IMPROVING THE WRITING ABILITYOF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NU AL MA’RUF KUDUSIN ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014BY USING THINK-PAIR-SHARE (TPS) TECHNIQUE
English is one of the international languages in the world and becomes a foreign language in Indonesia. Writing is an important thing even though it is difficult skill to develop, it is very important to be taught. The descriptive text as a part of English material senior high school. It is considered as a difficult subject. In this research, the writer carries out the research entitle “Improving Writing Ability of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA NU Al Ma’ruf in Academic Year 2013/2014 by Using Think-Pair-Share (TPS) Technique”.
The objective in this research are to find out whether Think-Pair-Share technique can improve writing ability in descriptive text of tenth grade students in SMA NU Al Ma’ruf Kudus in academic year 2013/2014 and to find out the strengths and the weaknesses of using Think-Pair-Share technique when it is applied of tenth grade students of SMA NU Al Ma’ruf Kudus in academic year 2013/2014 to improve students’ writing ability in descriptive text.
The writer conducted classroom action research to solve the research problem. The research was conducted in SMA NU Al Ma’ruf Kudus in the academic year 2013/2014, especially in X-3. The number of Students in this research is 29 students. The writer uses descriptive text of writing ability as object of the research.
The result of this research from cycle I is 2021 and the result from cycle II is 2289. So, the average score percentage of the students’ writing ability in descriptive text in cycle 1 is 69.68%. In cycle II, the average score is 78.93%. So, there is an improvement of the average score percentage of the students’ writing ability in every cycle. Besides, the students and teachers’ activity are improved and the problem that faced by the teacher are decreased in every cycle.
The students easier to make new descriptive text by their own words. They get different way in teaching and learning process. It is looked when they work together with their partner and also from the result of achievement test; there is improvement in each cycle. The writer can conclude that the use of Think-Pair-Share technique can improve the writing ability of the tenth grade students of SMA NU Al Ma’ruf kudus in the academic year 2013/2014.