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ABSTRACT
Agustianie, M. A. (2015). The Use of Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL) to Improve SMA Students' Writing Skill.Yogyakarta: English Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University.
Writing requires a harder effort from the students compared to the other skills: listening, reading, and speaking. Especially in Indonesia, students’ writing skill is still insufficient. They tend to produce a lot of errors and had a lot of difficulties. Some researchers found that the error that frequently appeared in writing was grammatical error, while the most challenging part was developing the ideas in their writing.
Therefore, the researcher designed a set of activities named Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL) to help students produce better writing. GAIL works well with Eclectic Approach, the combination of Process-based writing and Genre-based writing, since it was made to reinforce every writing process.
The aim of this study was to prove whether GAIL improves SMA students writing skill. The population of this study was the students of SMA Kolese De Britto. For the study, only eleventh grade students of science class were observed as the sample.The main problem formulation of this study was: does GAIL improve SMA students’ writing skill?
To answer the research questions, the researcher applied the quasi-experimental method. There were two groups in this study: experimental and control groups. Pre-test was conducted before both groups got the treatment. Post-test was conducted after the experimental group got the treatment. The mean score of the experimental group (M=5.1) was slightly higher than the control group(M=2.6). Then result of t-test to compare the performance of both groups showed that the group that used GAIL did not differ significantly (M=5.1,SD=12.4) from the control group that used ordinary teaching-learning activities (M=2.6,SD=14.9),t(103) = 0.95, p > 0.05.
Based on the results of the t-test, it can be concluded that the researcher had enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis: GAIL improves SMA students’ writing skill. In addition, the experimental group performed better in the writing organization than the control group. However, the researcher did not have enough evidence to claim that GAIL significantly better than other teaching methods.
Key terms: GAIL, Eclectic Approach, Writing Skill
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ABSTRAK
Agustianie, M. A. (2015). The Use of Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL) to Improve SMA Students' Writing Skill.Yogyakarta: English Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University.
Menulis membutuhkan usaha yang lebih keras dari siswa dibandingkan kemampuan yang lain: mendengarkan, membaca, dan menulis. Khususnya di Indonesia, kemampuan menulis siswa masih belum mencukupi. Mereka cenderung melakukan banyak kesalahan dan menemui banyak kesulitan. Beberapa peneliti menemukan bahwa kesalahan yang umumnya dilakukan adalah kesalahan tata bahasa, sedangkan mengembangkan ide tulisan adalah hal yang dirasa paling menyulitkan.
Oleh karena itu, peneliti membuat sebuah kumpulan kegiatan bernama Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL) untuk membantu siswa dalam membuat tulisan yang baik. GAIL sangat sesuai bila digunakan bersamaan dengan Eclectic Approach, perpaduan antara Process-based writing dan Genre-based writing, karena GAIL didesain secara khusus untuk memperdalam setiap tahapan dalam menulis.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah membuktikan apakah GAIL meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa SMA. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah para siswa SMA Kolese De Britto. Dalam penelitian ini, hanya siswa kelas sebelas IPA yang diambil sebagai sampel. Rumusan masalah dari penelitian ini adalah: apakah GAIL meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa SMA?
Untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut, peneliti menggunakan metode eksperimen semu. Pre-test dilaksanakan sebelum kedua grup mendapatkan perlakuan khusus. Post-test dilaksanakan setelah kelompok percobaan mendapatkan perlakuan khusus. Hasil rerata nilai grup percobaan (M=5.1) sedikit lebih tinggi dari grup kontrol (M=2.6). Kemudian, hasil uji t untuk membandingkan nilai kedua grupmenunjukkan bahwa grup yang menggunakan GAIL tidak berbeda secara signifikan (M=5.1,SD=12.4) dari grup kontrol yang menggunakan kegiatan pengajaran biasa (M=2.6,SD=14.9),t(103)=0.95, p>0.05.
Berdasarkan hasil t-test, dapat disimpulkan bahwa peneliti memiliki cukup bukti untuk menolak null hypothesis: GAIL meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa SMA. Selain itu, grup percobaan menunjukkan performa yang lebih baik daripada grup kontrol dalam organization. Namun, tes signifikansi menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada bukti yang kuat untuk mengklaim bahwa GAIL lebih baik dari kegiatan pengajaran yang lain.
Kata kunci: GAIL, Eclectic Approach, Writing Skill
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all I would like to thank God for giving me strength and courage in
the process of completing my thesis.
I am also thankful to my major sponsor, Drs. Pius Nurwidasa P., M.Ed.,
Ed.D, for his guidance, patience, and encouragement. I would also like to express
my gratitude to all PBI lecturers, who encourage and give me their meaningful
knowledge.
My deep gratitude also goes to Pak A. Denny, S.Pd, and all the teachers in
SMA Kolese De Britto Yogyakarta who helped me to collect my data. Without
them, it was impossible for me to conduct the research and collect the data. I
would like to thank SMA Kolese De Britto students, especially eleven science
graders, for their great cooperation during the research.
I would like to thank my parents, who always support me mentally and
financially. They always give me strength whenever I am down and are willing to
listen to my stories.
My sincerest thanks go to my friends: Endang Ratmawati Parhusip (Sr.
Ursula), Monica Surya Utami, Deliana Ciciliawati, Bayu Pamungkas and all my
PBI friends 2010. During the process of completing my thesis, they encouraged
and also supported me unconditionally. They were my candles when I was in the
dark and feeling cold. I would like to thank Laurensia Prista Karina, who had
helped me to assess the students’ writing. Last but not least, I also thank Bu Mita,
Olin and Ryo, for their willingness to spare their time and proofread my thesis.
Maria Agnes E. A.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ............................................................................................................. i
2. Task of Pre-test ...............................................................................................84
3. Task of Post-test .............................................................................................85
4. Assessment Rubric for Expository Writing ...................................................86
5. Score of Pre-test And Post-test by Raters.......................................................87
6.Research Recommendation from Sanata Dharma ...........................................91
7. Script of Asking Permission to Conduct Research.........................................92
8. Research Schedule ..........................................................................................93
9. The Pre-test Score of Experimental Group.....................................................94
10. The Pre-test Score of Control Group ............................................................95
11.The Post-test Score of Experimental Group ..................................................96
12. The Post-test Score of Control Group .........................................................97
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
The writer presents in the first chapter the reasons why this study is
conducted. In the following section, the writer presents the research background,
the research questions and the problem limitation. The research objectives and
research benefits are then presented before the writer finally closes the first
chapter with the terminology used here.
1.1 Research Background
There are four skills in learning a language: speaking, listening, reading
and writing. Among these skills, writing is generally the most challenging skill for
the language learners; it is hard work (Tiedt, 1989). It is even more challenging
for students in senior high school; they are trying to write about the topic that is
not related to themselves (Davis & Winek, 1989). In addition, writings could
cause misinterpretation for the readers when the writer fails to communicate his or
her intention (Farooq, Uzair-Ul-Hassan, & Wahid, 2012).
In Indonesia, senior high school students’ writing skill is still inadequate;
they produce a number of errors in their writing (Megaiab, 2014). In his research,
Megaiab (2014) found that the most common error was grammatical mistakes.
