Speaking has an essential role in students’ performance in the English language subject. This study investigates 30 English language students who were given video in the experimental class. The results show that there is an improvement of participants’ English-speaking performance which is indicated by the increase of scores between pre-test and post-test through four speaking components, such as fluency, precision, lexical, and syntactical. The most significant increase was found in the precision aspect with pre-test value of 1.00 and post-test value of 3.07. The results also revealed that both written and verbal communication can be improved by using this method of video integrated with Bloom’s taxonomy.
Assessment is a process to obtain and collect student learning outcomes during learning. Based on the facts in the field it was found that the teacher was unable to compile assessment tools for writing explanatory text skills and short story texts. The purpose of this study was to develop assessment tools for explanatory text writing skills and short story texts consisting of teacher guides and student assignments. The research and development model used in this study is the R2D2 development model. The results showed that the assessment skills of explanatory text writing skills and short story texts developed were appropriate to be implemented in the 2013 curriculum. The teacher's guide to explanatory texts reached 91% and the teacher's guide to short story texts reached 86%. While the student assignment for the explanatory text reached 87% and the student assignment for the short story text reached 82%. Based on the results of the validity and reliability test, it shows that all the items of work that have been developed are valid and reliable.
Abstrak. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa kelas VII SMP Yohanes Aerts melalaui keterampialan menulis teks eksposisi dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran berbasis masalah. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VII yang berjumlah 31 orang. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi dan tes. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tiga siklus yang meliputi empat tahap kegiatan, yaitu (1) tahap perencanaan (planning), (2) tahap pelaksanaan (acting), (3) tahap pengamatan (observing), dan (4) tahap refleksi (reflecting). Pada tahap prasiklus menunjukan kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa mencapai 19,35%. Setelah dilakukan tindakan pada siklus pertama, maka kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa mulai meningkat dan mencapai 45,16%, siklus kedua mencapai 77,41%, dan siklus ketiga mencapai 87,10%. Berdasarkan hasil yang telah dicapai pada setiap siklus yang telah dilakukan, maka dapat dikatakan bahwa penelitian tindakan kelas ini telah berhasil.
Kata kunci: berpikir kritis, keterampialn menulis, teks eksposisi, model pembelajaran berbasis masalah
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