THE USE OF MAGIC CARD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT: THE CASE OF SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN SMP NEGERI 40 SEMARANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

Hadini, Fadiyah Nur. 2024. “THE USE OF MAGIC CARD TO IMPROVE
STUDENTS WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT: THE CASE OF SEVENTH
GRADE STUDENTS IN SMP NEGERI 40 SEMARANG IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024.” Final Project, English Study Program.
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Dra. Maria Yosephin, M.Pd., Advisor II: Sri Wahyuni, S.Pd.,
M.Pd.
Keywords: writing, procedure text, magic card
This research is about the use magic card as teaching media in teaching writing
procedure text at SMP Negeri 40 Semarang. The aims of this research are: (1) to
investigate the extent of the students’ ability in writing procedure text without using
magic card, (2) to find out the students’ writing ability in procedure text by using
magic card, (3) to know the significance difference between students’ ability on
procedure text taught without and by using magic card. The research design used in
this research is a quasi-experimental with a quantitative approach. The instruments
of data collection were tests. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 16 version.
The result of data analysis showed that the students who taught by using magic card
was higher than the student who taught without using magic card. Based on Mann-
Whitney Test, the value of experiment class is 46.52 and the control class is 16.48.
The result can be summarized that students’ performance in writing ability by using
mafic card and without magic card are able to give significant different on the
students’ performance in writing ability. The students who taught by using magic
card was better than the students who taught by using magic card. It can determine
that students who were taught without using magic card is less effective because
they difficult to begin composing the content. Meanwhile, the students who were
taught by using magic card is more interested and enjoy during teaching learning
activities. It was acceptable to state that utilizing magic card is effective for
enhancing students’ writing ability.