Another researcher, Siahaan (2013) also reached a similar conclusion to one
additional point; sometimes the students were also confused with the schematic
structure of the text. In addition to these problems, the students have difficulties in
determining what to write (Lyman, 1943) due to the choices of topics that were
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out of their day-to-day lives which proved to be challenging (Davis & Winek,
1989). Thus, to assist the students in improving their writing skill, the teachers
may apply some approaches.
There are several writing approaches that can be applied. Badger and
White (2000) highlighted the difference between two commonly used approaches;
genre-based and process-writing. In a process writing, the students are expected to
realize the importance of mastering each writing aspect. Unfortunately, it
generally disregards the goal and also the reasons for writing the text. On the other
hand, the genre based approach provides the clear purpose of writing. While
applying this approach, the teachers at the same time undervalue the skills needed
in a good writing. Even though both approaches are commonly used, they actually
address only a particular problem in ESL writing (Min, 2009). Another approach
that may be the “ideal approach which is now considered as the most effective and
successful in the teaching of writing” is the Eclectic Approach (Farooq, Uzair-Ul-
Hassan, & Wahid, 2012, p.185). It combines both approaches to teach writing
(Min, 2009). As a result, writing will have a clear purpose, and should be
completed through several prescribed steps.
The plus point of this approach is seen by SMA Kolese De Britto English
teachers. Based on several discussions that took place during the course of this
study, the teacher agreed that he implemented Eclectic Approach in the teaching –
learning process. The result of the combined approaches helped the students to
produce good writing. It can be concluded from the result of their writings; there
are some students who get high grades for their writing assignment.
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Achieving good grades is not the end of students’ journey in written
English. The language has become an international language spoken by almost all
people in the world, which means it could provide better work opportunities for
the students (Whaley, 2014). He also explains that the international companies
would like to find the employee who is “adaptable and able to learn fast, someone
eloquent who can write well [in English]” (par.7). In order to fulfill this demand,
producing good and systematic ideas according to the standard is important (Laia,
2014). Furthermore, good writers have to be able to control their writings
(Koeswologito, 2014). Based on the facts presented, certainly the education
system must do something to open more opportunities (Whaley, 2014).
From the sources mentioned previously, it could be concluded that in order
to meet the global expectation, the students need to be able to produce systematic
writing which has good ideas. As the opposite of the expectation, in the beginning
of the discussion it had been mentioned that in Indonesia, structuring the writing
composition and developing ideas are the challenges for students. As the solution
to the problems, the teachers need to vary their teaching approaches in any way
that may help the students to achieve the highest score (Petrilli, 2011). Based on
this suggestion, as one of the paths to meet the global demands of proficient
human resources, the Eclectic Approach that is already applied in the school,
especially SMA Kolese De Britto then needs to be strengthened. The researcher
suggests deep learning as the supporting elements of the Eclectic Approach. Deep
learning itself is a type of learning which leads students to solve problems through
several steps of processing and analysing which in the end will change the way
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students think, act, and behave (Jensen & Nickelsen, 2011). It includes the use of
prior knowledge to absorb or grab new materials (Weimer, 2012). Hopefully, by
adding it, the writing product produced by students will be better than before.
In order to implement deep learning in the writing class, the teachers have
to make the instructions applicable in the classroom context (Orlich, Harder,
Callahan, Trevisan, & Brown, 2009). Jensen and Nickelsen (2011) have of several
applicable activities. The researcher adapted some of these activities. The
activities itself consist of planning the standard and curriculum, pre-assessing,
building a positive learning culture, priming and activating prior knowledge,
acquiring new knowledge, processing with a purpose and making the choices for
processing. Due to the limitation of the time, the researcher only adapted the
activities. These activities were later on used in the experiment and called Group
of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL).
Noticing the learning phenomenon at De Britto, the researcher is interested
to study the application of GAIL to enhance the Eclectic Approach that has
already been used. Besides, the students here could produce better writing than
they did before. Specifically, the participants are only eleven Science graders. The
researcher chooses them by considering their English proficiency. Many of them
also have many interesting ideas. Seeing the potential possessed by the students,
the researcher would like to observe whether GAIL can improve the students’
writing skill.
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1.2 Research Problems
Based on the research background mentioned previously, there is one
major research question in this research:
1. Does Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL) improve SMA
students’ writing skill?
However, this research would also like to answer this question:what aspect
improves the most ?
1.3 Problem Limitation
There are several factors that may influence the students’ writing skills,
such as writing motivation and background knowledge. However, this study will
only focus on the use of GAIL in improving the students’ writing skills. Several
other factors such as learning environment, age and experience may still be there,
but they will not be counted in the research.
1.4 Research Design
This study was quasi-experimental research that was conducted in SMA
Kolese De Britto. There were two groups in this research: the control group and
the experimental group (Ary, Jacobs, Sorenson, & Razavieh, 2010). The
researcher used GAIL to teach English in the experimental group. Meanwhile, the
ordinary teaching and learning which was commonly used in this school was
applied in the control group. The complete description of the research method will
be explained in chapter III. However, the analysis method will be summarized
briefly here. The results of the teaching and learning process of the experimental
and the control group will be compared. After that, the researcher will determine
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whether there was a significant difference between the mean gain scores in the
experimental group and the control group by applying a t-test.
1.5 Research Objectives
The first objective of this study was to observe the different results of the
control group and treatment group. This difference was then calculated, to
measure the significance. The second objective was observing the improvement in
students’ writing skill after being treated using GAIL.
1.6 Research Benefits
1.6.1 For Teachers
This research may bring new alternative activities, such as Six Thinking
Hats, Make Meaning, and Walk in Others’ Shoes to maximize the students’
potential in learning, especially writing. These activities may bring the students
into higher achievement in the learning process.
1.6.2 For the Researcher
This research is expected to provide an emphirical data for the research.
The data is a valuable input to determine the effect of applying GAIL in the
control and experimental groups. Only after the research had been completed, the
result could be obtained.
1.6.3 For the Future Researchers
This research provides several things to explore in the scope of learning
skills. For instance, the researcher has already given a glimpse of deep learning
and how to implement the activities in the class. Other researchers may explore
further the application of deep learning in the classroom. In addition, some
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theories and methods in writing are also presented. They can be the basic to create
a lot of new materials or methods, which may solve students’ writing problems.
1.6.4 For Students
The use of GAIL hopefully will maximize the potential of students’
writing. They may also have new or upgraded point of view about writing
activities and processes. In the end, GAIL will bring new ways to guide the
students to achieve their writings’ goals.
1.7 Definition of Terms
In this session, the researcher provides the definition of the terms used in
the research. The complete explanation is provided in chapter II.
1. Deep Learning
The definition of deep learning is solving problems in more than one step
and with multiple levels of analysis or processing so that students may apply the
content/skills in ways that change thinking, influence, or behaviors.
2. Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL)
GAIL is a set of adapted learning activities from Jensen and Nickelsen’s
(2011) concept to enhance deep learning. The researcher here adapts only the
activities in order to meet the need of the students.
