pronouns, preposition. GOOD TO MEDIUM: effective but simple construction, minor problems in complex constructions, several agreement errors, tense, number, word order/function, articles, pronouns, preposition but meaning is rarely obscured. FAIR TO BAD: Major difficulties in simple/complex constructions, frequent errors of negation, agreement, tense, number, word order/function, articles, pronouns, preposition and/or fragment, runons, deletions, confused or unclear meaning.
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: demonstrate mastery of convention, few spelling errors, punctuation, capitalization, paragraph 4. AVERAGE: occasional spelling errors, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphs, but obscure meaning. GOOD TO POOR: frequent errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphs, poor handwriting, meaning confused or obscured 2 VERY POOR: does not master conventions,. dominated by spelling errors, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphs, illegible writing.
