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The Use of Wall Magazine to Teach Writing Recount Text to The Eight Grade
Students of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in the Acadeic !ear of
"#$#%"#$$&'
&. Reason 2o. 34oosing /4e Topi5
Teaching English in (ndonesia is considered to )e one of the ost i*ortant
issues in our national education' The go+ernent has included the English as one of
the (nternational ,anguage to )e taught in the foral education' -ecause of the socio
culture factors. English is taught as a foreign language' This stateent is in
accordance /ith -ro/n0s stateent dealing /ith the characteristics of the foreign
language learning' -ro/n 1"###2 $345 states that learning English as a foreign
language is learning English in one0s culture /ith fe/ iediate o**ortunities to use
the language /ithin the en+ironent' (n accordance /ith the *re+ious stateent.
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there is a challenge on ho/ to teach English in (ndonesia' There is also a challenge on
ho/ to i*ro+e the 6ualit7 of the English teaching8learning'
The o)9ecti+e of the English teaching8learning is to ake students to )e a)le to do
English counication in )oth s*oken and /ritten for' (n order to achie+e the
o)9ecti+e. the teaching and learning of English should e*hasize on integrating and
de+elo*ing students0 for language skills2 listening. s*eaking. reading. and /riting'
Those four skills are closel7 related to each other'
Man7 *eo*le think that )eing a)le to /rite /ell is a talent that one either has or
does not ha+e' Actuall7 e+er7one /ill )e a)le to /rite effecti+el7 if the7 are /riting
to learn soe strategies and *ractice the' Writing as a language skill does not coe
autoaticall7. )ut it needs soe regular exercises and also soe su**ort *otential'
That *otential can )e reached )7 intensi+e reading and stud7ing hard' Through this
/riting acti+it7. students can share their idea in scientific or iaginati+e /ritten text'
Therefore. school as a *lace to gi+e an education ust gi+e good /riting skill'
There are soe *ro)les in teaching /riting' :ne of the is students regard that
/riting is a )oring acti+it7' -esides. there is an internal factor that students are laz7 to
/rite do/n their idea on a *a*er' For that. /e need intensi+e /riting to drill the
students0 /riting' Their lo/ creati+it7 in /riting needs soe ethod and s*ecial
techni6ue in order to a**eal their attention' This is )ecause students ha+e not e+en
astered the art of /riting English'
According to English teacher in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in
counication context. the students of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus
feel that /riting is ost difficult of the language skills. )ecause it is clearl7 a
co*lex *rocess' (n /riting the student should *resent eaning in the /orld that
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consist of graar. *unctuation. and s*elling' When the /riter got the data score
fro the English teacher in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk of /riting recount. the ean
of the score is ;<.<= /ith $3 students get the score > ;# 1fail5 and 4?.<= /ith $#
students get the score @ ;# 1*ass5. )ut )ased on the KKM of the eight grade students
in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in acadeic 7ear "#$#%"#$$ the
students ust get iniu score ;#'
(n this research the /riter ho*es the entire eight grade students in MTs Miftahul
Falah Kutuk get good result es*eciall7 in /riting. so the /riter uses a /all agazine
to teach the )ecause through the /all agazine their creation /ill )e dis*la7ed'
Autoaticall7 the7 /ill do their )est in /riting' The students can use the /all
agazine to share the ideas /ith other' Au)lishing can )e a great oti+ator for
students for interesting the students0 interest and *erforance in the /riting skill' The
/riter ho*es that use /all agazine as a ediu can increase the a)ilit7 of /riting
recount text'
(n KTSA. standard of co*etencies for English for eight grade of Bunior Cigh
School 1SMA5. /hich the students ha+e to aster in the /riting skill is that The
students are a)le to ex*ress the eaning nuance in the fro of a /ritten text like a
short functional text. /hich is in the for of recount. *rocedure. recount. descri*ti+e.
