Improving The Students’ Ability In Writing Recount Text Through Guided Picture of Class X DKV 2 Semester 1 at SMKN 1 Banyuwangi In The 2017/2018 Academic Year

Abstract

This classroom action research discussed certai ways to solve students
difficulties in composing recount, and the researcher would like to develop
the technique of learning composing recount through guided picture, and
the problem of this research is: How can the students’ ability in writing recount
text through guided picture of X DKV 2 Semester 1 at SMKN 1 Banyuwangi in
the 2017/2018 Academic Year be improved?. This classroom action research
applied the strategy in order to improve the students’ ability in writing
composition of recount text, and the strategy which is used in teaching
writing composition is the use of guided picture as the media.. The use of guided pictures as media in teaching writing composition of
recount can improve the students’ ability of class X DKV 2 SMKN 1
Banyuwangi. It can be seen in the result of cycle I and cycle II. From
preliminary test, the students writing composition of recount score ranged
from 55 to 68, there were 24 students. It gradually improved to 37.1%, it means
that the score range in cycle 1 was from 55 to 68 there were 11 students. In
cycle 2, there were 9 students in the score range from 55 to 68. It means that
there was 5.7% achievement. It can be concluded that the test result from
pre-action, cycle 1, to cycle 2 have had improved significantly based on the
criteria of success which has been stated in previous chapter that is 75%. On the other hand, it can be concluded that the students’ motivation and
interest in learning writing composition of recount are also improved