IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT THROUGH PICTURE SEQUENCES AS MEDIA OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMAS BINTANG LANGKAT
Keywords:
Improving, Picture Sequences, Writing Ability, Analytical Exposition TextAbstract
This research was conducted to the eleventh grade students of SMAS BintangLangkat. This was a Classroom Action Research which used the research subjectfrom class XI-IPS. The total number of students was 20 students. This researchwas conducted to improve students’ writing ability in analytical exposition text byusing picture sequences as media. Based on the data, it concluded that the students’point of view through learning by using picture sequences was stated very good.Almost of them had written the text using good content and organization. Students’score was improved than pre-observation score. Students were realized to beinterested through learning process. It meant that this research was success toimprove students’ ability in writing analytical exposition text. In first cycle,students got 69,35 as the meant, it did not achieve the KKM. Beside afterreplanning action in second cycle, students got 78,55 as the mean, it meant thatthere was improved. It stated that there was an improvement of students’ writingability in analytical exposition text by using picture sequences as media of SMASBintang LangkatReferences
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