and ne/s ite in dail7 li+e context& 1translated fro KTSA S7lla)us5'
:ne /a7 to increase their creati+it7 is in+ite the students to acti+e in direct
*ractice' To sol+e the students0 *ro)le share their /ritten idea. the /riter use /all
agazine as a ediu to inno+ati+e their /riting skill' This techni6ues is ex*ected to
increase their creati+it7 in /riting area' (ndirectl7. it forces the students to take
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delight /riting' Moreo+er. the students soeties need too uch tie onl7 for
thinking /hat the7 are going to /rite' The /riter thinks that it /astes of tie. so the7
need ore /riting exercises'
Therefore. in English teaching and learning *rocess. /riting exercise ust )e
intensi+el7 gi+en )7 the teachers. so the students ha+e chance to /rite and the7 are
*ersonall7 in+ol+ed in the learning *rocess'
The research is conducted )ased on the follo/ing reasons2
(6 English is an i*ortant language for an7 *ur*oses. as in counication.
science. culture. education fields as /ell as in the international affairs' English is
considered as difficult language and difficult lesson )7 the students. ainl7 in
/riting'
&6 (n 9unior high school. students dislike /riting acti+it7 )ecause the7 think that
/riting is a )oring acti+it7' Soe of students think that the7 do not ha+e a talent to
/rite /ell'
"6 The teacher 9ust gi+e the a score. there is no re/ard to a**reciate the' So. it
needs soe techni6ues to oti+ate the students0 /riting skill' The /riter uses a /all
agazine to teach the )ecause through the /all agazine their creation /ill )e
dis*la7ed' Autoaticall7 the7 /ill do their )est in /riting' The /riter ho*es that use
/all agazine as a ediu can increase the a)ilit7 of /riting recount text'
". S/a/emen/ o2 T4e P.o7#em
Fro the ex*lanation a)o+e. the /riter forulates the research 6uestions as
follo/s2 (s there an7 significant difference )et/een the a)ilit7 of /riting recount texts
of the eight grade students of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in the
acadeic 7ear of "#$#%"#$$ )efore and after )eing taught )7 using /all agazineD
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(n accordance /ith the *ro)le forulation a)o+e. the o)9ecti+es of the stud7 as
follo/2 To find out /hether there is an7 significant difference of the a)ilit7 of /riting
recount texts of the eight grade students of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus
in the acadeic 7ear of "#$#%"#$$ )efore and after )eing taught )7 using /all
agazine'
!. B.ie2 Re9ie; o2 Re#a/ed Li/e.a/u.e
!.( Tea54ing Eng#is4 a/ MTs Mi2/a4u# Fa#a4 Ku/u< Undaan Kudus
English )ecoes one of the su)9ects at Bunior Cigh School in teaching *rogra
that should )e astered )7 the students' The four skills that should )e astered )7
the students are s*eaking. listening. reading. and /riting' -eside that. there are soe
as*ects should )e astered )7 the students consist of +oca)ular7. *ronunciation. and
graar'
There are an7 definition of ter Teaching English&' The definition of teaching
English de*ends on that *erson states' -ro/n 1"##E2 E5 sa7s Teaching English is
sho/ing or hel*ing soeone to learn ho/ to do soething. gi+ing instruction.
guiding in the stud7 of soething. *ro+iding /ith kno/ledge. causing to kno/ or
understand a)out English&'
-ased on the definition. ( can conclude that teaching English an effort to con+e7
the kno/ledge or i*ortant essage of English fro the teacher to the students in
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order that the7 can understand English and a)le to counicate and ha+e good life
skill'
English is a lesson that include in teaching *rogra. /hich ust )e follo/ed )7
all the students in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus. in the class F((. F(((.