3. Writing
Writing is a form of comunication to deliver thought or to express feeling
through written form (Harmer, 2001). There are two kinds of writing: writing as
supportive skill, and writing as creation of meaning. In writing as supportive skill,
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students have to take notes, write lists and fill in the blanks. Writing as creating
meaning involves arranging words, sentences, and paragraphs into a good text.
All the explanations presented above provide sufficient information to get
a glimpse of the research. The complete discussion of the theories that built this
research will be provided in the next chapter.
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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL REVIEW
In this chapter, the researcher discusses the basic theories of the topic. The
discussions are divided into three major sections: the theoretical description, the
theoretical framework and the hypothesis. In the theoretical description section, the
writer provides the theories related to the topic. Then, to present how the theories
answer the research questions, there is the theoretical framework. At the end of this
chapter, the writer presents the hypothesis of this research.
2.1 Theoretical Description
Theoretical description provides the discussion of Eclectic Approach as the
writing approach that was applied in SMA Kolese De Britto, the school the researcher
observed. This section also discusses GAIL; the group of activities adapted from
Deep Learning Cycles (DELC) by Jensen and Nickelsen (2011). The researcher also
applied Kemp’s (1997) instructional design as a guidance to assess the learners’ type
and construct the learning materials. At the end of this chapter, an explanation on the
relation between Eclectic Approach, GAIL, Instructional Design and Material
Development is presented.
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2.1.1 Eclectic Approach As A Synthesis of Process-based and Genre-based
Writing
The initial theory of Eclectic Approach comes from Brown (2001). He stated
that the teachers could apply the approach that could accomodate the learners’ need.
The Eclectic Approach is considered the most efficient and effective approach as it
can cover the disadvantages of using one approach only (Min, 2009). This new
approach may combine one or more approaches, as long as it accommodates the need
of the students (Petrilli, 2011). In addition, the approach can be applied in all
language skills (Larsen-Freeman, 2000). Furthermore, it gives other benefits, such as
fun, enjoyable and innovative learning (Kumar, 2013).
Genre and process based writing are parts of Eclectic Approach in writing.
Process writing has several identifiable stages: pre-writing, outlining, drafting,
revising, editing and submitting (Sundem, 2007). Murray (1972) provides the
definition of each stage. Pre-writing takes place before the writing itself happens. It
allows the writer to pick a specific topic, audience, and form of writing. Drafting or
referred as “writing” by Murray (1972) is the fast-paced process where the writer
could know how much he or she knows. It produces a rough draft of what the writer
actually wants to write. The last stages, revising and editing, are simplified into one
term: rewriting. In this process, the writer will “research, rethink, redesign and
rewrite” (Murray, 1972: p.5) the draft. These four steps allow the students to
independently and creatively write and examine their own writing (Tiedt, 1989).
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Another part of the Eclectic Approach is genre-based writing; it holds the idea
that writing serves a purpose and the language is used as a media to achieve this
purpose (Hyland, 2003). The purpose of the writing may vary: to get things done, to
tell a story, to describe something, etcetera. The writer here uses texts as the media to
convey certain information, to make relation with his or her readers, and to achieve
the purpose of the text itself. By combining these two approaches, the students will
set the purpose of their writing and also go through several steps in order to achive
the goal.
In the classroom, the Eclectic Approach encourages learner-centered activities
(Richards & Rodgers, 2001). Furthermore, Richards and Rodgers also suggest
specific roles of the teachers and learners in the class. For the learners, they have a lot
of opportunities to respond to the topic of discussion. In addition, they may also get
the information from the other students, not only from the teachers. Still from
Richards and Rodgers (2001), as the students are expected to be active (Brown, 2001),
the teachers then have to be creative in choosing the materials that would be given to
the students. The hardest job is combining the strengths from different activities into
an activity that will encourage students to learn independently (Jackson, 2011).
After understanding the nature of the Eclectic Approach, the researcher needs
to design the learning materials that will help the students to understand the materials
(Petrilli, 2011). This new material is called Group of Activities for In-depth Learning
(GAIL).
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2.1.2 Group of Activities for In-depth Learning (GAIL)
GAIL is a set of activities which will strengthen each writing step in the
Eclectic Approach. In the process of making this set of activities, the researcher
applies Kemp’s (1997) Instructional Design and Tomlinson and Matsuhara’s (2004)
Material Development in order to get a strong theoretical basis. The detailed
information about these theories is presented in the following section. Presented
below is the explanation of GAIL itself.
The activities in GAIL are especially designed for SMA Kolese De Britto
students to meet their needs. There are three things that should be considered : the
suitability of the activities to the recent curriculum (Davison & Dowson, 2003), the
students’ learning styles (Kemp, 1997), and also the outcomes (Swain, 1995).
Suitability deals with the goal that GAIL is trying to achieve; it should meet the goal
which was set by the curriculum (Davison & Dowson, 2003). When the researcher
conducted the study, the school was implementing curriculum 2006. Therefore, GAIL
was designed based on the goals that were mentioned in curriculum 2006. Then, the
researcher should also consider the students’ learning styles and the outcomes. Based
on the researcher’s experiences while doing the internship program, the students
tended to analyze the problems given to them and the school emphasized cognitive
and affective outputs. Considering students’ tendency and output preference, the
researcher set the activities that required them to give a lot of reasonings and also pair
discussions (Jackson, 2011). Besides these three requirements, GAIL has several
other considerations.
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Each activity in GAIL is chosen based on the aforementioned considerations
and aims to ahieve a certain goal. The goal of choosing activities as the main course
is active learning (Jackson, 2011); all the teachers need to do is directing and
confirming their understanding (Jensen & Nickelsen, 2011). Even if the teachers need
to explain, it should only contain enough information so the students can tell when
they have solved the problems (Ohlson, 2011). In addition, activities help the students
to follow the writing processes based on the steps provided (Petrilli, 2011). Therefore,
the researcher should choose the activities which meet the students’ need (Davison &
Dowson, 2003).
The assessments for GAIL are conducted in the beginning and also in the end
of the study. They are a part of evaluations in order to be able to make improvement.
For the syllabus of GAIL, please refer to APPENDIX 1. In the following section, the
detailed explanation of the steps of designing GAIL is presented.
2.1.3 Instructional Design in GAIL
In designing the material for the students, either it is new or adapted, the
teachers should follow certain steps, usually the one made by Kemp (1997). There are
eight steps that should be completed. However the researcher only took six steps. The
reason was because the other two steps were integrated in the six chosen steps.
Presented in figure 2.1. is the Kemp’s model.
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There are three things that can be used as the sources of goals:
the students and the
that the goals should be flexible
after conducting a pre
students’ writing performance.
In this study, the researcher
Standard”, and the general purposes as “Basic Competencies”.
Standard and the Basic Competence we
applied at the school during this study. Further explanation in regards to the cu
implementation of Curriculum
Identifying Goals, Topics and General Purposes
There are three things that can be used as the sources of goals:
the subjects (Kemp, 1997). Still from Kemp, the important thing is
the goals should be flexible. Based on this suggestion, the researcher sets the goal
after conducting a pre-test, as a form of an assessment of the SMA Kolese De Britto
students’ writing performance.
