IMPROVING WRITING SKILL OF THE EIGHTH

GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 14 OKU BY

USING TASK BASED LEARNING APPROACH

THESIS

By :

SISKA WIDIYANTI
NPM. 1223103
One of the language in english language that should be learn by the learner is writing, writing
is phsycological activity of the language user to put information in writing text.
According to Busmin (2006, p. 3), in fact, In Indonesia students writing skill in English
language is very low, it is found that Indonesian students are still difficult in comprehending
the text.
Than according to Christina (2011, P. 2), the reason why students still get low in writing
achievement is not only from the student themselves, but also from the teacher.
Based on the writer did interview with one of English teacher on 14 mei 2016 at SMP Negeri
14 OKU. The relust many students complained the difficulties in writing subject because they
are did not know how to write their idea and feeling.
In this case, there is one approach that can be uses in teaching writing is Task Based Learning
Approach. Task Based Learning is an approach that uses to help the students in learning in the
class using Task. According Willis (2006, p. 23) Task is an activity where the target language
used by learner for communicative purposes in order to achieve an outcome.
Related some problem above, the writer interest to use Task Based Learning Approach in
teaching writing Improving, with a research entitle, Improving Writing Skill of the Eighth
Grade Students of SMP Negeri 14 OKU by Using Task Based Learning Approach.
 B. Problem of the Study

C. The Objective of the Study

D. Significance of the Study

E. Hypothesis of the study

F. Criteria of Testing Hypothesis

1. Limitation of the problem

2. Formulation of the problem
 CHAPTER II
LITERATURE RIVIEW

1. Concept of Teaching

2. Concept of Writing Skill

3. Concept of Descriptive Text

4. Concept of Task Based Learning

Approach
5. Procedure of Teaching Writing
Through Task Based Learning
Approach
a. Pre – Activities
b. While Activities
By Using TBL Approach
(pre-task activities, during-task
activities and post-task activities)
c. Post Activities
 CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Pre- Experimental
Design
A. Method
of Study
a. Teaching
b. Writing
B. Operational c. Descriptive Text
Definition
d. Task Based Learning
Approach

C. Research
Variable a.Dependent variable
b.Independent variable
 D. Population and Sample

1. Population : All of Students VIII SMP Negeri 14 OKU

with the total (150 Students)

2. Sample
Cluster Random Sampling
VIII.A Class as experimental group = 37 Students

E. Technique
for Collecting Written test
the Data
Validity
of the
Test

Content validity

Used Inter Rater Reliability (R1 and R2).

after calculated used formula from
Reliability Spearman Brown ( Rank Order
of the Correlation) the result writer got 0.913, it
Test meant that from the standard of reliability
of the rater in the try out is very high,
based on the standard of reliability.
F. Technique for Analyzing the Data

a. Individual Scoring
The Criteria for Scoring the
Students’ Writing
b. T-test
Paired simple t-test
 CHAPTER IV
Finding
FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION

A. FINDINGS The highest score was 62,5 that

The lowest score was 42,50 that
1. Pretest Score of
Experimental Class
2. Posttest Score of
Experimental Class
were reached by two students.
were reached by two students.
total score was 1.880 and the
mean of pre-test score was
50,81.
the highest score was 85 that
were reached by one student
and lowest score was 55
reached by two students . The
total score was 2.655 and the
mean score was 71,75.
 t-obtained of the experiment class
was 16,190 at the significant level
of p=0.000<0.05 in two tailed
3. The analyzing of testing and df ( n-1) 36, the critical
Paired Sample T- value of t-table that was 2,028. So,
Test the value of t-obtained was higher
than the critical value of t-table
16,190 > 2,028 (to be clear looked
at appendix), so it could be stated
that there was significant
improvement task based learning
approach for teaching writing skill
of the eighth grade students of
SMP Negeri 14 OKU
 CHAPTER V
Conclusion
Based on the finding of the research the writer concluded in this
research t-obtained (16.190) was higher more than t-table as its
critical value. In the other words, Ho was rejected and Ha was
accepted. It meant that the application of task based learning
approach was significantly improve in writing skill of the eighth of
SMP negeri 14 OKU..

Suggestions
1. For English Teacher 3. For the researcher

2. For the Student 4. For the TEFL

Thank's you and good bye…

By

SISKA WIDIYANTI