(G' The students attend to English class. /hich taught fi+e hour a /eek and each hour
consist of ?< inutes'
The text)ooks that are used in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus are
English su**leentar7 aterial for SMA%MTs' Mean/hile /ork)ook that is used is
odule of English ,earning for SMA%MTs *u)lished )7 canggih' The aterials of
this )ook arrange )ased on ,iterac7 A**roach&' The ste*s are )uilding kno/ledge of
field. odeling of text. 9oin construction'
The aterials. /hich are used in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus. ust
follo/ the standard in the curriculu' The curriculu that is used at MTs Miftahul
Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in acadeic 7ear "#$#%"#$$ is KTSA. /hich is still
focused on four skills are su**orted )7 the role of graar' KTSA )ecoes a set of
education that is /idening as refor of educationH it eans that gi+es the autono7
to the headaster and set of education to de+elo* the curriculu as *otenc7. deand
and re6uireent' English is a foreign language. /hich is su**osed to )e +er7
i*ortant to )e taught in the school for reser+ing and de+elo*ing science. technolog7.
art international relation'
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According to -ro/n 1"##$2"4"5 For ore than six decades no/ research and
*ractice in English ,anguage Teaching has identified the four skills there are
listening. s*eaking. reading. and /riting as a *araount i*ortance&'
(n teaching. the teacher has to kno/ and understand a)out the *ur*ose of the
stud7' (f the teacher understands a)out the *ur*ose the teacher can *re*are instruent
and ethod that is used'
The aterial of English lesson al/a7s de+elo*s )ased on the need and situation'
The aterial can )e taken fro the text)ooks. )ooks fro go+ernent. agazines.
*icture. no+el. song. radio. inter+ie/. etc' Each school has its o/n English aterials'
The English aterials taught are usuall7 )ased on the agreeent of English teacher
foru 1MGMA5'
!.& =.i/ing
The o)9ecti+e of the teaching of English in (ndonesia is that the students /ill )e
a)le to use English for counication' Iounication in+ol+es the use of the for
language skills such as listening. s*eaking. reading and /riting' -ut the /riting skill
re6uires ore ca*a)le cities than the others language skill and it needs s*ecial
*re*aration'
Writing is an acti+it7 to *roduce a se6uence of sentences arranged in a *articular
order and linked together in certain /a7s' Writing is an i*ortant thing e+en taught it
is difficult skill to )e de+elo*ed. it is +er7 i*ortant to )e taught' We can iagine
e+er7 thing if /e can /rite' Writing such as i*ortant thing for an7 reasons. /e can
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read of things that ha**ened so long ago' Writing is de+elo*ed and )ecoe crucial
thing in our dail7 life'
According to htt*2%%///'thefreedictionar7'co%/riting /riting is the act of
creating /ritten /orks' Writing is the /ork of a /riterH an7thing ex*ressed in letters
of the al*ha)et 1es*eciall7 /hen considered fro the *oint of +ie/ of st7le and
effect5' ,undsteen in Aaler 1$33?2$5 in Retno Mar7ani0s research defines /riting is
a tool for getting along in the /orld' Writing is soething co*lex' (t is s*ontaneous
acti+it7 that needs a /ork hard to do it /ell' Writing needs soe ental efforts.
/hich ust )e co)ined and arranged. When the students to do /riting. the7 not
onl7 ha+e to kee* inds )ut also consider o*inions or ideas /hich are rele+ant to the
goals in teaching *rocess'
Writing is not onl7 co)inations of letters. /hich relate to the sounds ade /hen
*eo*le s*eak. )ut /riting is ore than *roduction of these gra*hic s7)ols' The
gra*hic s7)ols ust )e arranged in such a /a7 according to certain con+ersation. to
for /ords to *hrase and *hrase to sentenceH sentence to *aragra*h and *aragra*hs to
text or *assages'
Teaching *rocess /ill )e )ased on ho/ uch language the students kno/. /hat
their interest are and /hat the think /ill not onl7 )e useful for the )ut also oti+ate
the as /ell' The students should )e a)le to *roduce and construct kinds of text
de*end on their le+el' For exa*le. the students of Bunior Cigh School should )e a)le
to *roduce narrati+e and recount text'
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According to Ceineent 1$3J;5 in Kian Fitri7ani0s research. there are six
coon co*onents of the /riting *rocess2 *re/riting. drafting. sharing. re+ising.
