DEVELOPING ENGLISH WRITING MATERIALS OF DESCRIPTIVE

TEXT BASED ON SCIENTIFIC APPROACH FOR GRADE X

MULTIMEDIA STUDENTS AT SMKN 1 DOLOK MASIHUL

Presented By :

SITI LAILA BARKAH

2161121044

Thesis Reviewers:
Thesis Supervisor : Farida Hanim Saragih, S.Pd., M.Hum
Dr. Isli Iriani Indiah Pane, S.Pd., M.Hum Dr. Masitowarni Siregar, M.Ed
Nora Ronita Dewi, S.Pd.,M.Hum
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION In Teaching English as Foreign Language (TEFL) there are four skills which has to be mastered by the students ,
they are reading, writing, listening and speaking that wellknown as language skills. The language skills are divided
into two ways, the first one is receptive skills and the second is productive skills. Reading and listening are
included on receptive skills while speaking and writing are included on productive skills.

Writing is a process to share ideas or opinions from human brain into a sheet of paper, it is also called as non-
verbal communication. According to Dirgeyasa (2016), writing is a difficult and complex process to do for many
people. By reading and doing all the guided exercises, the students will find themselves enjoy in writing. English
has some genres in language learning, one of them is descriptive text. According to curriculum 2013 in English
syllabus revised 2017, descriptive text is one of genres which is learnt in senior high school.
A. BACKGROUND
OF STUDY
In some cases, students get some problems and get difficulties in writing especially in vocational school. This
problem is caused by the lack of practicing and some irrelevant texts that they learn. This happens because the
book used by vocational school is the same as high school, it is certainly not suitable because it does not match
with the students‟ need. However, one of the considerations in developing materials is based on the students‟
needs (Brown, 1995).

In fact, the students in the grade X of multimedia study program at SMKN 1 Dolok Masihul use Buku Bahasa
Inggris published by Pusat Kurikulum dan Perbukuan, Balitbang, Kemendikbud, in 2017. The researcher also finds
that the materials used by the students in SMKN 1 Dolok Masihul is generally same with senior high school
materials, eventhought their need is different.
 C. The D. The F. The
B. Identification E. The scope
problem of objective of significance
of problem of study
study study of study

Based on the background the researcher focuses on

How is writing To develop writing developing English writing
of the study, there are materials of materials of
some problems that can materials of descriptive text 1. Theoritically
descriptive text descriptive text in the based on syllabus and students’ 2. Practically
be identified in SMKN 1 developed form of physical book
Dolok Masihul. The first need by using scientific a. Teachers
appropriately based materials as approach The materials will be b. Students
problem is about on scientific approach supporting learning
students’ low developed are the writing c. Other
for grade X for grade X materials of descriptive text for Researchers
understanding and the multimedia students multimedia students
second problem is the one year of study which is
at SMKN 1 Dolok at SMKN 1 Dolok consist of three texts included
material used. Masihul? Masihul. in the topic of historical
building or the famous places
that will be linked with
multimedia study program.
 CHAPTER II.
REVIEW OF
LITERATURE

Writing, Harmer (2004: 4-5)

Descriptive Text, Dirgeyasa (2016)

Scientific Approach, Hosnan (2014)

Writing for Specific Purposes, Hutchinson and Waters (1987: 8)

 Puji Sumarsono and his The Development of Authentic English Language Teaching (ELT) Textbook of Vocational
three friends (2017) School

Gusti Pandji Sundana The Use of Authentic Material in Teaching Writing Descriptive Text
(2017)

Elok Putri Nimasari English Material Development Based On Scientific Approach: A Content Analysis of
Relevant Studies (2016) “When English Rings A Bell” Course Book

The Effectiveness of Scientific Approach and Contextual Teaching And Learning Approach
Nidya Indrilla (2018)
in Teaching Writing

Siti Masitoh and Dasep Improving Students‟ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Using Genre Based Approach
Suprijadi (GBA) at the Eight Grade Students of SMP Islam Terpadu Fitrah Insani
(2015)
CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
Gathering Information and Data

