THE WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4 BAE KUDUS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 TAUGHT BY USING FACEBOOK
By MEYLA ARIH YUSTARI NIM 200932113
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2013
THE WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4 BAE KUDUS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 TAUGHT BY USING FACEBOOK
SKRIPSI Presented to the University of Muria Kudus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in the Department of English Education
By MEYLA ARIH YUSTARI NIM 200932113
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING ANDEDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2013
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO: 1. Education exists in whatever your mind opens and your heart accepts from everything, everyone and everywhere. 2. Do 200 times of efforts then you get 100 point! 3. Show the world your true color!
DEDICATION: 1. Her beloved parents and family 2. Her friends Eleveners Plus 3. Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul 4. English Education Students
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Thanks to ALLAH that gives blessing to the writer so that she is able to finish the research entitled “The Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Facebook”. The research can be finished by supports from many people. The writer would like to express her sincere gratitude and appreciation to: 1. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University 2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University 3. Drs. Muh Syafei, M.Pd, the first advisor who has guided and given lots of suggestions and advices. 4. Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd, the second advisor who has given contributive criticism and assistance during completing skripsi. 5. All lecturers of English Education Department who taught her during studying at Muria Kudus University. 6. Sunarti, S.Pd, the English teacher of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus who helped her conducting the research. 7. Her beloved parents and family who always supports her choices. 8. Her friends “Eleveners Plus”, Shinta Evarina and Intan Ifadella Sandy. 9. Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul who always inspire her.
In addition, the writer would like to express her sincere gratitude to the readers for some critics and suggestions. Hopefully this skripsi will be useful for everyone.
Kudus, 5th July 2013
The writer
ABSTRACT
Yustari, Meyla Arih. 2013. The Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught by Using Facebook. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisor: (i) Drs. Muh Syafe’i, M.Pd (ii) Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd Key words: Writing ability, Descriptive text, Facebook Writing skill needs ability in developing ideas into sentences and paragraphs by considering logical, cohesiveness, mechanics, vocabulary and also grammatical correctness is difficult skill that requires teaching media to help the students. In fact that the students’ writing ability in descriptive text are still under the minimum criteria and found many errors are as proofs that the learning process needs an interesting media that can motivate and also help students in writing activity. Facebook is a kind of social network media that can be used as interesting media to motivate and help students in writing. The research about writing ability in descriptive text taught by using Facebook is conducted to find out whether there is a significant difference between the students’ writing ability in descriptive text before and after being taught by using Facebook. This quantitative experimental research about the students’ writing ability in descriptive text before and after being taught by using Facebook was conducted at the eighth grade students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the academic year 2012/2013 by using cluster random sampling and took class VIII.E as the sample of the research with 31 students. The result of the research shows that the students’ average score of writing descriptive text before being taught by using Facebook is 65.08 and the standard deviation is 9,15, it is categorized as “sufficient”. Meanwhile the students’ average score of writing descriptive text after being taught by using Facebook is 77.82 and the standard deviation is 5,29, it is categorized as “good”. Then from the hypothesis testing, I found that t-obtained is 7.8 while t-table is of degree of freedom 30 in the level of significant 0.05 is 2.04. So, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the writing ability in descriptive text at the eighth grade students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the academic year 2012/2013 before and after being taught by using Facebook. From the facts above, so that the writer suggests the English teacher may take the benefit of using social network media such as Facebook in teaching and learning activity especially writing activity so that students can be interested and help students to improve their writing ability. The students do not only use Facebook to make relationship or share their feelings, they can also use Facebook to help their ability in generating ideas especially in writing descriptive text. But
in using social network media through internet access, the teacher also should pay lots of attention and controlling students from any inappropriate sites.