editing and *u)lishing&' The ex*lanations a)out six coon co*onents of the
/riting *rocess are follo/s2
$5 Are/riting
Are/riting is tie to gather inforation. to ex*erient /ith the ideas. and to *lot a
course' (t0s tie for students to get read7 to /rite'
"5 Krafting
Kuring this stage students translate their thoughts and ideas into sentences or
*aragra*h' Krafting should al/a7s )e done /ith a *articular *ur*ose and audience in
ind'
45 Sharing
This is o**ortunit7 for the /rite to achie+e ental distance fro a *iece of /riting'
The /riter reads aloud either to *eers or to teacher' The listener then gi+ing res*ond
and coent of it'
?5 Re+ising
Re+ising in+ol+es rethinking and changing the text or *aragra*h. or se+eral
*aragra*h. or *art of *aragra*h' Re+ising in+ol+es adding ne/ /riting or cutting out
/riting or rearranging /hat is /ritten or su)stituting another /a7 or sa7ing
soething'
<5 Editing
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Editing eans *olishing a *iece of /riting )7 aking /ord le+el changes. such as
s*elling. echanics. usage. /ord choice. and so on' Most often. /rites edit a *iece of
/riting at the end of /riting *rocess'
;5 Au)lishing
To *u)lishing of students0 /ork can take of for2 indi+idual )ooks. class )ooks.
ne/sletter. and literar7 agazine' :f course. not all *ieces of /riting need to )e
*resented in a *olished for. )ut student0s /riter should ha+e o**ortunit7 to cele)rate
it'
Fro the descri*tion a)o+e. /e can conclude that /riting is reall7 thinking
*rocess. )eginning fro *re/riting and finishing in editing' Much reading /ill
contri)ute to success in /riting' Thus. a good co*osition can )e created if it is
/ritten )7 using these stages'
!." Gen.e
Actuall7. genre is one of aterial taught to the students either in Bunior Cigh
School or in Senior Cigh School students' Gerot and Wignel 1$33?2 $E5 argue that
genre can )e defined as a culturall7 s*ecific text t7*e /hich results fro using
language 1/ritten or s*oken5 to hel* or acco*lish soething' Whereas as 6uoted
fro ///'thefreedictionar7'co%genre ex*lains genre is a st7le of ex*ressing
7ourself in /riting'
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-eside generic structure. lexicograatical is also i*ortant in arranging a text'
Through lexicograatical choices the eaning is )uilt u* in a text' Kifferent genres
de*lo7 the resources for eaning aking through the graar in different /a7s'
Thus. genre is kind of texts arranged )ased on their o/n generic structure and
language features dealing /ith social *ur*ose'
According to Gerot and /ignell 1$33?2 $3"5. there are thirteen t7*es of genre.
the7 are2
$' S*oof is to retell an e+ent /ith a huorous t/ist'
"' Recount is retelling e+ents for the *ur*ose of inforing or entertaining'
4' Re*ort is to descri)e the /a7 things are. /ith reference to a range of natural and
social *henoena in our en+ironent'
?' Anal7tical ex*osition is to *ersuade the reader to listener that soething is the
case'
<' Le/s ite is to infor readers. listeners or +ie/ers a)out e+ents of the da7 /hich
are considered ne/s/orth7 or i*ortant'
;' Anecdote is to share /ith others an account of an unusual or ausing incident'
E' Larrati+e is to ause. entertain. and to deal /ith actual or +icarious ex*erience in
different /a7s'
J' Arocedure is to descri)e ho/ soething is acco*lished through a se6uence of
actions or ste*s'
3' Kescri*tion is to descri)e a *articular *erson. *lace or thing'
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$#' Cortator7 ex*osition is to *ersuade the reader or listener that soething should or
should not )e the case'
$$' Ex*lanation is to ex*lain the *rocess in+ol+ed in the inforation or /orking of
natural of socio M cultural *henoena'
$"' Kiscussion is to *resent t/o *oints of +ie/s a)out an issue'
