Improving Students’ Writing Skill in Descriptive Text Using Video Through Think Pair Share MetShod

Abstract

The objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether or not and to what extent video through Think Pair Share (TPS) method enhances Students’ writing skill; and (2) to describe the class climate when video through TPS method is implemented in the writing class. The research was carried out at a Junior High School in Blora, Central Java in the academic year of 2014/2015. The research was conducted in two cycles, each cycle consisted of four meetings. It applied the use of video as the medium and TPS as the method for teaching writing. The qualitative data were collected through observation, diary, interview, and questionnaires. The quantitative data were collected using test. Those qualitative data were analyzed by qualitative methods; assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, reporting the outcomes. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were analyzed by calculating the mean score of pre test, test 1 and post test. The research findings show that the  use of video through TPS method can enhance the students’ writing skill and lead the class climate of writing class better than the situation prior to the research implementation: (1) stating the main idea of their writings; (2) applying the appropriate words to express their ideas; (3) ordering words into sentences correctly; (4) writing the words in correct spelling; and (5) Making a text in correct generic structure. The class climate also improves, the students: (1) are active and pay attention to the teacher’s explanation; (2) do not mind their personal businesses anymore; (3) do not do useless noise during the  class  activity (4) are interested in the lesson, they take part in all activities and keep focus in the lesson. In addition, the students’ mean score also improved which can be seen from their writing mean score of pre test, test in cycle 1, and cycle 2, that is 50.40, 70.11, and 78.38, the last mean score is higher than KKM which is 70.00.