In this study, the researcher refers the goals in GAIL
Standard”, and the general purposes as “Basic Competencies”.
ndard and the Basic Competence were taken from Curriculum
applied at the school during this study. Further explanation in regards to the cu
implementation of Curriculum 2013 will be laid out in Chapter V.
Revise
Figure 2.1. Kemp’s Instructional Design Model
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There are three things that can be used as the sources of goals: the societies,
he important thing is
Based on this suggestion, the researcher sets the goal
SMA Kolese De Britto
AIL as “Competence
Standard”, and the general purposes as “Basic Competencies”. The Competence
from Curriculum 2006, as they were
applied at the school during this study. Further explanation in regards to the current
will be laid out in Chapter V.
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2.1.3.2 Identifying Learners’ Characteristics
The materials designed by the teachers should help the students to learn on his
their own pace (Petrilli, 2011); thus, it is important to consider the academic and
social factors of the students (Kemp, 1997). Furthermore, Kemp (1997) explains that
the teachers should also think about the learning conditions and cognitive styles
mappings. GAIL was applied in SMA Kolese De Britto with homogenous academic
and social factors. The research itself took place in the same place, so it can be
concluded that the students had the equal learning environment. These students were
the eleventh grader science students of SMA Kolese De Britto. At the time the
research was conducted, they were learning about exposition text.
While considering the students’ characteristics, the researcher noted that there
are “a lot of factors that may affect the students’ writing results” (Weigle, 2002:
p.79). Some of them are motivation, interest, and learning environment (Biggs &
Moore, 1993). In the research conducted by Marton and Saljo (1976), the students
can perform unexpectedly well in reading test merely because they were interested in
the topic. However, providing media to motivate the students may not work give
satisfying result. A research conducted by Warnock, Boykin, and Tung (2011)
showed that there was no significant difference in students’ performance, even
though the students loved the media. Considering these facts, the result of GAIL
implementation is still uncertain, since GAIL only provides activities to strengthen
the steps in Eclectic Approach.
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The activities in GAIL encourage the students to use their analysis in the
writing text. As Kemp (1997) suggests, the teachers also need to consider four
cognitive styles mapping. Set one describes the students who tend to seek from
theoretical symbols to get the meaning of something new. Set two mentions about the
ability to give meaning from their own experiences. Set three defines the students
who like to analyze and give reasoning towards something unfamiliar. The last set,
set four, is those who can explain something based on their memories. When the
researcher conducted the internship program in SMA Kolese De Britto, she found that
the students belonged to set three.
Each learning activity should help the students in one or another way (Petrilli,
2011). Therefore, the researcher should also set clear learning objectives (Kemp,
1997).
2.1.3.3 Illustrating the Learning Objectives
In Kemp’s Instructional Design, the learning objectives become very
important because learning itself should be the product or outcome of an instruction.
There are three groups of learning objectives suggested by Kemp (1997): cognitive,
psychomotor, and affective categories. In the process of making GAIL, the researcher
considers two categories only: the cognitive and affective. In general, the teaching-
learning activities in the Senior High School level focus more on the cognitive
category rather than the affective.
To support the cognitive category, the researcher considers Bloom’s
Taxonomy, as mentioned by Kemp (1997). Bloom has seven levels of cognitive
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domain; knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
As for the affective domain, it becomes one of the priorities because SMA Kolese De
Britto embraces the ideas of working in pairs and groups with the aim to support each
other during the learning process. The significance of each of these domains will
relate closely to the subject content explained below.
2.1.3.4 Identifying the Subject Content
Kemp (1997) mentioned three things to consider in determining the subject
content: selection and organizing of the specific knowledge (facts and information),
skills (step-by-step procedures, conditions, and requirements) and attitudinal factors
of any topic. The first subject content (selection and organizing of the specific
knowledge) deals with the writing activities. The researcher here applies Tomlinson
and Matsuhara’s material development theory (2004). To choose the material in
GAIL, the researcher considered the result of the pre-test. At the same time, the
teachers’ expectation and the students’ writing skills are also included in the subject
content.
Skills described mainly about the processes and requirements of the Eclectic
Approach. The processes in the Eclectic Approach are pre-writing, outlining, drafting,
revising, editing, and submitting (Sundem, 2007). In the processes of writing, the
attitudinal facts in writing itself are integrated in the material design. Later on, the
steps in Eclectic Approach were strengthened by the activities in GAIL. Therefore, to
support the subject content, the researcer should choose the learning activities and
resources carefully, so they could serve the goals.
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2.1.3.5 Collating Learning Activities and Resources
After listing the content, the teachers should find the most efficient and
effective activity and resource along with the best way to implement them (Kemp,
1997). Furthermore, Kemp also suggests that the teachers choose various materials,
each of them works best only in specific part. Referring to the recommendation, the
researcher adapted some activities from Jensen and Nickelsen (2001). These activities
are especially designed by the writers to enhance deep learning.
In adapting the materials for GAIL, the researcher also implemented Tomlison
and Matsuhara’s (2004) Material Development Theory. The teachers who adapt
materials from any resources sometimes make some changes in order to make them
work in the class (Jackson, 2011). Tomlinson and Matsuhara (2004) mention three
categories that are commonly used: plus, minus and zero. In this research, the
researcher applied minus category for the activities in GAIL, since there are some
modifications in the content of the adapted materials.
These adapted materials which are designed by the researcher may have some
flaws. Therefore, to make better materials, an evaluation process is needed.
2.1.3.6 Evaluating the Materials
After the materials are applied in the classroom, the outcomes need to be
measured (Kemp, 1997). Still from Kemp, how the teachers should evaluate is
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written in the objectives. At the end of the meeting, the teachers need to assess the
students in order to know whether they have achieved the goal.
In this research, the evaluation was conducted two times; before (pre-test) and
after (post-test) GAIL (the treatment) was applied. The pre-test was done to measure
the students’ writing skill before the treatment. After the treatment was given, the
post -test was conducted. In order to maintain the equal aspects of the evaluation
(Kothari, 2004), both tests were assessed by using adapted rubric from Wagner
(2002).
As mentioned previously, the activites taken for GAIL were chosen by
considering material development theory by Tomlinson and Matsuhara (2004).
Presented below is the complete explanation of the theory.
2.1.4 Material Development Theory in GAIL
In designing GAIL, the researcher applied minus category. Applying this
category meant the researcher made some modifications in the content of the adapted
materials (Tomlinson & Matsuhara, 2004). The further reason for choosing minus
category was because the researcher decreased the level of difficulties of the
materials and omitted the part of sentences in the materials; these actions belonged to
minus category in Tomlinson and Matsuhara’s theory. In addition, these steps were
done in order to develop some materials that will meet students’ need (Jackson,
2011).
