IMPROVING THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH REALIA AT SMPN 1 GUMUKMAS-JEMBER

Abstract

For those reasons, the second cycle was necessary to be conducted to solve the problems found in the first cycle. There were some points that were revised in Cycle 1 to make the results of Cycle 2 meet the target of the research. In cycle 2, the researcher and the teacher guided the students when writing descriptive text and used mother tongue more frequently in the explanation. The teacher also gave more detailed explanation about descriptive text and simple present tense. The process and product evaluation in the second cycle showed an improvement. The observation of the students’ participation revealed that 81.08% in meeting 1 and 89.47% in meeting 2 of the students actively involved in the teaching learning process. The results of observation revealed that the percentage of the students’ active participation increased 15.79% from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The average result of observation in cycle 1 was 68.42% and in the Cycle 2 was 84.21%. So, the results of the observation both in meeting 1 and meeting 2 had achieved the goal of this research. In the product evaluation, the percentage of the students who got score ≥ 75 in the writing test was 84.21% of the students. The results of writing test revealed that the percentage of the students’ writing test increased 18.43% from cycle 1 to cycle 2. The result of writing test in cycle 1 was 65.78% and in the Cycle 2 was 84.21%. Based on those results, it could be concluded that the action in the second cycle was successful because the results of process and product evaluation achieved the objectives of the research. Finally, it could be summarized that the use of realia could improve the students’ participation in teaching learning process and their achievement in writing descriptive text at SMPN 1 Gumukmas-Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year.