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THE WRITING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE TEXT

OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP 1 KALINYAMATAN

JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/ 2012 TAUGHT

BY USING THINK TALK WRITE STRATEGY

By

LINA SOFIYATI

NIM 200832174

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS

2012

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THE WRITING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE TEXT

OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP 1 KALINYAMATAN

JEPARA IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/ 2012 TAUGHT

BY USING THINK TALK WRITE STRATEGY

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana

Program in English Education

By

LINA SOFIYATI

NIM 200832174

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS

2012

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO

“Unperformed Knowledge is Nil

Unfinished Work is Useless”

“Reading without Understanding is Doing Nothing”

“Willing to do something is the good way to success”

DEDICATION

This skripsi is dedicated to:

Her beloved mother and

father

Her beloved sisters

Her dearest best friends

“Toet house”.

All teachers of life

Her close friend “Ahmad

zainuddin”.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, the writer would express her thanks to Allah SWT, for giving

blessing, inspiration, and spirit so she can finish the “skripsi” entitled “The

Writing Ability in Narrative text for The Eighth Grade Students of SMP 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara in The Academic Year 2011/ 2012 Taught by Using Think

Talk and Write Strategy”.

Secondly, she would like to thank to all of persons for what they support,

advice and encourage in completing this “skripsi”:

1. Drs. Susilo Raharjo, M.Pd, the dean of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty of Muria Kudus University.

2. Fitri Budi Suryani, S.S. M.Pd, as the Head of English Education

Department.

3. Titis Sulistyowati, SS. M.Pd, her first advisor and Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd,

her second advisor who have given guidance, patience, help, and valuable

advice to the writer in doing the research.

4. The Headmaster (Drs. Ahmad Musolikhan) and the eighth grade students

of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara.

5. The teachers of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara, especially Mrs. Dra.Uswatun

Hasanah, who gives much support and great opportunity in doing the

research.

6. All of her lecturers of English Education Department for their sincere

responsibility during her study.

7. All her family and all her friends who always give her spirit.

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Finally, she hopes that “skripsi” will be useful to the readers, especially the

English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria

Kudus University.

Kudus, July 2012

The writer

Lina Sofiyati

NIM. 2008 – 32 – 174

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ABSTRACT

Sofiyati, Lina.2012. The Writing Ability in Narrative text for The Eighth Grade

Students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in The Academic Year 2011/

2012 Taught by Using Think Talk and Write Strategy. Skripsi. English

Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria

Kudus University. The advisors: (i)Titis Sulistyowati, SS. M.Pd., (ii) Drs.

Muh. Syafei, M.Pd.

Key words: Writing ability, narrative text, Think Talk and Write strategy.

The ability to compose the narrative text of the eighth grade students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara is still low. Most of the students cannot develop their

idea. When they want to start to write, they are confused to express their idea.

Think Talk Write is a learning strategy which includes think activities seen when

the student read the text, talk activities occurs when students interact in groups to

discuss the contents notes and write activities seen in the process of writing the

results of think and talk. This strategy in the form of open ended questions. Think

Talk Write (TTW) Strategy is used to develop writing and practicing the language

fluently before writing.

The purposes of this research is to find out wether there is a significant

difference between the writing ability in narrative text for the eighth grade

students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic year 2011/ 2012 before

and after being taught by using Think Talk and Write Strategy.

The research is done at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara. The design of this research is Quasi-Experimental research

by using test instrument. The research subjects are the 36 students. The instrument

used to collect the data is written test. All of students are given a pre-test, a test

which is given before using Think Talk Write strategy, and after they get the

treatment, the writer gives a post-test.

The result of this research shows that: a) The writing ability in narrative

text for the eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara before being

taught by using Think Talk and Write Strategy is low. (Mean = 45.94 and

Standard deviation = 10.28). b) The writing ability in narrative text for the eighth

grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara after being taught by using Think

Talk and Write Strategy is good. (Mean = 67.72 and Standard deviation =15.02).

There is a significant difference between the writing ability in narrative text for

the eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara before and after being

taught by using Think Talk and Write Strategy. (t0 = 7.19)

The difference between the writing ability in narrative text for the eighth

grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic year 2011/ 2012

before and after taught by using Think Talk and Write Strategy is significant. So,

using Think Talk Write in teaching writing ability in narrative text needs to be

applied increase the student’s ability in writing. After knowing the result of this

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research that the writing ability in narrative text of the eighth grade students after

using Think Talk Write is higher than that before being taught by using Think

Talk Write strategy. The teacher can use Think Talk Write as the one of the

strategy to teach writing ability in narrative text.

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ABSTRAKSI

Sofiyati, Lina.2012. Kemampuan Menulis dalam teks Narasi pada Siswa Kelas

VIII SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara pada Tahun Akademik 2011/2012 yang

diajarkan dengan Menggunakan strategi Think Talk and Write. Skripsi.

Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu

Pendidikan. Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (I) Titis

Sulistyowati, SS. M.Pd., (II) Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd.

Kata kunci: Kemampuan menulis, narrative, Think Talk Write

Kemampuan menulis dalam teks narasi siswa kelas delapan SMP 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara masih memiliki kemampuan yang rendah untuk menyusun

teks naratif. Sebagian besar siswa tidak dapat mengembangkan ide mereka. Ketika

mereka ingin memulai untuk menulis, mereka bingung untuk mengekspresikan

ide mereka. Think Talk Write adalah strategi pembelajaran yang meliputi kegiatan

berpikir yang dapat dilihat ketika siswa membaca teks, kegiatan berbicara terjadi

ketika siswa berinteraksi dalam kelompok untuk membahas isi catatan dan

menulisnya dalam catatan kecil dari hasil berpikir dan berbicara tadi, dan strategi

ini membentuk materi dalam bentuk pertanyaan yang berakhir dengan pola pikir

yang terbuka. Think Talk Write (TTW) Strategi ini digunakan untuk

meningkatkan kemampuan menulis dan praktek berbicara dengan lancar sebelum

menulis.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang

signifikan antara kemampuan menulis dalam teks narasi bagi siswa kelas delapan

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2011/2012 sebelum dan

sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan strategi Think Talk Write .

Penelitian ini dilakukan pada Siswa Kelas VIII SMPN 1 Kalinyamatan

Jepara. Rancangan penelitian ini adalah Quasi-experimental research (eksperimen

semu) dengan menggunakan instrumen tes. Subyek penelitian adalah keseluruhan

siswa, yang terdiri dari 36 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan

data adalah tes tertulis. Semua siswa diberi pre-test, tes yang diberikan sebelum

menggunakan Think Talk Write strategi, dan setelah mereka mendapatkan

pelatihan, penulis lalu memberikan post-test.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: a) kemampuan menulis dalam teks

narasi bagi siswa kelas delapan SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara sebelum diajarkan

dengan menggunakan strategi Think Talk Write adalah rendah. (Mean = 45,94

dan Standard deviasi = 10,28). b) Kemampuan menulis dalam teks narasi bagi

siswa kelas delapan SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara setelah diajarkan dengan

menggunakan strategi Think Talk Write adalah baik. (Mean = 67,72 dan Standard

deviasi = 15,02). Ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kemampuan menulis

dalam teks narasi bagi siswa kelas delapan SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara pada

tahun akademik 2011/2012 sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan

Think Talk Write Strategi. (T0 = 7.19)

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Perbedaan antara kemampuan menulis dalam teks narasi bagi siswa kelas

delapan SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara pada tahun akademik 2011/2012 sebelum

dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan strategi Think Talk Write adalah

signifikan. Jadi, dengan menggunakan strategi Think Talk Write dalam

kemampuan mengajar menulis dalam teks naratif perlu diterapkan untuk

meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam menulis. Setelah mengetahui hasil

penelitian bahwa kemampuan menulis dalam teks narasi siswa kelas delapan

setelah menggunakan strategi Think Talk Write itu lebih tinggi dibandingkan

dengan sebelum diajarka, guru dapat menggunakan Think Talk Write sebagai

salah satu strategi untuk mengajar menulis kemampuan dalam teks naratif.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

COVER ..................................................................................................... i

LOGO......................................................................................................... ii

TITLE......................................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .................................................................... iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL ......................................................................... v

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ...................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... ix

ABSTRAK ................................................................................................. xi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................ xv

LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................... xvi

LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................... xvii

LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................. xviii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research ................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement of the problem ..................................................................... 5

1.3 Objective of the research ...................................................................... 5

1.4 Significance of the Research ................................................................ 6

1.5 Limitation of the Research ................................................................... 6

1.6 Operational Definition ......................................................................... 7

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE AND

HYPHOTHESIS

2.1 Teaching English in SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara ............................... 8

2.2 Curriculum of Teaching English in SMPN 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara ..... 10

2.2.1 Purpose of Teaching English in SMPN 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara .......... 11

2.2.2 Material of Teaching English in SMPN 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara .......... 12

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2.2.3 Method of Teaching English in SMPN 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara .......... 14

