USING BRAINWRITING TECHNIQUE

TO IMPROVE THE HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT WRITING SKILL

OF THE ELEVENTH GRADERS OF SMAN 1 GRABAG
IN THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 2012/2013

A PAPER PROPOSAL



BY:

RENI KARTIKASARI
0910302128

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHERS TRAINING
TIDAR UNIVERSITY OF MAGELANG
2013

Background of the Study
English as an international language is used as a
medium of information flow on science, technology and culture.
English is also a part of national education so the students are
able to communicate using the four English skills namely
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Based on the observation, the recount text writing skill of
the tenth graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year of
2011/2012 was not satisfactory. The average score of the
recount text writing skill is 60 ( 15 students below 70 or 50% 0f
the class). The classs score have not yet reached the minimum
achievement criteria of 70 at which this minimum score of the
students ideal condition expected.
There are some factors both internally and externally. So
the English teacher should use the proper technique that can
improve the quality teaching and learning.
Identification of the Problems
Internal
The students are passive in the class
The students do not responses. It
makes the class sound quite
The students do not comprehend in
writing
The students face difficulties to
express their idea in their composition
The students low in grammar
The students have less vocabulary
mastery
the students have less knowledge
about sentence pattern or the tenses
The students have limited knowledge
about conjunction to connect
sentences in a paragraph

External
The teacher teaches English
monotonously in teaching writing
English teacher still uses the grammar
translation teaching technique
The teacher uses conventional
method
The teacher has little creativity in
using a teaching technique
The classroom management has not
worked well
The teacher wants the class to be
formal so the students feel bored
The class situation far away from fun
The students are getting less attention
from their parents




Formulation of the Problems
1. Is there any improvement of the recount text
writing skill of the students who are taught using
brainwriting technique of the tenth graders of
SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year of 2011/2012
?
2. Is there any improvement of the teaching
learning process using brainwriting technique of
the tenth graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in the
school year of 2011/2012 ?
3. How high is the students learning motivation who
are taught using brainwriting technique of the
tenth graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in the school
year of 2011/2012?
Objectives of the Study
1. To know whether or not there is improvement of the
recount text writing skill of the students who are
taught using brainwriting technique of the tenth
graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year of
2011/2012.
2. To know whether or not there is improvement of the
teaching learning process using brainwriting
technique of the tenth graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in
the school year of 2011/2012.
3. To know how high is the students learning
motivation who are taught using brainwriting
technique of the tenth graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in
the school year of 2011/2012.

Significances of the Study
The students
The students are expected to be more
motivated and interested in learning
English
The classroom English teacher
Brainwriting technique can be used by the
teacher in teaching writing of recount text


Brainwriting Technique
Brainwriting is one creative technique
that each participant in peace ideas collect
and can written. Brainwriting is used
where it concern idea development into
group issues by adopting a structure that
is less centralized around the moderator,
and allows participants to write down their
own ideas.










Topic : Camping
Last month my family went to
camping in the mountain.
Orientation
In the night we heard strange
sound.
Event
On the last day a bad thing
happened
Event
It was my unforgettable
experience
Reorientation
ADVANTAGES
- The students are easy to colect
the ideas.
- The students are easy to
explore their own idea by
cooperative learning through
brainwriting technique because
the components of brainwriting
are well-connected and well-
arranged.
- The students can write relevant
sentences in their writings
- The students will active in the
writing activities
- The classroom management
will work well






DISADVANTAGES
- The students have to follow the
previous idea that had been
written by their friends.
- The students consider their idea
for long time.
- The students will have less
speaking skill because they do
not allowed to discuss the topic
with their friends
- Brainwriting technique just be a
good technique for writing but it
is not a good technique to teach
speaking
Action Hypothesis
1. There is improvement of the recount text
writingskill of the students who are taught using
brainwriting technique of the tenth graders of
SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year 2011/2012.
2. There is improvement of the teaching learning
process using brainwriting technique of the tenth
graders of SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year of
2011/2012.
3. The students learning motivation who are taught
using brainwriting technique of the tenth graders
of SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year of
2011/2012 is high.

Type of the Research
The type of the research is designed into
Classroom Action Research since the major
point of the research is to improve the exiting
classroom condition of writing skill. This
approach is to collect and interpret data that
involve a clear, repeated in the cycle
procedures. It means that Classrom Action
Research is done to make up learning condition
to be better than before in repeated
procedures. Based on the spiral model of
Kemmis and Taggart taken from Sukarno
(2009) the research will have tree cycles. Each
cycle will comprise two meetings at which each
cycle has phases of planning, acting, observing
and reflecting.

Subject of the Research
The subject of the research are the students of
class X-1 SMAN 1 Grabag in the school year
2011/2012. The researcher takes samples of
subject through total sampling technique. The
number of students in X-1 is 30 students which
consist of 10 boys and 20 girls. The students have
different recount text writing skill with the average
classroom grade is 60. Some have been quite
good at writing not a few are lower. Most of them
still have less of vocabulary mastery and lack of
grammatical knowledge.
Setting of the Research
The research will be carry out on the
first semester in the class X-1 of SMAN 1
Grabag Magelang. This school is one of the
SKM (Sekolah Kategori Mandiri) in
Magelang Regency. This school has good
potential. Both of the teacher and the
students have good achievements. SMAN 1
Grabag is located at Jl. Raya Grabag-
Magelang. The English teacher of SMAN 1
Grabag is Mrs. Evawani Palupi S.Pd.


Cycle Meeting Material
Pre-Cycle


Cycle One
1


2
3
Recount text writing skill
using free writing
technique


Brainwriting, organization
Brainwriting, organization,
content
Cycle Two 4

5
Brainwriting, organization,
content, quality
expression
Brainwriting, organization,
content, quality
expression
Cycle Three 6

7
Brainwriting, organization,
content, quality
expression
Brainwriting, organization,
content, quality
expression

Technique of Collecting Data
Non Test Test
- Observation
- Questionnaire
- Documentation
- Pre cycle
(camping)
- Cyle one
(camping)
- Cycle two
(personal letter)
- Cycle there
(personal letter)

Performances Indicator
1. The students who are improving with
their writing recount text using
brainwriting technique are more than
75%.
2. Minimum of students being active in
teaching learning process kusing
brainwriting technique reach 75%.
3. Minimum of 75% students got score 70
of recount text writing skill using
brainwriting techique.
Technique of Analyzing Data
1. Quantitative Data
Quantitative data are taken from the test result of sycle one,
two and three. To calculate the precentage of scores the
writer uses following formula:
SS
SP = x 100%
R

Explanation :
S : Score Precentage
SS : Some of the Students Score
R : Number of Respondents
2. Qualitative data
The data are taken and discussed from the observation,
questionnaire and documentation. The result are used to
show the students changing behaviour and attitude in the
teaching and learning process of writing recount text through
all the cycles.


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