IMPROVING THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS' ACTIVE PARTICIPATIONS AND THEIR SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH BY GIVING WRITTEN FEEDBACK AT SMPN 2 BALUNG IN THE 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This Classroom Action Research was intended to improve the seventh grade students’ active participation and their simple present tense achievement at SMPN 2 Balung – Jember in the 2013/2014 academic year. It was conducted collaboratively with the teacher and it was done in two cycles by giving written feedback. The research procedures cover the planning of the action, the implementation of the action, the classroom observation and evaluation, and data analysis and reflection of the action. The result of the action in the first cycle showed that 64,9% of the students were active in the first meeting and 70,3% of the students were active in the second meeting. This showed that there was an improvement of the students’ active participation from the first meeting to the second meeting. The total percentages of the students active participation in the first cycle was 67.6%. So, the result of the students’ active participation did not achieve the target percentage. Then, the results of tense test in the first cycle showed that 73% of the students got score at least 71 on the tense test. It showed that the result of tense test achieved the target percentage. Therefore, the actions in Cycle 2 were needed to be conducted in order to improve the students’ active participation. Then the action in the second cycle was conducted by revising several aspects in the first cycle and the result showed that 81% of the students were categorized to be active and 86,5% of the students were active in the second meeting. Then, based on the result of tense test in the second cycle 83,8% of students got score at least 71. This means that the actions in the second cycle achieved the criteria of success of the research and the percentage of students’ active participation. Finally, conclusion can be made that giving written feedback to the students’ work of English tense was able to improve the students’ active participation and their simple present tense achievement at SMPN 2 Balung – Jember.