. ABSTRAK
Yustari, Meyla Arih. 2013. Kemampuan Menulis Descriptive Text pada Siswa Kelas 8 SMP N 4 Bae Kudus pada Tahun Pelajaran 2012/2013 Diajar Menggunakan Facebook. Skripsi. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (i) Drs. Muh Syafe’i, M.Pd (ii) Mutohhar, S.Pd, M.Pd Kata-kata kunci: Kemampuan menulis, Descriptive text, Facebook Menulis membutuhkan kemampuan untuk mengembangkan ide-ide menjadi kalimat-kalimat kemudian menjadi paragraf-paragraf dengan mempertimbangkan ketepatan logika, kepaduan, ketepatan penulisan, kosakata serta tata bahasa adalah kemampuan yang sulit yang membutuhkan media pengajaran untuk membantu para siswa dalam menulis. Pada kenyataannya bahwa kemampuan menulis descriptive text pada siswa adalah masi rendah di bawah kriteria minimal dan banyaknya kesalahan adalah bukti bahwa proses pembelajaran membutuhkan sebuah media yang menarik yang dapat memotivasi dan juga membantu siswa dalam kegiatan menulis. Facebook adalah salah satu media jaringan sosial yang dapat digunakan sebagai media yang menarik untuk memotivasi dan membantu siswa dalam menulis. Penelitian tentang kemampuan menulis descriptive text diajar menggunakan Facebook dilakukan untuk mengetahui apakah ada suatu perbedaan yang nyata antara kemampuan siswa dalam menulis descriptive text sebelum dan setelah diajar menggunakan Facebook Penelitian eksperimen kuantitatif tentang kemampuan siswa dalam menulis descriptive text sebelum dan sesudah diajar menggunakan Facebook ini dilakukan pada siswa kelas 8 SMP N 4 Bae Kudus pada tahun ajran 2012/2013 dengan menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampling secara acak dan mengambil klas VIII.E sebagai sampel penelitian dengan jumlah 31 siswa. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata siswa dalam menulis descriptive text sebelum diajar menggunakan Facebook adalah 65.08 dengan simpangan baku 9,15, ini dikategorikan “cukup”. Sementara itu hasil nilai rata-rata siswa dalam menulis descriptive text setelah diajar menggunakan Facebook adalah 77.82 dengan simpangan baku 5,29 dan dikategorikan “bagus”. Kemudian dari tes hipotesis, penulis memperoleh hasil t-obtain 7.8 sementara ttabel pada degree of freedom 30 dan level significant 0.05 adalah 2.04. jadi, dapat di simpulkan bahwa terdapat sebuah perbedaan yang nyata antara kemampuan menulis descriptive text pada siswa kelas 8 SMP N 4 Bae Kudus pada tahun pelajaran 2012/2013 sebelum dan setelah diajar menggunakan Facebook. Dari fakta tersebut, maka menyarankan menyarankan kepada guru Bahasa Inggris untuk dapat mengambil manfaat dari penggunaan media jejaring sosial seperti Facebook dalam aktivitas belajar mengajar khususnya pada kegiatan
menulis sehingga siswa dapat tertarik dan membantu siswa meningkatkan kemampuan menulis mereka. Para siswa bukan hanya menggunakan Facebook untuk menjalin hubungan atau membagi kabar dan ide mereka, mereka juga dapat menggunakan Facebook untuk membantu kemampuan mereka dalam mengembangkan ide-ide mereka khususnya dalam menulis descriptive text. Akan tetapi, para guru dalam penggunaan jejaring sosial melalui akses internet oleh siswa juga harus diperhatikan dengan sungguh-sungguh dan dikontrol dari situssitus yang tidak layak.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER .................................................................................................... LOGO ....................................................................................................... TITLE ...................................................................................................... MOTTO AND DEDICATION ................................................................ ADVISOR’S APPROVAL ....................................................................... EXAMINER’S APPROVAL ................................................................... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................... ABSTRACT ............................................................................................. ABSTRAK................................................................................................ TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................... LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................... LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................. LIST OF APPENDICES ..........................................................................
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1
Background of the Study......................................................................
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1.2
Statement of the problem .....................................................................
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1.3
Objective of the Study .........................................................................
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1.4
Significance of the Study .....................................................................
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1.5
Scope of the Study ...............................................................................
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1.6
Operational Definition .........................................................................
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CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Teaching English at SMP N 4 Bae Kudus ...............................................
