THE ROLE OF FACEBOOK ON IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING

. Trinadiah, Clarry Sada, Urai Salam

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Abstract: This research was conducted at year ten students of SMA N 1 Sintang in academic year 2013/2014. The purpose of this research is to know the role of facebook on improving the students’ writing at year ten students in SMA N 1 Sintang in academic year 2013/2014. This was a Classroom Action Research (CAR) which was designed in two cycles. The participants of the research were the students of class XB which consisted of 35 students. To collect the data, this research provided the written test to measure the students’ achievement of writing text, questionnaire, interview and field note. Based on the computation, the result of the mean score of the students from the first cycle to the second cycle was improved from 51,5 to 80,0. The passing grade of the class also improved from 22,9%  to 88,6%. Based on the questionnaire, interview, and the filed note, the students were interesting using facebook as their discussion space in learning writing. They can get input from their peer-comments in the facebook group. The students’ involvement also improved which contributed to the progress of the students’ achievement in writing. It shows that the use of facebook, especially facebook group is effective in teaching writing.

 

Keywords: the role of facebook, students’ writing

 

Abstract: Penelitian ini dilakukan pada siswa kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Sintang tahun pelajaran 2013/2014. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui peran facebook dalam peningkatan kemampuan menulis siswa. Penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas yang dirancang dalam dua siklus. Partisipan penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XB berjumlah 35 orang. Untuk mengumpulkan data, penulis menggunakan tes tertulis untuk mengukur pencapaian hasil siswa, kuestioner, wawancara, dan catatan lapangan. Hasil nilai rata-rata siswa dari siklus pertama ke siklus kedua meningkat dari 51,5 menjadi 80,0. Persentase ketuntasan siswa juga meningkat dari 22,9% menjadi 88,6%. Berdasarkan hasil kuestioner, wawancara dan catatan lapangan, siswa tertarik menggunakan grup facebook sebagai ruang diskusi bagi mereka dengan mendapatkan masukan dari komentar teman. Keterlibatan siswa juga meningkat, hal ini berkontribusi bagi peningkatan kemampuan menulis siswa. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa facebook, terutama grup facebook efektif digunakan dalam pembelajaran menulis.

 

Kata kunci: peran facebook, tulisan siswa


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/jppk.v4i5.10198

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