2.3 Writing Ability ............................................................................... 16

2.3.1 Writing as one language skills ............................................................ 16

2.3.2 Defintion of Writing ......................................................................... 17

2.3.3 Characteristic of Good Writing .......................................................... 19

2.3.4 Teaching Writing ............................................................................... 20

2.4 Narrative Text .................................................................................... 22

2.4.1 Type of Narrative Text ....................................................................... 22

2.4.2 The Generic Structure of narrative Text ............................................. 23

2.4.3 The Function of Narrative Text .......................................................... 25

2.4.4 The Language Feature of Narrative Text ........................................... 26

2.5 Teaching Strategy ............................................................................. 27

2.6 Think Talk Write Strategy ................................................................. 27

2.6.1 The Steps of Think Talk Write strategy .............................................. 30

2.6.2 The Advantages of Think Talk Write ................................................. 30

2.6.3 The Use of Think Talk Write in Teaching Writing ............................. 31

2.7 Review of Previous Research ............................................................. 32

2.8 Theoretical Framework ...................................................................... 32

2.9 Hypothesis ........................................................................................ 33

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH

3.1 Research Design ................................................................................ 34

3.2 Population and Sample ...................................................................... 36

3.3 Instrument of the Research ................................................................. 36

3.4 Data Collection .................................................................................. 41

3.5 Data Analysis .................................................................................... 41

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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS

4.1 Research Findings ................................................................................ 45

4.1.1 The Writing ability in Narrative Text of the eighth Grade Students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in Academic Year 2011/ 2012 Before

Being Taught by Using TTW (Think Talk Write) ................................ 45

4.1.2 The Writing Ability in Narrative Text of the eighth grade students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 after

being taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy ................................. 48

4.2 Hypothesis Testing .............................................................................. 50

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION

5.1 Discussion ........................................................................................... 52

5.1.1 The Writing ability in Narrative Text of the eighth Grade Students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in Academic Year 2011/ 2012 Before

Being Taught by Using TTW (Think Talk Write) ............................... 52

5.1.2 The Writing Ability in Narrative Text of the eighth grade students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 after

being taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy ................................. 54

5.1.3 The Significance Difference of the The Writing Ability in Narrative

Text of the eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in

the academic year 2011/2012 before and after being taught by using

Think Talk Write Strategy .................................................................. 55

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1 Conclusion ........................................................................................... 58

6.2 Suggestion ........................................................................................... 59

BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................ 60

APPENDICES .............................................................................................. 62

CURRICULUM VITAE

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

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2.1 The Material of Teaching English in Eighth Grade Students of SMP 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara in academic year 2011/ 2012 ................................. 13

2.2 The Writing Material on the Syllables of Teaching English for the

Eighth Grade Students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in academic

year 2011/ 2012 ..................................................................................... 14

3.1 The Criterion Scoring of the Ability in Writing Narrative Text ................ 38

3.2 Criteria of Measuring Score .................................................................... 40

4.1 The Writing Ability in Narrative Text of the eighth grade students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 before

being taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy ................................. 46

4.2 The frequency distribution of the writing ability in narrative text of the

eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic

year 2011/2012 before being taught by using Think Talk Write

Strategy .............................................................................................. 46

4.3 The Writing Ability in Narrative Text of the eighth grade students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in academic year 2011/2012 after being

taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy ............................................. 48

4.4 The frequency distribution of the writing ability in narrative text of the

eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic

year 2011/2012 after being taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy

............................................................................................................ 49

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

3.1 Pattern of one group Pre-test Post-test without Control Group Research . 35

4.1 The bar diagram of the student’s ability in writing narrative text of the

eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in academic year

2011/ 2012 before being taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy ...... 47

4.2 The bar diagram of the student’s ability in writing narrative text of the

eighth grade students of SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic

year 2011/2012 after being taught by using Think Talk Write Strategy

.............................................................................................................. 49

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page

1. SYLLABUS........................................................................................... 63

2. The Lesson Plan of Teaching Narrative Text Taught by Using Think

Talk Write Strategy for The Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara in Academic Year 2011/2012 ................................ 65

3. The Student’s Name of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara in Academic Year 2011/2012 ............................... 119

4. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the writing ability

in Narrative text of the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Kalinyamatan

Jepara in the academic year 2011/ 2012 before being taught by using

Think Talk and Write Strategy ............................................................... 120

5. The Pre-Test of Writing Narrative Text of Eighth Grade Students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara................................................................... 124

6. The pre-test score of the students ........................................................... 125

7. The Calculation of Mean and Standard Deviation of the writing ability

in narrative text of the eighth grade students of SMP N 1

Kalinyamatan Jepara in the academic year 2011/2012 after being

taught by using Think Talk Write .......................................................... 129

8. The Post Test of Writing Narrative Text of Eighth Grade Students of

SMP 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara .................................................................. 133

9. The post-test score of the students .......................................................... 134

10. The Calculation of t-observation (t0) of the writing ability in narrative

text of the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Kalinyamatan Jepara in

the academic year 2011/2012 taught by using Think Talk and Write

Strategy.................................................................................................. 138

11. Table of Significance at 5% and 1% Level of Significance The Value of

t-table for any Number Degree of Freedom ............................................ 141