Improving the VII – C Grade Students’ Achievement in Writing a Descriptive Paragraph by Using the Roundtable Technique at SMP Negeri 2 Tanggul, Jember

Abstract

This classroom action research was intended to improve the students' active participation and their achievement in writing a descriptive paragraph by using the roundtable technique at SMP Negeri 2 Tanggul, Jember. The subjects of the research were class VII – C that consisted of 36 students. The research was conducted in two cycles. Writing test and observation were the methods used to collect the primary data. The result of writing test and observation were analyzed quantitatively in the percentage. Based on the result of analysis, it could be concluded that the use of the roundtable technique could improve the students’ achievement in writing a descriptive paragraph and their active participation. The improvement could be seen for the result of writing test in the first cycle that showed 66.67% of the students who got score ≥ 70 to 77.78% of the students who got score ≥ 70 in the second cycle. Then, the results of observation showed that 66.67% of the students who were active in the teaching learning process in the first cycle to 79.17% of the students who were active in the teaching learning process in the second cycle. Therefore, it can be indicated that the use of the roundtable technique could improve the students’ achievement in writing a descriptive paragraph and their active participation in the teaching learning process at SMP Negeri 2 Tanggul Jember.