$4' Re+ie/ is to criti6ue an art /ork or e+ent for a *u)lic audience'
Re5oun/ Te/
Recount is a kind of genre /hich has )een taught in 9unior high school' Recount
has a social function to retell e+ents for the *ur*ose of inforing and entertaining'
The tense that used in recount text is *ast tense 1Gerot and Wignell. $33J2$3?5'
The generic structure of recount consists of tree eleents. aong others2
$' :rientation 2 *ro+ides the setting and introduces *artici*ants'
"' E+ents 2 tell /hat ha**ened. in /hat se6uence'
4' Re8orientation 2 o*tional8closure of e+ents'
,anguage Features of Recount2
$' Social Aur*ose
Recounts Ntell /hat ha**ened0' (ts retell *ast e+ent for the *ur*ose of inforing
or entertaining' (t could )e soeone0s ex*eriences. soeone0s life in the *ast. the
histor7 of soething. etc' The *ur*ose of a factual recount is to docuent a series of
e+ents and e+aluate their significance in soe /a7' The *ur*ose of the literar7 of
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stor7 recount is to tell a se6uence of e+ents so that it entertains' The stor7 recount has
ex*ressions of attitude and feeling. usuall7 ade )7 the narrator a)out the e+ents'
"' Structure
Recounts are organized to include2
$5 An orientation *ro+iding inforation a)out N/hat0. N/ho0. N/here0. N/hen0. and
N/h70'
"5 A record of e+ents usuall7 recounted in chronological order'
45 A reorientation /hich Nround off se6uence of e+ents0'
4' Graatical Features
Ioon graatical Features of a recount include using2
$5 Louns and *ronouns to identif7 *eo*le. anials or things in+ol+ed' (t has a
s*ecific *artici*ant'
"5 Action +er)s to refer to e+ents'
45 Aast tense to locate e+ents in relation to s*eaker0s or /riter0s tie'
?5 Ion9unctions and tie connecti+es2 then. after that. /hen to se6uence of e+ents'
<5 Ad+er)s and ad+er)ial *hrases to indicate *lace and tie'
;5 Ad9ecti+e to descri)e nouns'
1English Re+olution. third edition2 "##J2 ;5
For Exa*le2
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T.ip /o Ta;angmangu
,.ien/a/ion :n Sunda7 last /eek. 7 fail7 and ( /ent to a tourist resort.
called. Ta/angangu'
E9en/ ( (t /as )eautiful Sunda7 orning' M7 father. other. )rother.
and ( /ent there )7 our fail7 /agon' We 7.oug4/ soe food.
fruits. and drinks for our lunch there' We de*arted fro our
house at $#'## o0clock' Calf an hour after that. /e cae to a
arket. the )usiest arket in the to/n' We 4i<ed ore or less
a kiloeter again. and cae to -aleka)ang Aark' We *arked
our car 9ust in front of the *ark at $$'## o0clock'
E9en/ & We left e+er7thing in the car. exce*t our sun8glasses and hats'
We rode on horse)acks to NGro9ogan Se/u0 /aterfall' We had
en9o7ed feeding the *la7ing onke7s /ith *eanuts )efore /e
finall7 cae to the site' We /ent do/n to the ri+er' While
en9o7ing the fl7ing cool fresh /ater +a*or. /e ;e.e /alking in
the ri+er until /e a..i9ed at 9ust under the fall'
E9en/ " -eing satisfied /ith the fall. /e /ent )ack to the *ark' We
;e.e +er7 tired' After ha+ing *aid the tickets /e /ent in the
*ark. )ringing all the food. fruits. and drinks /e 4ad. including
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a large *lastic at to sit' After ha+ing found a shad7 *lace. /e
unfolded the at and started en9o7ing the eal and drink'
Reo.ien/a/ion At $<'## o0clock /e /ent hoe' We ;e.e tired and slee*7 all
the /a7 hoe. )ut /e /ere satisfied /ith our *icnic'
1English Re+olution. third edition2 "##J2 ?#5
!.* =a## Maga>ine
Wall Magazine is a *eriodical run on a notice )oard es*eciall7 in an educational
institution /here the students and other e)ers of the institution can *ost their
articles. *oes. dra/ings and other such co*ositions to share /ith each other
1htt*2%%en'/iki*edia'org%/iki%/all agazine Taken on March $;. "#$$5'
According to Ko))s 1"##$2$5 in Retno Mar7ani research. in soe classroos.
