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Senior High School of Bina Warga 2 Palembang
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there is any significant
difference on Students’ Achievement in Writing Explanation Text to the Eleventh
Grade of Vocational Indo Health School Palembang who are taught through
Combining Brainstorming and Know-Want-Learn (KWL) Chart strategies and
those who are not. This study used quasi-experimental method with non-
equivalen control group design. The population of this study was all of the
eleventh grade of Vocational Indo Health School Palembang. The sample was 20
students , 10 students in experimental group from XI Nurshing class and 10
students in control group from XI Medical Laboratory class. In the collecting data,
a written test of explanation text was used, and to answer the problem of this
thesis the data were analyzed by using Independent sample test in SPSS 23
Computer program. The result of this study showed that in the experimental
group, mean was 70.90. Meanwhile, in the control group, and the mean was
66.70. On the other hand, the result of t-obtained was 2.412. Meanwhile, its
critical value at 0.05 significant level for two tailed with 18(df) was 2.100. Since
the t-obtained was higher than t-table, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted.
As a final result, the combination Brainstorming and Know-Want Learn (KWL)
Chart Strategies made a significant difference on students’ achievement in writing
explanation text to the eleveth grade of Vocational Indo Health School
Palembang who were taught through combining brainstorming and know-want-
learn (kwl) chart strategies and those who were not.
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writing is how the writer conveys make the students writing develop.
their ideas or messages to the Beside that, if the students already
reader correctly and clearly. The known how to construct the
difficulty not only in generating and sentence they can use writing skill
organizing ideas but also in to support their next carrier. For
translating the ideas into readable example: they could make a good
text (Richard & Renandya, 2002, curriculum vitae and application
p.313). It means, all the difficulties letter that useful for them in the
based on the aspects and future and so on.
components of writing mastery.
Futhermore, there are some
In learning English writing, reasons the writer decided that the
teacher taught the students in vocational Indo Health School
writing which was aimed to Palembang chosen as the object of
evaluate how far the students know study. Based on the writer
how to arrange the words become experienced as long as five months
a good sentences. Ardiansyah et al taught the students when they are
(2020) after the students knew how in tenth grade, some students have
to make good sentences, Jaya problems in writing English such as
(2017) the teacher taught them they lacked of vocabularies, they
how to make a good paragarph did not master in using tenses, they
afterwardmake a good text. confused to arrange the sentences,
However, Jaya (2017) in the writing thought about the content and
process some students faced some organization in writing.
problems in starting writing what
the teacher instructured. In case, Based on the problems
they felt lack of mastering the above, the appropriate method and
aspects of writing (contents, strategy was needed to solve the
organization, language use, students’ problems. The writer used
vocabulary, and mechanic) and the combination of Brainstormingand
component of writing (coherence, Know-Want-Learn (K-W-L) Chart
cohesion, topic sentence, strategies. Brainstorming is a
supporting sentence and strategy used to generate a number
concluding sentence). Because of ideas to help solve a particular
those problem,some students feel problem (Naser and Al-Mutairi, 2015,
difficult how to start the writing and p. 136). Brainstorming was needed
caused the students’ writing has a to develop students critical thinking.
low quality. Beside that, sometimes In this term, brainstorming strategy
some students need framework to focused on increasing students prior
make them easily to make a good knowledge about something they
writing. have learnt by using listing per each
point of what they gained on the
A good writing could be past. Meanwhile, Know-Want-Learn
produced by the students if they (K-W-L) Chart strategy is a three
understand how to do first such as part strategy introduced by Donna
think about the content they Ogle (1986) to activate students
wanted to choose, how to knowledge and encourage active
determine the main topic and thinking to develop and streghten
prepare the supporting sentence writing (Clark, 2007, p.65). It means,
for supporting the main topic to Know-Want-Learn (K-W-L) Chart
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of using two raters for this test is to group could improve their ability in
avoid the subjectively in giving the writing through the strategies. They
students’ score. In this study, the could solve their problem such as
first rater is the English teacher of increased their vocabularies, used
Vocational Indo Health School some tenses, they could more
Palembang and the second rater is comprehendsion in arranging the
the researcher. sentences, thought about the
content and regard to how to
In the process of analyzing organize various sentences into a
data on this study, the researcher good paragraphs by paying attention
used independent sample t-test and in grammar, punctuation,
IBM SPSS statistic 23 program used conjungction and so on.
for the calculation. In the
indepentdent test, the test aimed to On the other hand, the result test
find out whether or not significant in the control group was not better
different scores obtained by the than the experimental group. Based
students who are taught by using n the result, there is no improvement
combining brainstorming and know- in students’ writing they still lost of
want-learnt (kwl) chart strategies and understanding how to write the
who are not for students of paragraph and make a good text.
Vocational Indo Health School They did not write the text based on
Palembang. the generic structure that already
taught by their teacher.
The result of the tests that used
SPSS 23 computer program was As a final result, the strategy of
found that the use of Brainstorming combination Brainstorming and
and Know-Want-Learn (KWL) Chart Know-Want Learn (KWL) Strategies
strategies could help the students’ made a significant difference on
problem in writing better than using students’ achievement inwriting
conventional method. Based on the explanation text to the eleveth grade
result of the tets, the students who of vocational indo health school
were taught throughBrainstorming palembang who were taught through
and Know-Want-Learn (KWL) Chart combining brainstorming and know-
strategies got higer scores than want-learn (kwl) chart strategies and
those were not. In the experimental who were not.
group, the highest posttest score
was 81 and lowest posttest score CONCLUSION
was 65, and the mean was 70.90. Based on the result of the
Meanwhile, in the control group, the research, the result of pretest and
highest score was 73 and the lowest posttest in both of experimental and
score was 61, and the mean was control groups showed that there
66.70. On the other hand, the result was significant difference on pretest
of t-obtained was 2.412. Meanwhile, and posttest scores between two
its critical value at 0.05 significant groups. The students who are taught
level for two tailed with 18(df) was through combining brainstorming
2.100. Since the t-obtained was and know-want-learn (kwl) chart
higher than t-table, Ho was rejected strategies got better scores than
and Ha was accepted. those who were not. It could be
proved from the fact that the
Based on the treatment process, students’ posttest mean score in the
the students in the experimental
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