Hartini. IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ( A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NURUL ISLAM NGEMPLAK

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Author	Ilmu, Dan
Abstract	Hartini. IMPROVING STUDENTS' ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ( A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NURUL ISLAM NGEMPLAK IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015).Thesis. Surakarta: Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Slamet Riyadi University Surakarta. March 2016. The aims of this research are 1) to find out whether clustering technique improve the students' ability in writing descriptive text of seventh grade students of SMP Nurul Islam Ngemplak in academic year 2014/2015, 2) to describe the process of teaching descriptive paragraph by using clustering technique of seventh grade students of SMP Nurul Islam Ngemplak in academic year 2014/2015. The researcher conducted a Classroom Action Research (CAR) from April to June 2015 at the seventh grade students of SMP Nurul Islam Ngemplak. The subject of the research was thirty students of class VIIE SMP Nurul Islam Ngemplak, consisting of 12 boys and 18 girls. The research was conducted in two cycles of action. Each cycle consists of four steps: planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The data obtained were from quantitative and qualitative data. The qualitative data were collected by using some technique including observation, interview, document analysis, and field notes. To collect the quantitative data the researcher conducted the tests. For the quantitative data, the researcher analyzed the mean scores of the test to compare differences between the score of pretest, post-test 1, and post-test 2. The result of the research showed that the students' writing skill has been improved after the implementation of clustering technique to teach writing descriptive text. The improvement of students' writing skill included; (1) content, (2) word order, (3) vocabulary, (4) grammar, (5) mechanic. The improvements are clearly seen on the mean score in every cycle. The mean of pre-test was 35.33, the mean of post-test 1 was 55.5, and the mean score of post-test 2 was 78.33. From the description above, it shows that there is improvement of students' writing skill. It means that clustering technique can improve the students' interest in writing skill. It also built well climate in the teaching learning activity.
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