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rocess here means c!assifying -hich sentence is ab!e to be de%e!oped and -hichone is unab!e
e)
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6t this stage the students perform a carefu! e.amination to pro%e -hether true or not the
hypothesis determined by finding the a!ternati%es and associated -ith theoutcome of data
processing (Syah, 2 &: 2&&) Eerification intended to make the process of !earning -i!! run
-e!! and creati%e!y if the teacher pro%idesopportunities for students to find a concept, theory,
ru!e or understanding throughe.amp!es that the might be encountered in their !ife In this
phase, the ro!e of theteacher is gi%ing the materia!s and e.amp!e about *escripti%e te.t
to each of thestudent Then, the teacher asks students to obser%e and study by
themse!%es Bythis step, the students ha%e e.perience in disco%ering the concept, theory
and ru!e by themse!%es The teacher a!so !ets the students to find out other information
andother e.amp!e about descripti%e te.t from other sources It can be from book
or internet By finding other information, it -i!! he!p the students to strengthen their idea in
de%e!oping their draft f)
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The genera!i>ation J dra- the conc!usion stage is that the process of dra -ing
aconc!usion -hich can be used as a genera! princip!e and app!ies to a!! e%ents
or the same prob!em, -ith regard to the resu!t of %erification (Syah, 2 &:
2&&) Based on the resu!ts of the %erification, it is formu!ated the princip!es under!yingthe
genera!i>ation 6fter dra- conc!usions, the students shou!d pay attention to the process of
genera!i>ation that stressed to the importance of mastering the !esson

o%er the meaning and ru!es or princip!es under!ying the e.tensi%e e.perience of a person this
stage, the students dra- the conc!usion about *escripti%e te.t and ready usedtheir o-n finding
to de%e!op their draft into a t e.t The ro!e of the teacher is bygi%ing instruction to
the students to -rite 2 paragraphs based their ideas about p!ace or anima! they a!ready
chosen They shou!d pay attention for thegrammatica!, content,
%ocabu!ary,organi>ation, and mechanic of the -riting adesripti%e te.t
2!9 W& , )% E "5(", ')
Bro-n (1331:" " 7) sho-s the si. genera! categories that are often the basis for the
e%a!uation of student -riting as fo!!o-s:
C",.%'& .4 F'& E "5(", )% W& , )% >A*" ,.* F&' <!D B&' ) 1991@C'),.),
•
Thesis statement
•
=e!ated ideas
•
*e%e!opment of ideas through persona!e.perience i!!ustration facts opinions
•
? s e o f d e s c r i p t i o n , c a u s e J e f f e c t , comparisonJcontrast
•
onsistent focus
O&%") ", ')
•
4ffecti%eness of introduction
•
'ogica! seAuence of ideas
•
onc!usion
•
6ppropriate !ength
•
Topic sentences
•
aragraph unity
•
Transitions
•
*iscourse markers
•
ohesion
•
=hetorica! con%entions
•
=eference
D 4#'(&4.
•
@!uency
•
4conomy
•
Eariation
S/),"6V'#"7(5"&/M.#-") #4
•
Spe!!ing
•
unctuation
•
itation of references (if app!icab!e)
•
5eatness and appearanceThe e%a!uation/s scoring of categories abo%e uses a -eighting
sca!e asfo!!o-s: o n t e n t : 2 & #rgani>ation
: 2 *iscourse : 2 Synta. : 12Eocabu!ary : 120echanics : 12T#T6'1
2!10 P&. '(4 S,(*/
 In this study, the researcher a!so has studied the pre%ious study that re!atest o t h e t e a c h i n g
- r i t i n g u s i n g d i s c o % e r y ! e a r n i n g i n d e s c r i p t i % e t e . t B u t t h e researcher on!y
found a pre%ious study -hich has simi!arity to this study

Kuki 0aehara (2 11) conducting a research entit!ed 8The effecti%eness of !earner centered
(disco%ery !earning) grammar teaching9 She conducted disco%ery !earning method because
the method can make the students easi!y understand the !esson and can bui!d their menta! of
creati%ity and it can make students acti%e in the c!assThe same resu!t -ith research conducted
by Ku!i Triana (2 1& entit!ed 8 enga$aran uisi dengan 0etode *isco%ery InAuiry9 Fer
finding of the researchmentioned that *isco%ery InAuiry is a teaching method that gi%es great
chances for students to get in%o!%ed and using their menta! process to dig and make the
disco%eries for materia!s that they are studied This method designs the situation that empo-ers
students to acti%ate their !earning e.perience @ r o m t h e r e s u ! t o f p r e % i o u s
studies abo%e, -e conc!ude that usingdisco%ery !earning
t e c h n i A u e h a % e g o o d i n f ! u e n c e b e c a u s e b y t h i s - a y t h e materia! can
be accepted by students easi!y and students more interested, it can increase the
students/ moti%ation, more creati%e and a%oid bored situation -ith the!esson Beside, on the
basic theoretica! consideration and re!e%ant research findingd i s c u s s e d a b o % e , t h e
r e s e a r c h e r i s i n t e r e s t e d o f c o n d u c t i n g ! e a r n i n g b y u s i n g disco%ery !earning
method for descripti%e te.t 6s a resu!ts The researcher try toinno%ate this disco%ery
!earning method in descripti%e te.t To bui!d studentscreati%ity and make them
independence in !earning something

IMPROVING STUDENT’S WRITING SKILLS ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXTBY USING

DISCOVERY LEARNING

CHAPTER III THESIS PROPOSALBYACHMAD SYAIFUDDINNIM 13188203029SEKOLAH

TINGGI KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKANSTKIP PGRI PASURUANENGLISH
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDY PROGRAM

201 CHAPTER IIIRESEARCH METHODS

This chapter present the =esearch design, The sub$ect and ob$ect of thestudy,
=esearch instrument, *ata and sources of data, =esearch procedure
3!1 R.4."&#- D.4 %)
The researcher uses c!assroom action research as the design of
t h e research
Latief (2013:143) states t at Researc in Englis learningi s a s c i e n t i ! c a c t i v i t " t a t
ai#s at investigating t e rules t atw o r $ i n t e % r o c e s s o f E n g l i s
learning& 'ase on t at t e researc er conclu e t at
c ! a s s r o o m a c t i o n r e s e a r c h i s k i n d o f r e s e a r c h intended to so!%e the prob!em
that found by the teacher during the teaching and!earning process in the
c!assroom In this research, the researcher -i!! focus onimpro%ing the students/ -riting
ski!! in descripti%e te.t It -i!! be app!ied at the 7
th
grade student of 0Ts 4=SIS 1 Bangi! asuruan, -here the researcher intends tou s e
*isco%ery !earning techniAue to impro%e the students/ -riting
s k i ! ! i n descripti%e te.t at se%enth grade of $unior high schoo! !e%e! 6ctua!!y
the aim of !assroom action research is to achie%e Aua!ity impro%ement of process and
resu!tof the teaching !assroom 6ction =esearch is a method of finding out -hat is the best -ay
of teaching in your o-n c!assroom so that you can impro%e student!earning

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