In developing the materials, the writer seeks to incorporate valid theories as
the basis of this part of the study. In doing so, the writer adapted Tomlinson and
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Matsuhara’s (2004) materials development theory into the theoretical framework. The
writer intended to utilize this theory to complement Kemp’s (1997) adapted
instructional design steps. The materials evaluation and revision of Kemp’s (1997)
steps were the focus of Tomlinson and Matsuhara’s (2004) adapted theory. The writer
employed two out of five steps of materials adaptation from the mentioned authors,
which were: 1) the evaluation, and 2) the adaptation theory. These steps were used as
guidances to strengthen Eclectic Approach and to adapt the relevant ones from Deep
Learning Cycles as part of Kemp’s revision processes.
Tomlinson and Matsuhara’s (2004) materials evaluation measurements and
adaptation techniques were employed and linked to the first and last steps of Kemp’s
adapted instructional design. The materials evaluation measurements covered seven
inquiry points which were: 1) the appeal or attractiveness of the materials, 2) the
validity or whether materials teach worth teaching, 3) the ability of materials to
interest the learners (and the lecturers), 4) the ability of the materials to motivate the
learners or to stimulate the learners so they want to give time and energy to the
materials, 5) the potential learning values, 6) the preparation, delivery and assessment
assistance given to the lecturers, and 7) adaptation flexibility of materials by lecturers
to suit a particular context .
Furthermore, the materials adaptation theory section that was implemented
has three main categories: a) Plus (+), b) Minus (-) and or c) Zero (0) i.e.
modification without changing quantity. Shown below are the adaptation techniques
with each set of details explained in the tables under each category explained before.
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a) Plus Category
Techniques Examples
Addition Lecturers may add different texts and or activities
Expansion Lecturers may expand texts and activities byincreasing the length, difficulty, depth, etc.
Table 2.7. Techniques and Examples of Plus Category in Materials Adaptation (Tomlinson and Matsuhara, 2004: 15-16)
The plus category allows the teachers to add and also expand the materials.
Adding materials may include adding the text, or any other activities that are related
to the materials adapted. Expanding text may result in increasing level of difficulty.
b) Minus Category
Techniques Examples
Deletion Lecturers may delete some texts and/or activities altogether.
Subtraction Lecturers may decrease the number of sentences in a text or a part of an activity.
Reduction Lecturers may reduce texts and activities by decreasing the length, difficulty, depth, etc.
Table 2.8. Techniques and Examples of Minus Category in Materials Adaptation (Tomlinson and Matsuhara, 2004: 15-16)
Minus category allows the teachers to modify the materials by deleting some
texts and activities and also decreasing the level of difficulty. Deleting some texts and
activities may include shortening the text or even deleting the texts completely.
Decreasing the level of difficulty may include lowering the challenge for the students,
as a result, the level of difficulty matched to the students’ level of understanding.
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c) Zero Category
Techniques ExamplesModification Lecturers may make changes to instructions.Replacement Lecturers may swap one activity with another.Recognisation Lecturers may change the position of texts and
illustrations.Resequencing Lecturers may change the sequence of
activities.Conversion Lecturers may change the genre of a text to
move the content to a medium to another (e.g. from print to web page).
Table 2.9. Techniques and Examples ofZero Category in Materials Adaptation (Tomlinson and Matsuhara, 2004: 15-16)
Zero Category allows the teachers to use the materials as they are. Teachers
may change the sequence of the instructions and activities, but there is no need to add
or delete some parts of the materials.
Thus, by using both the evaluation and adaptation theory by Tomlinson and
Matsuhara (2004) within Kemp’s adapted instructional design steps, the writer had a
strong materials development theoretical basis in designing the writing materials in
GAIL.
2.1.5 Deep Learning in the Classroom
Deep learning is the type of learning in which the students solve problems
through several analysis and steps (Jensen & Nickelsen, 2011). It is related to
restructure the knowledge and to change the concept, which usually found in
cognitive learning theory (Chacon, 2005). Entwistle (2000), as cited from Chacon,
2005, notes the difference between deep learning and surface learning:
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“In the deep approach, the intention to extract meaning produces active learning processes that involve relating ideas and looking for patterns and principles on the one hand (a holist strategy - Pask, 1976, 1988), and using evidence and examining the logic of the argument on the other (serialist).”(p.3)
The learning type also involves monitoring the development of one’s own
understanding (Entwistle, McCune & Walker, 2000). On the other hand, the surface
learning is just coping with the task and seeing the course as unrelated bits of
information which leads to much more restricted learning processes, in particular to
routine memorization (Weimer, 2012).
This description indicates that complex understanding will help the students to
solve complex problems. In order to do it, students should use their micro knowledge
(Weimer, 2012). Otherwise, “attempting to work with more complex principles
without a good grasp of the more basic principles from which they are built can only
lead to frustration” (Warren, 2004, p.3). Unlike the surface learning which can be
learned easily, getting into deep learning needs stairs (Rhem, 2010), or in the other
words, the teachers need to provide brief introduction about the topic. After that, the
teachers could give assessments that encourage and require the students to solve the
problems, in a way that the students will be encouraged to use and apply their
knowledge (Warren, 2004).
Why is it important to apply deep learning in the classroom? First, this
learning type will push the students beyond memorization of procedures and facts (a
report from the National Research Council, Education for Life and Work: Developing
Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century). It will put the students into a
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condition where they can put or transfer their recent knowledge to think of a solution
of a new problem. Furthermore, Laird and his colleagues (2008), in their study found
that the more frequent deep learning practices improved the students’ self-reported
learning. From these two reasons, it can be concluded that deep learning helps the
students to develop themselves.
2.2 Theoretical Framework
Writing skill is the most difficult among four skills (Tiedt, 1989). Especially
for senior high school students, they encounter a lot of problems in their writing
(Megaiab, 2014). It is most likely because they write about something new or
different; the topic that is not related directly to themselves (Davis & Winek, 1989).
The researcher believes that by applying GAIL in the classroom, the students’
writing skill can be improved as shown from the experiment conducted during the
study. In addition to the aforementioned reason, GAIL can be utilized to strengthen
each writing step in the Eclectic Approach. Another advantage is that GAIL promotes
deep learning in the teaching-learning process. Deep learning itself is a type of
learning which helps the students to solve complex problems through several steps of
processing and analyzing which in the end will change the way the students think, act,
and behave (Jensen & Nickelsen, 2011). In the process of learning, the students use
their prior knowledge to work on any new material in a writing activity (Weimer,
2012).
To apply deep learning, Jensen and Nickelsen (2011) suggest that the teachers
utilize the applicable classroom activities. The researcher adapted the materials into
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new material that later on were used in the teaching process during the study. To
support the process, the Instructional Design Theory by Kemp (1997) was
implemented. There are eight steps of designing a material: goals, topics, and general
Although there was an improvement in the experimental group, the
researcher did not have enough evidence to claim that GAIL is significantly better
than other teaching methods. In the following section, the researcher explained
about the external factors found during the research.
4.3 The Discussion
In this part, the researcher explained some external factors that were found
during the research. Below is the discussion of each point.
4.3.1 The Factors That Influenced The Result of The Experiment
This research was designed based on the researcher’s belief that GAIL
would improve the students’ writing skill. If the pre-test and post-test result for
both groups were compared, the mean difference would be seen (Balnaves &
Caputi, 2001). However, the results of the t-test showed that the difference was
not significant (M=2.6, SD=14.9), t (103) = 0.95, p > 0.05. Therefore, the
researcher would presume and discuss the factors that influenced the results of the
experiment. There were three factors: the school chosen, students’ adaptability,
and students’ writing skill.
