IMPROVING CLASS VII-A STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGPAH BY USING REALIA AT SMPN 3 GENTENG IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

Considering to the result in the first cycle, the researcher and the English teacher discussed together in finding the possible problems and made some revisions for the next lesson plan that would be applied in Cycle 2. The result of the observation done in the second cycle was 77.14% (Meeting 1) and 88.57% (Meeting 2) of 35 students were actively involved in the teaching and learning process. Though, the result of writing test in the Cycle 2 was 85.17% of 35 students successfully achieved the standard minimum score that is 75. It means that the result of the observation and writing test in Cycle 2 successfully achieved the target of this classroom action research. Thus, the research stopped. Based on the result gained in the both cycle, it could be concluded that the use of realia as teaching aid in teaching writing of descriptive paragraph could improve Class VII-A students’ achievement and their active participation. Therefore, it is suggested for the English teacher to use realia to teach writing or even the other skills or/and language components. Realia was proved had many advantages as the media in the teaching and learning process. At last, for the further researcher, the result of this research could be used as a reference to conduct the similar research or the other designs of the research.