"PICWORD" MEDIUM TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT: A CASE OF THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 2 CEPU IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Arini, Faranita Dewi, 2023. “Picword” Medium to Improve Students' Writing
Narrative Text: A Case of The Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 2 Cepu in the
Academic Year 2022-2023. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of
Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr.
Wiyaka, M.Pd., Advisor II: Siti Musarokah,S Pd., M.Hum.
Keywords: Picword, Writing Skill, Narrative text.
Writing skill is the ability and knowledge related to expressing ideas in words
with a meaningful form to deliver the message. In narrative text is text of
chronologically events and have the social function is entertaining the readers.
The writer took this study because of many reasons. First, students have low
attractiveness in writing, they feel confused to begin writing a paragraph, and
students feel bored with the conventional media. Because of these reasons,
teacher needs a new effective medium to improve their writing skill. The study
aims to determine (1) to find out the extent of the writing skill of tenth-grade
students in SMA Negeri 2 Cepu taught without using Picword, (2) to find out the
extent of the writing skill of tenth-grade students in SMA Negeri 2 Cepu taught by
using Picword, and (3) to find out significant differences in the writing skill
between students who are taught by using Picword and those who are taught
without using Picword. The methodology in this study was quasi-experimental.
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acontrol agroup. aBoth aclasses aconsist aof a36 astudents. The sampling technique was
cluster random sampling. There were two tests in this research. They were pre-test
and post-test. The results of this study indicate that (1) in the control group the
mean value of the pre-test was 56,19 while the mean value of the post-test was
60,14 which mean lower than experimental group, (2) in the experimental group
the mean value of the pre-test was 70,08 while the post-test had mean value was
83,81 which mean higher than the control group. (3) it can be seen from the data
the writer used Mann Withney U test to find out significant difference between
those group. The hypothesis if asymp.Sig.2 tailed 0.000 <0.05 based on the result,
the hypothesis was accepted. It can be concluded that Picword is effective to
improve students‟ writing skill in narrative text. Therefore, it is suggested for the
teacher that Picword is an interesting and enjoyable medium for teaching and
learning. So the teacher should be use the Picword in writing narrative text.