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The experiment was conducted in SMA Kolese De Britto Jogjakarta. This
school was well-known as one of the best private schools in Jogja, considering the
results of the national exam. The students here had similar ability and tended to
have similar characteristics. It was found while the researcher conducted the
internship program. The writing results gathered before the research conducted
showed that each class got at least 78 for report writing results. It may be one of
the influencing factors. By having students with similar characteristics, it would
be difficult to see the significantly different performance of the students. This
research may have different result if it was conducted in a school in which the
students had very different characteristics. The researcher still believed that the
significant difference could be expected.
One of the trademarks of De Britto students was their ability to adapt to
the new environment or treatment. It is reinforced to them by the teachers, either
the homeroom or the subject teachers (Admin, 2009). They learnt that every
teacher had different teaching style; therefore they should help themselves to
adapt. Seeing the situation, it would not be surprising if the students quickly
adapted to the new assessment sheet/rubric given by the researcher. In addition,
the students in both groups had minimum difficulty in achieving the criterion
provided.
Another reason was the writing skill of the students. When the researcher
did the internship program, she noticed that the students were weak only in some
writing aspects such as grammar and developing ideas. The students were having
almost no problem in choosing vocabulary and forming the text. It could be seen
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from their writing process. Even in the first draft, their ability to form a text was
shown. They could provide appropriate information related to the topic and also
logical conclusion. As stated above, their problems were grammar and the ability
to develop the ideas. Sometimes they found difficulties in expressing their ideas in
written form. As a result, their writings were sometimes misleading or confusing.
The writing skill here became the problems because actually the students
were already good at some writing aspects. In the rubric the aspects assessed were
focus, organization, sources, and mechanical/grammar features. As stated in the
previous chapter, each aspect assessed different parts of the text. Focus assessed
the content in each paragraphs, while organization assessed the organization of the
text (introduction, arguments, conclusion and the transition). Sources were dealing
with facts and supportive statements quoted or cited by the students. The last one,
mechanical/grammatical features dealt with the grammar and punctuation errors
found in the text. In conclusion, the students were already good at focus and
organization. They were also not that hopeless in sources and grammar.
Considering these factors, the fact (that the mean difference was not significant)
was then not surprising.
Even though the result of the t-test was unlikely to show significant
difference, the researcher found that the experimental group performed much
better than the control group in organizing ideas.
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4.3.2 Analysis of the Aspect of Organization
Group Statistics
Group N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean
change_pre_post Con 52 ,0000 ,83431 ,11570
Exp 53 ,4717 ,85718 ,11774
Independent Samples Test
Levene's
Test for
Equality of
Variances
t-test for Equality of Means
F Sig. T Df Sig.
(1-
tailed)
Mean
Difference
Std. Error
Difference
95% Confidence
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Difference
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change_pre_post Equal
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The organization of the experimental group that used GAIL differed
significantly (M= 0.47, SD=0.85) from the control group that used ordinary
teaching-learning activities (M= 0.00, SD= 0.83), t (103) = - 2.85, p < 0.05. There
was a significant difference between the organization of the experimental and
control group. Specifically, these results suggested that the students that were
being treated by using GAIL had better writing organization than the students that
were being treated by using the ordinary teaching-learning activities.
Table 4.9. The Result of Significance Test of Organization Aspect
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4.3.3 The Other findings
After the researcher collected the data, there were some interesting
findings noted. First, the use of peer-feedback in GAIL helped the students to
minimize grammar mistakes. Usually, the students thought that their writings
were understandable and already clear. By asking some friends to give feedback,
they knew what went wrong in their writings. Besides, they also got more
understandable and acceptable explanations from friends. It was very helpful for
them, because sometimes the teachers could not provide satisfying answer for
students. The effect of having peer-feedback activity was noisy class. The students
moved around the class to find a friend who can help them.
Another interesting finding was about the text sample provided by the
researcher. The use of contextual examples reinforced the students to use it as a
model in their writings. In the early meeting, the students and the teachers
analyzed and discussed the text together. Later, in drafting process, they referred
to the text as a model. Although this activity was not done by all of the students, it
showed that actually the students needed model. It helped them because then they
could compare their writings to the sample text. They could also find some
persuasive expressions.
The research findings had been discussed in detail in the previous
paragraphs. It presented the results of the data calculation, the chart of the tests ad
also the figures. In the next chapter, there will be some recommendation and
conclusion of the research.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter summarizes the data analysis that has been discussed in
chapter IV. In addition, there are some recommendations for SMA English
teachers and also for future researchers who might be interested to improve or use
this activity. The first part is the conclusion of the data analysis, and the second
part is the recommendation.
5.1 Conclusions
After calculating the data and discussing the calculation result, the
researcher could draw the conclusion. The first conclusion is about the result of
data calculation of the pre-test and the post-test of the experimental and control
group. The second conclusion is about the writing aspect that improved the most,
as the second research problem. For the first conclusion, it can be concluded that
GAIL significantly improves SMA students’ writing skill. There was sufficient
evidence that the score of the post-tests was higher than the score of the pre-test.
Furthermore, the difference between two mean score was significant (t (25) = 3.02,
p < .05). Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected, and the alternate hypothesis is
used for the research.
As the answer to the second research question, the researcher calculated
the research data of the control and experimental group. The t-test results of
organization of the experimental group that used GAIL showed significant
difference (M= 0.47, SD=0.85) from the control group that used the ordinary
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teaching-learning activities (M= 0.00, SD= 0.83), t (103) = - 2.85, p < 0.05.
Specifically, these results suggested that the students that were being treated by
using GAIL had better writing organization than the students that were being
treated by using ordinary teaching-learning activities.
The results of this research give evidence that writing skill is the most
difficult among four skills (Tiedt, 1989). Especially for senior high school
students, they encounter a lot of problems in producing good writings (Megaiab,
2014). It is most likely because they write about a new the topic that is not related
to themselves (Davis & Winek, 1989).
In order to help the students, the English teacher in SMA Kolese De Britto
uses the Eclectic Approach. It is the combination of the most commonly used
approaches in writing; genre-based and process writing approach (Farooq, Uzair-
Ul-Hassan, & Wahid, 2012). Each approach has its own weakness, and an
effective approach should incorporate these approaches (Bagder & White, 2000).
Therefore, Eclectic Approach is chosen to achieve certain goal and accomodate
the learners (Brown, 2001).
To get even better results in writing, the researcher suggests deep learning
to enhance or to strengthen the teaching-learning process. Deep learning itself is a
type of learning which helps the students to solve problems by going through
several steps of processing and analysing which in the end will change the way
students think, act, and behave (Jensen & Nickelsen, 2011). In this learning type,
the students use their prior knowledge to get into the new material (Guskey, 2002).
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In this research, the researcher encourages deep learning through activities
in GAIL. It emphasizes the use of activities to help the students improving their
writing skills. Each task or activity given serves a certain goal and also helps the
students to produce good writing.
