The study was aimed to examine the effectiveness of three writing techniques, namely Cluster Mapping, Flow Charting, and Double/ Triple Entry in improving the students’ writing skill. The research technique used was descriptive comparative technique using a quantitative approach. It compared the equations and differences as phenomena to find what factors/ situations that can cause the occurrence of a particular event. The data collection techniques were Documentation study by taking the students’ writing product and interview by giving the question and answer while face to face between the interviewer with the respondent using a tool called interview guide. The try out was conducted to measure validity and reliability. The two ways ANOVA was conducted to test the hypotheses, two –way analysis of variance with F-test at the 5% (0.05) level of significance. The subject of this study was the fourth semester English students with a total of 22 people. The English students’ writing skill using three techniques was tobe the object under the study. The findings of the study were the average writing score of students using Cluster Mapping was 56.5, the average score of students’ writing using Flow Charting was 49.6, and the average score of students’ writing using Double/ Triple Entry was 63.0. It can be concluded that those three techniques of writing skill are effective to use but the most effective is the Double/ Triple Entry technique. Keywords: cluster mapping, flow charting, double/triple entry, writing skill Keywords: Cluster Mapping, Flow Charting, Double/ Triple Entry, Writing Skill
The research was conducted to find out the implementation of blended learning in writing recount text, the result of students’ work and the students’ response toward blended learning model. This research used descriptive qualitative as the research design. The subjects are 37 students of X-Bahasa class and an English teacher. The researcher was observed the teaching and learning process using blended learning. Then, the researcher analyzed the result of students work in recount text using rubric and conducted interview with six students. The result showed that the implementation of blended was in accordance with blended learning process, namely learning design, content production and content delivery. The analysis of students’ work showed that students had developed in writing recount text. Students wrote a recount text that related with the content and structure of recount text but students still made mistakes on grammar aspects. Students’ response showed that the easy access of information and implementation of blended learning had helped them comprehend the lesson. However, the problems of using blended learning were internet network and the amount of information available on the internet.
Introverted student is a type of student who has a personality related to the world in his own mind. Based on some researches results, they showed that the type of introverted students is getting lower in achievement compared to the extroverted type. For this reason, the researchers tried to apply the techniques in order to improve the introverted students' achievement in learning English. The researchers focused on the writing skill. So, the writing techniques, namely Mind Mapping and Flow Charting are used in this research to improve their writing skill. This study was aimed to know the effectiveness of using Mind Mapping in teaching English writing skill of introverted Students, to know the effectiveness of using Flo w Charting in teaching English writing skill of introverted Students, and to determine the better technique between Mind Mapping and Flow Charting in teaching English Writing Skill of Introverted Students. The research technique used was descriptive comparative with a quantitative approach. The results of this study indicated that both techniques are equally effective. The results of the average writing test for the use of Mind Mapping techniques is 56.5, while for the use of Flow Charting techniques is 49.6. From the results of the average score, it can be concluded that flow charting techniques are more effectively used to improve the students writing skills with introverted types.
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