IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING CARTOON VIDEO AT SMK NEGERI 5 JEMBER

Abstract

This research was intended to describe how the use of cartoon video can improve the tenth grade students’ writing achievement at SMKN 5 Jember. This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the research design which consisted of planning the action, implementing the action, and reflecting the action. The research subject of this research were 36 students of class X TKJ 1 study program at SMKN 5 Jember. The data collection methods that were applied in this research were observation and writing test. It was found that 68.5% of the students were indicated as active participants and 52.8% of the students got 75 or higher in writing test in cycle 1. Meanwhile, 82% of the students were were indicated as active participants in cycle 2, while the percentage of the students who got 75 or higher was 77.8%. Based on the result of the research, it was concluded that using cartoon video was able to improve the tenth grade students’ recount text writing achievement.