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2.1.1 The Purpose of Teaching English at SMP N 4 Bae Kudus ....................
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2.1.2 The Material of Teaching English at SMP N 4 Bae Kudus ...................
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2.1.3 The Media of Teaching English at SMP N 4 Bae Kudus ......................
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2.2 Writing Ability........................................................................................
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2.3 Genre ......................................................................................................
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2.4 Descriptive Text ......................................................................................
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2.5 Teaching Media ......................................................................................
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2.5.1 The Definition of Teaching Media .......................................................
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2.5.2 Information and Communication Technology as Teaching Media ........
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2.5.3 Facebook as Teaching Media ...............................................................
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2.5.4 The Purpose of Using Facebook as Teaching Media ............................
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2.5.5 The Advantages of Using Facebook as Teaching Media .......................
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2.5.6 The Disadvantages of Using Facebook as Teaching Media ...................
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2.6 Review to Previous Research ..................................................................
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2.7 Theoretical Framework ...........................................................................
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2.8 Hypothesis ..............................................................................................
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1
Design of the Research ........................................................................
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3.2
Population and Sample ........................................................................
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3.3
Instrument of the Research ...................................................................
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3.4
Data Collection ....................................................................................
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3.5. Technique of Analyzing Data...............................................................
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CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1.
Finding of the Research ..................................................................
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4.1.1. The Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Before Being Taught by Using Facebook .......................................
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4.1.2. The Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 After Being Taught by Using Facebook..........................................
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4.2.
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Hypothesis Testing .........................................................................
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION 5.1.
Discussion ......................................................................................
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CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 6.1.
Conclusion ....................................................................................
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6.2.
Suggestion......................................................................................
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REFERENCE........................................................................................... APPENDICES .......................................................................................... STATEMENT .......................................................................................... CURRICULUM VITAE ..........................................................................
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LIST OF TABLES
Table
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2.1 The example of Descriptive Text about Person ....................................
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3.1 Experimental Research Design without Control Group .........................
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3.2 The Extended Profile Criteria for Assessing Writing ............................
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3.3 The Criteria of The Writing Score of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 .......................
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4.1 The Score Table of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Before Being Taught by Using Facebook...............................
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4.2 The Distribution Frequency of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic year 2012/2013 Before Being Taught by Using Facebook ..............................
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4.3 The Score Table of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 After Being Taught by Using Facebook .................................
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4.4 The Distribution Frequency of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic year 2012/2013 After Being Taught by Using Facebook ................................
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4.5 The Summary of the Result of the Pre-Test and Post-test of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 before and after being Taught by Using Facebook......................................................................
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure
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2.1 An Example of Profile Picture on Facebook ........................................
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2.2 An Example of Profile Information on Facebook .................................
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2.3 An Example of Wall of Group Application on Facebook. .....................
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4.1 The Graph Diagram of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic year 2012/2013 Before Being Taught by Using Facebook ...........................
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4.2 The Graph Diagram of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic year 2012/2013 After Being Taught by Using Facebook .............................
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4.3 The Sampling Distribution with Critical Region and Test Statistic Displayed ............................................................................................
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
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1. Syllabus of English at SMP N 4 Bae Kudus ..........................................
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2. The Score of Writing Descriptive Text of Class VIII.E in the Academic Year 2012/2013 .....................................................................................
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3. The Pre Test and Post Test Item of Writing Descriptive Text ................
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4. Lesson Plan ...........................................................................................
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5. The Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Before Being Taught By Using Facebook....................................................................
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6. The Calculation of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Before Being Taught By Using Facebook.............................
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7. The Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 After Being Taught By Using Facebook ...................................................................
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8. The Calculation of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 After Being Taught By Using Facebook ...............................
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9. The Calculation of t-observation of the Writing Ability in Descriptive Text of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 4 Bae Kudus in the Academic Year 2012/2013 Taught By Using Facebook .........................
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10. The Wall Group Application of VIII E SMPN 4 Bae on Facebook .......
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11. The Value of t-table for any Number Degree of Freedom at the Level Significance of 5% and 1% .................................................................
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