one also finds fli* cart. large ta)les of *a*er used for an7 of sae *ur*oses and
acti+ities as )oard' Fro here the /riter shall refer to *u)lic /riting s*ace of these
different kinds si*l7 as the )oard'
The students can use the /all agazine as a ediu to share the ideas /ith other'
Au)lishing can )e a great oti+ator for students for interesting the students0 interest
and *erforance in the /riting skill' -ased on Retno Mar7ani1"#$#5 studied a)out
The Use of Wall Magazine as A Medium to Teach Students in Writing Recount and
Narrative Texts to the Second Year Students of SMP Institute Indonesia Semarang in
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the Academic Year of !"!#!""$ The result of stud7 sho/s that the second 7ear
students of SMA (nstitute (ndonesia Searang ha+e astered the function of the
/riting' The7 ha+e /ritten the recount to retell e+ents for inforing to soeone. the
narrati+e to entertain soeone. and ost of the students 1E?= of total students5 are
oti+ated )7 the /all agazine to ake a good /riting'
Soe *rinci*les of language teaching are to gi+e the students in their effort to
sol+e the *ro)les the /riter used soe ste*s as the follo/ing2
$' :ral discussion
(n the ste* the /riter asked the students if the7 kne/ the structure of recount text.
then the /riter little discussion a)out that' The ain *ur*ose of this ste* /as to
re+ie/ the recount text'
"' Ask the students to /rite in the exercise *a*er
(n this ste* the /riter ga+e each student a *iece of *a*er' The /riter ga+e a free thee
for recount text and the7 /ere asked to /rite short *aragra*h on that *a*er' After that.
the students had to su)it their /ork'
4' Ask the students to /rite in the /all agazine *a*er
(n this ste*. the students0 /ork /as returned to the and the7 /ere gi+en a chance to
edit their /ork' Then the /riter ga+e each student a /all agazine *a*er that /as
*re*ared to attach their /ork on it' After that. the students had to su)it their /all
agazine *a*er' Then their /ork /as sho/ed in the *u)lic )oard or /all agazine
)oard there is on the class'
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Wall agazine is one of )oards of that is used as a ediu to share the student0s
idea' The function of /all agazine is as a *u)lic /riting' Writing on the /all
agazine is an acti+e. *u)lic. *h7sicall7 ake it ha**en thesel+es' Finall7. /riting
on the /all agazine is acti+e2 it adds +ariet7 to classroo routines. and )est of all. it
is fun'
1. Re9ie; o2 P.e9ious Resea.54
Writing is one of the skills that is interesting to )e researched' Man7 scientific
studies had )een conducted on this skill' Cere are soe *re+ious studies related to
this research /hich are rele+ant in teaching English2
The *re+ious studies of Kian Fitri7ani1"##35 studied a)out The A%ilit& of Writing
Recount Text of Tenth 'rade Students of SMAN I (e)ulo *udus in Academic Year
!!+#!!, Taugh %& Using Pictures' The result of stud7 sho/s the students achie+e
)efore )eing taught )7 using *icture is E? and the lo/est score is ?;' After the7 ha+e
)een taught )7 using *icture. the students achie+e is 3# and the lo/est score is ;$'
These facts sho/ed that the use of *ictures could i*ro+e student0s a)ilit7 of recount
text'
Retno Mar7ani1"#$#5 studied a)out The Use of Wall Magazine as A Medium to
Teach Students in Writing Recount and Narrative Texts to the Second Year Students of
SMP Institute Indonesia Semarang in the Academic Year of !"!#!""$ The result of
stud7 sho/s that the second 7ear students of SMA (nstitute (ndonesia Searang ha+e
astered the function of the /riting' The7 ha+e /ritten the recount to retell e+ents for
inforing to soeone. the narrati+e to entertain soeone. and ost of the students
1E?= of total students5 are oti+ated )7 the /all agazine to ake a good /riting'