In order to choose the suitable activities and design the suitable material
based on the students’ need, the researcher implemented Instructional Design
Theory by Kemp (1997). There are eight steps to design a material: goals, topics,
and general purposes, learner characteristics, learning ojectives, subject content,
pre-assessment, teaching/learning activities and resources, support services. Out
of these eight steps, the researcher only took six steps; goals, topics, and general
purposes, learner characteristics, learning ojectives, subject content and
teaching/learning activities and resources. The reason for doing so is because the
two omitted steps had actually been integrated in the chosen steps.
In adapting the materials, the researcher also applied Material
Development Theory by Tomlinson and Matsuhara. Out of the five theories
proposed by them, the researcher only took two theories as the complement for
Kemp’s theory; 1) the evaluation, and 2) the adaptation theory. The materials
evaluation measurements cover seven inquiry points namely: 1) the appeal or
attractiveness of the materials, 2) the validity or whether materials teach worth
teaching, 3) the ability of materials to interest the learners (and the lecturers), 4)
the ability of the materials to motivate the learners or to stimulate the learners to
want to give time and energy to the materials, 5) the potential learning value, 6)
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the preparation, delivery and assessment assistance given to the lecturers, and 7)
adaptation flexibility of materials by lecturers to suit a particular context .
The materials adaptation theory section that was implemented has three
main categories: a) Plus (+), b) Minus (-) and or c) Zero (0) i.e. modification
without changing quantity. In GAIL, the researcher applied minus category. It was
because the researcher deleted some activities and lowered the difficulty of the
material.
After collecting and calculating the data, the result of the t-test showed
mean score difference of the writing performance of both groups. The null
hypothesis is rejected. Therefore, the alternate hypothesis is used.
5.2 Recommendations
Based on the result of this research, GAIL could improve the writing
organization of the students; the experimental group performed significantly better
than the control group. However, the t-test calculation showed that the pre-test
and post-test mean score was unlikely to have a significant difference. As a result,
the researcher did not have enough evidence to claim that GAIL will improve the
students’ writing skill in other schools. To have research and writing improvement,
the researcher wants to give several recommendations to the future researchers
and also teachers.
The first recommendation would be for the next researcher. It would be
better for the next researcher to make research of specific problem. As a result of
this research showed siginifant difference in organization aspect, it can be
assumed that this kind of research probably works better for specific case. For
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example, the next researcher may apply GAIL in CAR or case study. By applying
GAIL in these two cases, hopefully the next researcher would help the students to
improve their writing’s performance significantly.
For the teachers, it is recommended to use GAIL in order to strengthen the
writing organization of the students. Furthermore, after conducting the research in
SMA Kolese De Britto, the researcher found that Eclectic Approach is helpful for
the students. Therefore, the researcher also recommended the use of Eclectic
Approach in the classroom.
Inspite of how helpful GAIL is to help the students, the teachers may apply
other methods if they found specific writing problems. Those two methods are
Task-Based Learning and Content-Based Instruction. After conducting the
research at SMA Kolese De Britto, the students needed more practices in
determining the steps to complete the task. Sometimes, they skipped some
important steps or even completed the steps randomly. Therefore, the suggested
approach was Task-Based Language Teaching. This method focused on the steps
to acquire or to achieve the goal. Basically, it worked by dividing the way to
achieve the goal into several steps. Each step was presented in form of tasks. By
being able to complete the tasks, the students were expected to be able to achieve
the goal. Tasks fostered “processes of negotiation, modification, rephrasing, and
experimentation” (Richards & Rodgers, 2001, p. 228). In the other words, this
approach would encourage the students to use any information they had to
produce an expected output. Besides, these processes were beneficial in producing
a good writing.
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Another suggested method is Content-Based Learning. The topic of
discussion in the research was exposition text. This text belonged to persuasive
test, as the purpose was to persuade the readers. In order to write persuasive text, a
lot of contextual examples would be very helpful. These examples might be the
model for the students, or provide the examples of persuasive sentences.
Therefore, it was suggested to apply Content-Based Instruction. This method used
the contents (texts, pictures, and videos) related to the topic in the teaching
process (Larsen-Freeman, 2000). It would be the suitable method, especially when
the researcher had theme-based teaching. Basically, the researcher should provide
different activities for the theme. Any content might be used, as long as it was
related to the theme. Another positive point from this approach was it supported
the idea that “language is purposeful”. This strength would help the students to
understand the purpose of language used in each text provided. They would be
familiar with the language and have less difficulty to produce similar text.
In the latest curriculum, the students are expected to be creative and cope
with complex problems, since the the materials will be closely related to one
another (Mulyasa, 2013). Therefore, GAIL will still be applicable, as it reinforces
the students to apply their knowledge to solve complex problems.
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GAIL SYLLABUS
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APPENDIX 1GAIL Syllabus
School : SMA Kolese De BrittoSubject : EnglishKelas / Sem. / Prog. : XI (Eleven) Science / 2 Standard Competence : Writing
6. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks esei berbentuk report, narrative, dan analytical exposition dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari.12.Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks fungsional pendek dan esei berbentuk narrative, spoof dan hortatory exposition dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari
Basic Competence : 6.2. Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah retorika dalam esei dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dalam teks berbentuk: report, narrative, dan analytical exposition.
12.2 Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah retorika dalam esei dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancar dan berterima dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dalam teks berbentuk: narrative, spoof, dan hortatory exposition
Time Allocation : 8 x 45’ (8 meetings) 1 x 45’ (six thinking hats) 1 x 45’ (MAKE meaning + text analysis) 1 x 45’ (outlining: walk in other’s shoes) 1 x 45’ (writing draft) 1 x 45’ (peer-feedback / TELL) 1 x 45’ (editing draft +teacher feedback) 1 x 45’ (editing) 1 x 45’ (final editing + submission)
Classroom Activities:
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Group Discussion, Power Point Presentation,Individual Work, Writing
Meeting Topic Basic Competence
Learning Objectives
Learning Materials
Learning Activities by using GAIL
1
(30/04/1
4)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y?
(Finding
supporting
arguments
or idea)
Students
are able to
find as
many
supporting
ideas as
possible to
support the
topic given.
The students are able to:
Collect as many arguments as possible related to their scope.
Find as many supporting arguments as possible for one argument.
Share their opinion
Exposition
Text:
- Six
Thinking
Hats
- Six
thinkin
g hats
2
(30/04/1
4)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y?
(Analyzing
Students
are able to
break down
the ideas
found in
The students are able to:
Analyze the exposition text provided
Exposition
Text:
- MAKE
meaning
- MAK
E
meani
ng
- Text
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the text) the text
provided.
by the teachers.
Break down the ideas of the writers
Analyzethe way the writer compose his or her writing.
- Expositio
n Text
Sample
Analys
is
3
(02/05
/14)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y?
(Outlining
new idea)
Students
are able to
make their
own outline
for their
own text.
The students are able to:
Construct the frame of their exposition text.
