Advances in Language and Literary Studies - ISSN 2203-4714 - Improving the Achievement on Writing Narrative Text through Discussion Starter Story Technique

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Study evaluates whether the discussion starter story technique significantly improves first-grade Senior High School students’ narrative writing achievement. Classroom Action Research was implemented with 30 students from SMA Negeri 2 Pangururan (X-4) in 2016/2017. Quantitative writing tests and qualitative interviews, diary notes, and observation sheets were used. Results show increased mean scores and higher percentages reaching 75, with qualitative data indicating strong student interest.

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Advances in Language and Literary Studies ISSN: 2203-4714 [www.alls.aiac.org.au](www.alls.aiac.org.au) | Improving the Achievement on Writing Narrative Text through Discussion Starter Story Technique
Rodearta Purba*
English Applied Linguistics, State University of Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Rodearta Purba, E-mail: [rodearta.purba@gmail.com](rodearta.purba@gmail.com) | | | --- | --- | | ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to find out whether discussion starter story significantly improves the achievement on narrative text of the first grade students of Senior High School. This study was conducted by applying Clasroom Action Research (CAR) . The subject of this study is the first grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Pangururan in academic year of 2016/2017 . The sample of this study is the students X-4 consisting 30 students. There were two kinds of collected data, quantitative and qualitative data. The technique for collecting the quantitative data was writing test while with qualitative data were gathered through interview, diary notes, and observation sheet. Qualitative data showed the students were interested in discussion starter story technique. Based on quantitative data it is found that students’ writing achivement improved from pre-test to post-test cycle I and post-test cycle II. It can be seen from the students’ mean scores and the percentage of the students who got score up to 75. The mean of the students’ scores who got score up to 75 for pre-test is 51.4, for the post-test cycle I is 74 and post-test cycle II is 80.2. There was an improvement of the application of discussion starter story technique to teach writing narrative. | | Article history
Received: November 24, 2017
Accepted: December 28, 2017
Published: February 28, 2018
Volume: 9 Issue: 1
Advance access: January 2018 | | | Conflicts of interest: None
Funding: None | | | Key words:
Writing,
Narrative,
Discussion Starter Story | | INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Language has a very important function in the process of communication. It is used to express ideas, feeling, purpuses, thoughts, opinions in the written or in the spoken way. It is useful for people in the world to interact and communicate well with one another. Thousands of languages are spoken in world such as Chinese, Greek, Indonesian, and English, etc. However, as one of the international languages, English has much important influence in this world.According to Brown (2005: 18) language is a fundamental part of total human behaviour, and behaviorists have examined itas such and sought to formulate consistent theories of first language acquisition.Sabbachat states language is central to the ways of thinking, feelings, and interacting with others that (2014: 70) . Ali H (2012: 1) English is the most important language in the world. It is important thing in the human’s daily life because English becomes one of languages that understood by the people from all of the word, so they who can use the language feel no worry that the other people will not know it. English is taught in many countries. Such as in Indonesia, it has been taught as a foreign language.Teaching English in Indonesia is begun from playground up to university level. The English curriculum in primary school until Senior High School using Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP).There are four languages skill in teaching English, they are: reading, listening and speaking, writing. Writing is one of the four skills of language which is very important to learn. Writing as a process to get product is influenced by some elements such as vocabulary, grammar, organization, spelling, and punctuation. In the first year of senior high school, the basic competence that should be achieved in the writing English subject is having to develop and produce written simple functional text in the recount, narrative, news item, procedures and descriptive text. T

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What is the objective of the study?

To determine whether the discussion starter story technique significantly improves students’ achievement in writing narrative text.

How was the research conducted and what data were collected?

The study used Classroom Action Research, collecting quantitative data via writing tests and qualitative data through interviews, diary notes, and observation sheets.

What do the results indicate about student writing achievement?

Students’ writing achievement improved from pre-test to post-test cycle I and post-test cycle II, including increased mean scores and more students reaching a score of up to 75.

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