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0. Me/4od o2 /4e Resea.54
(n this stud7. the /riter chose the ex*eriental research to o)tain the re6uired
data and inforation' Research design is )asicall7 a *rocess of thinking and *lanning
for the /riter0s guidance during the research' (n the other /ord. research design is
needed as a *lan of collecting and anal7zing data in a research'
This ex*erient research design uses statistical design of one grou* /ith *re8test
and *ost test' The /riter gi+es *re8test to the su)9ects in order to find out their a)ilit7
)efore using /all agazine' A *ost test /as a test that su)9ect took after use a
ediu or treatent /as a**lied' According to Ali 1$3J?2$4;5. it /ill sho/ in the
diagra )elo/2
T$ 2 *re8test
T" 2 *ost8test
G 2 treatent
(n the research acti+it7 /ill do in t/o ste*. first acti+it7 is *re8test that /ill do
)efore gi+ing treatent' And *ost8test that /ill do after gi+ing a treatent to the
students'
-ased on stateents of the *ro)le in *re+ious cha*ter. this research consists of
t/o +aria)les'
$' (nde*endent +aria)le
(n this research the inde*endent +aria)le is using /all agazine'
$J
T$ G T"
"' Ke*endent +aria)le
(n this research the de*endent +aria)le is the a)ilit7 of /riting recount texts'
The result of the test /ill )e anal7zed in order to find out /hether there an7
significant different )et/een the a)ilit7 of /riting recount texts of the eight grade
students of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in the acadeic 7ear of
"#$#%"#$$ )efore and after )eing taught )7 using /all agazine'
Ao*ulation refers to the o)9ect of in+estigation' As 6uoted )7 Arikunto 1"##42 $J5
fro Enc7clo*edia of Educational E+aluation. *o*ulation is a set or collecting of all
eleents consisting one or ore attri)ute of interest' The research target. a ter
/hich is used interchangea)l7 /ith *o*ulation. can )e in a for of grou* of o)9ect.
*henoena. or tendencies' The o)9ects in a *o*ulation are in+estigated. anal7zed. and
concluded )efore the conclusion in finall7 +alid to the /hole *o*ulation'
The first ste* in choosing sa*le is to deterine the *o*ulation' For the exa*le.
the total nu)er of the *o*ulation used in the stud7 is <E students' The7 are all of
eighth grade students in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus in acadeic 7ear
"#$#%"#$$ that di+ided into t/o classes' Ilass F((( A consist of "3 students and class
F((( - consist of "J students'
(n a stud7. the /riter should deterine the *o*ulation and then select a sa*le'
The /riter selects the sa*le randol7 and the sa*le /as taken not indi+iduals )ut
class' (n doing the research. the /riter used a techni6ue called cluster rando
sa*ling though lotter7' :ne class /as taken as the si*le of the research' Ilass F(((
A as the ex*eriental grou* that consists of "3 students'
$3
To easure the accurateness of the data in the research /as done )7 using an
instruent' Suharsii Arikunto 1$33J2 $$?5 sa7s that the resource in a research is
)asicall7 su)9ect fro /hich a research get a data' (n accordance /ith the o)9ecti+e of
this research. the /riter chooses a test as an instruent to get a collecting data'
Su*rihadi states 1"##$2 $5 states that test /as sa*le of )eha+ior under controlled
of s*ecified conditioned and aied e+aluation to/ard *ro+iding a )asis for foring
9udgents' -ased on the ex*lanation. the /riter has chosen /riting test as the test
instruent' Cere. the /riter using an essa7 test that is the students asked to /rite
*aragra*hs of recount text'
To ake the research successful. the /riter conducted the se+eral ste*2
$' Iollecting soe exa*le of recount text'
"' Asking *erission to the Kean of UMK to do the research'
4' Asking *erission to The Ceadaster of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan
Kudus'
?' Asking *erission to English teacher in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan
Kudus'
<' Making lesson *lan and exercise to the students'
;' Gi+ing *re test to the students )efore getting teaching /riting recount text )7
using /all agazine'
E' Teaching /riting recount text )7 using /all agazine'
J' Koing *ost test to find out the data result of the a)ilit7 in /riting recount text )7
using /all agazine'
"#
3' The /riter collects the students0 /ork and then anal7zes their /orks'
$#' Attached their /orks on the /all agazine )oard'
-ased on the stateent of the *ro)le stated in the *re+ious cha*ter. the data that
should )e anal7zed are2
$' Sco*e of *re M test that is used )efore using /all agazine of teaching /riting
recount text'
"' Score of *ost M test that is test used after using /all agazine of teaching /riting
recount text'
The techni6ue is used to anal7ze the difference )et/een the results of teaching
/riting )efore and after )eing taught )7 using /all agazine' -ased on the data that
had )een gathered. this research used a ethod to anal7ze the data t8test forula )7
Colt. Rinehart and Winston 1$3E32 $<#5'
( )
( ) $
" "

=
N N
- -
-
t
Where2
t O the t8+alue for noninde*endent 1correlated5 eans
- O the difference )et/een the *aired score
K O the ean of the differences
"
-
O the su of the s6uared difference scores
L O the nu)er of sa*le
"$
To find out ean. edian and odus. the /riter uses forula )7 Ali 1$3J?2$E35. as
follo/2
Mean O
N
fx

fx
2 The su of fre6uenc7 ties ean result
L 2 Lu)er of sa*le
Forula of calculating de+iation standard
S/anda.d De9ia/ion
"
"

=

N
fx
N
fx
i S-
SK 2 Standard Ke+iation
i 2 inter+al /idth
f 2 a)ilit7

fx
2 The su of score
L 2 the nu)er of sa*le
(n *rocessing the data o)tained for the result of the test. the /riter uses the
*ercentage of scoring of the student0s test' Then. after getting the score of the test. the
/riter could ake conclusion of the student0s a)ilit7 )7 categorizing the into soe
grou* in order to ex*ress +arious criterions of the student achie+eent'
+. ?:po/4esis
""
The h7*othesis of this research is there is a significant difference )et/een the
a)ilit7 of /riting recount texts of the eight grade students of MTs Miftahul Falah
Kutuk Undaan Kudus in the acadeic 7ear of "#$#%"#$$ )efore and after )eing
taught )7 using /all agazine'
'. ,u/#ine o2 T4e Resea.54
(n this research consist of the six cha*ters as follo/s2 Iha*ter ( *resent the
introduction' (t consists of )ackground of the stud7. stateent of the *ro)le.
o)9ecti+e of the stud7. significance of the stud7. sco*e of the stud7. definition of the
ke7 ter. outline of the research'
Iha*ter (( deals /ith re+ie/ or related literature' (t concludes re+ie/ of *re+ious
studies. teaching English for eight grade students of MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk
Undaan Kudus. curriculu of teaching English in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan
Kudus. *ur*ose of English teaching in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus.
aterial of teaching English in MTs Miftahul Falah Kutuk Undaan Kudus. /riting.
definition of /riting. *rocess of /riting. genre. t7*es of genre. recount text. generic
structure of recount. general language features of recount. definition of edia. /all
agazine. h7*othesis'
Iha*ter ((( ex*lains a)out the research ethod. /hich co+ers design of the
research. *o*ulation and sa*le. instruent of the research. techni6ue of collecting
data. and techni6ue of anal7zing data'
Iha*ter (F *resents finding of the research'
"4
Iha*ter F *resents discussion of the research finding'
Iha*ter F( is the last cha*ter' (t *resents conclusions and suggestions of the
research'
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