Observation to grade X multimedia students Textbook and lesson plan by using

at SMKN 1 Dolok Masihul by using interview
questionnaires

Analyzing Data
Developing Material
Validating by Experts
Descriptive text materials about
historical building and famous place
related to multimedia study program

Revising Material
Descriptive text materials for grade X
Final Product
multimedia students.
 CHAPTER III.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This research was conducted by using

A. Research research and development method
design (R&D).

 The existing materials

 Students’ questionnaires
C. The Sources of  Syllabus
the Data  Teacher’s Lesson plan

The English teacher and 36 students of

grade X multimedia study program at SMKN
B. Subject of the 1 Dolok Masihul which have employed 2013
research Curriculum

D. The Instrument Observation, questionnaires

of Data Collection and interview.

E. Technique of Data Analysis
F. The Steps of Developing
Materials
1) Analyzing the Observation
2) Analyzing the Interview
3) Analyzing of
Questionnaires
The developing of materials are staged as follows:
1. Gathering informations and data from SMKN 1 Dolok Masihul.
2. Analyzing the students‟ needs based on the data and informations.
3. Designing the English writing materials based on the students‟ need by
using scientific approach.
4. Evaluating or validating new materials by experts.
5. Revising the writing materials based on the experts’ suggestions.
6. Revised-developing writing materials (final product).
 CHAPTER 4
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

A. Research Findings
Based on the finding of the research, the final product was quite good when viewed from
the percentages of students’ need analysis questionnaires and the following validation
mean-scores from the experts by using likert-scale :
Aspects of Validation Score from Expert 1 Score from Expert 2

The Appropriateness of Content 3,60 3,44

The Appropriateness of 3,52 3,60

Presentation
The Appropriateness of 3,52 3,20
Language
The Appropriateness of Layout 3,77 3,88
B. Discussion

This research was conducted by Research and Development (R&D) which is adapted
from Borg, Gall and Gall (2003). The materials developed by English for Specific
Purposes (ESP) concept were developed according to the students’ needs in
multimedia study program. R&D research design was conducted by six phases: 1)
Gathering Information and Data, 2) Analyzing Data, 3) Designing the Product, 4)
Validating by Experts, 5) Revising the Materials, 6) Revised- Developing (Final
Product)All of the contents in the book of material design were developed based on
the results of need analysis which is most of the students really want the writing
descriptive text materials related to multimedia study program by using scientific
approach. This research linked with the previous research which was conducted by
Gusti Pandji Sundana (2017) who found that using authentic materials in teaching
descriptive writing had a significant role in improving students’ writing skill.
The material evaluation had been proposed with the standard of material evaluation which was taken
from the criteria of BSNP. There are 32 items distributed to the expert that covered four aspects of
material evaluation proposed by BSNP: 1) The appropriateness of content, 2) The appropriateness of
language, 3) the appropriateness of presentation, and 4) The appropriateness of layout.
The final score of four aspects in designing this materials is 3,60 from the first expert and 3,53 from
the second expert which is in the range of 3.50 < 𝒙̅ ≤ 4.00. The range shows that the developed
materials entitled “Developing English Writing Materials of Descriptive Text Based on Scientific
Approach for Grade X Multimedia Students at SMKN 1 Dolok Masihul” is considered as appropriate
with the predicate of “Very Good”. After that, there were suggestions from the experts to evaluate the
materials. Finally, the final product has been developed in accordance to the students’ need by using
Scientific Approach.
 CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION AND
SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion
In conclusion, based on the experts’ validation , the developed
English writing materials of descriptive text based on scientific
approach was appropriate to be used by the grade X students B. Suggestion
of multimedia study program at SMKN 1 Dolok Masihul. The The result of this research is expected to be beneficial for the
final score of the four aspects in designing the materials is following stakeholder.
3,60 from the first expert and 3,53 from the second expert a. English Teachers at Vocational High School
which is in the range of 3.50 < 𝒙̅ ≤ 4.00. It means that the b. b. Other Materials Developer
developed materials is considered as appropriate with the
predicate of “Very Good” based on likert scale.

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