Find additional information for their text by asking friends
Exposition
Text:
- Walk in
Others’
Shoes
Walk in
Others’
Shoes
4
(06/05
/14)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
Students
are able to
develop
The students are able to:
Write their first
Exposition
Text:
- Students’
Writing
draft
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y?
(Writing
first draft)
their
outline into
paragraphs.
draft of the chosen topic.
Write their own draft
text
outline
5
(07/05
/14)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y? (Getting
feedback
from
friends)
Students
are able to
notice the
mistakes in
their
writing
pointed out
by their
friends.
The students are able to:
Examine the mistakes in their friends’ work
Judge why certain sentence, phrase or idea is wrong
Share suggestions or comments on their friends’ work.
Exposition
Text:
- TELL /
Peer
Feedback
TELL/ Peer
feedback
6
(07/05
/14)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y?
Students
are able to
revise their
work based
The students are able to:
Rewrite their first draft
Exposition
Text:
- Students’
draft
Revising
draft +
Feedback
from
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(Revising
and getting
feedback
from
teachers)
on the
feedback
given by
their
friends.
based on the suggestion or comments from their friends
Revise their work based onthe suggestion from their friends
- TELL
worksheet
teachers
7
(09/05/1
4)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y?
(Revising)
Students
are able to
revise their
work based
on the
feedback
given by
teachers.
The students are able to:
Rewrite their first draft based on the suggestion or comments from the teachers.
Revise their work based onthe suggestion from
Exposition
Text:
- Students’
draft
- Teachers’
s
feedback
Revising
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the teachers
8
(13/05
/14)
Media: A
Problem in
Democrac
y?
(Finding
supporting
arguments
or idea)
Students
are able to
revise their
work based
on the
feedback.
The students are able to:
Rewrite their work based on the feedback
Finish their writing.
Exposition
Text:
- Students’
draft
- Teachers’
s
feedback
- TELL
worksheet
Final
Revision +
Submission
Note: The topic provided is just a guidance. Students may choose different topic
for their writing.
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SIX THINKING HATS
White Hat : Please find facts about the topic
Red hat : Please mention your opinion about the topic
Yellow hat : Please find positive things about the topic
Grey hat : Please find negative things about the topic
Green hat : Please find new ideas or solutions for the topic
Blue hat : Please find people’s opinion about the topic
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MAKE Meaning
My topic: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………......................
Applying this topic in my life: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….............................................
Knowledge I have about this topic: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Experience I have about this topic: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Walk in other’s shoes
Name: Friend’s name:
Topic:
Why I have this perspective: Why do you have this perspective?
I got the information from Where do you get the information?
I will use these facts or ideas below to
change other’s perspective
Is there any ideas or facts that could
possibly change your perspective?
What do you get / understand from the interview result?
I will put these new information into my writing:
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TELL (Activity for giving feedback)
Name: Name:
T (Thankful for) : good things that the writer has done or provided in the first
draft
E (Evaluate) : things that could be improved in their writing
L (Learned) : things that should be learned / known by the writer
L (List of actions) : What could the writer do to improve their writing
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THE SAMPLE OF STUDENT’S WORK
SAMPLE 1
Teenagers and Social NetworkingMost teenagers today, cannot seem imagine life without modern
technology and social network. Social network has change the way of life for almost teenagers. Teenagers today, use most of it for share status, share picture even comment on someone status. The way teenager today, is completely different than the way teenagers ten or twenty years ago.
Social network also gives negatives effects for teenagers. When we used social network there were a lot negatives effects such as cyber bullying, sex matter and many more. One of the most serious problems related to these sites concerned safety issues and reports of sexual interactions between adults and minors. Other issues related to privacy concerns include false information poster by online users and unwanted sexual solicitation. Regular use of social sites also increase rick of teen using alcohol.
Social network also can be distracting grades, socialization, and behavior of a teenagers. Teenagers who often checked their social media such as twitter, facebook, etc have a lower grade than teenagers who seldom open social media. Those teenagers who use social media more often are more likely to display narcisstic behavior, anti social, aggressive, and depression. Teenagers use most of his/her time using handphone, computer, laptop, etc. They also never go around to play with other in his/her neighborhood
However, social media also have a lot of positive effect for teenagers. Social networking sites enable users to keep up with their friends and can decrease feelings of being alone. Social networking also creating profile or home page enables creative expression. Social networking offers the opportunity to discuss school assignments or topics that may be more difficult when we discuss in person. However, these positive are counterbalanced by risk, such as sharing information with the wrong people because once the information is posted, it might can interfere with the spreaders(the one making status) and could be problematic.
Social network gives a lot negatives effects for teenagers. When teenagers use most time using social network also can be distracting their grades, socialization, and their behavior. But social networking sites also gave positive effect for teenagers when they it in a righteous manner, and can be split time by hours learning and life with its neighbors.
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SAMPLE 2
Cuting Tree in Indonesia
Cuting tree become culture the citizens in Indonesia. In general, people in Indonesia own habit employing the trees especial the people living in the forest. However, this impact the nature become broken. If forest broken will engender disaster adverse human.
Cuting tree can occur because the people want employing the tree. Anyone have change to cut the tree. It is because wood sale is very profiteble.However, the people employing tree without take care of the environment. This is cause the damaged environment. Acctually cut down tree that is not banned but should be still done without excessive.Excessive cuting tree as logging will result in the balance of forest broken.
InIndonesiathere are somany bad impact from cuting tree with excessive. The degraded forest would be many source of disaster in Indonesia. If forest is cuting tree not recovered therefore forest become dry. In hill, area like this will go eassy embankments. Also in rain season will be made flood. It can happen because there are not tree to absorb water.
In the last, Cuting tree become culture the citizens in Indonesia. Cuting tree in Indonesia be happen because the people want employing the tree. But this is become so many bad impact in Indonesia.
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SAMPLE 3
Social Media and Gadget
Right now, technology is developing continuously. Technology make the
people know about social media. People know that social media can access with
gadget. Some people who know and use social media not only in Indonesia, but
almost all of people in the world.
Now, we can easily access social media via gadget in everywhere. Social
media mustn’t access in schools, offices or home. We can access in public places.
Like in public park, cafés, mini markets, department stores, cinemas, libraries, and
etc. When we need to access social media, we usually just need modem and wifi
or not at all.
Social media can easily access not only by computers and laptops, but we
can use tablets and handphones or smartphones too. Often we access social media
use computers and laptops in schools, offices, or homes. But if we access social
media in public places sometimes we use laptops will not effective and efficient.
Laptops heavier than tablets and handphones or smartphones. So, we usually use
tablets and handphones or smartphones because easier for carry it.
We mustn’t use letter to communicate with other people that live in a far
place. There are social media to help communicate with other people in a far place.
Not only between cities, but we can communicate with social media between
countries and between continents. If we communicate use social media not same
we communicate use letter which need a long time. Especially we communicate
use letter and sent it with distance until between continents.
In conclusion, we know that access social media via gadget can do in
everywhere. We can communicate with other people without think about distance.
Not only access by computers and laptops, but can access by tablets and
handphones or smartphones.
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SAMPLE 4
Exercise
Do you like to exercise? Exercise is very important for us. Exercise has
positive impact for our bodies. Nevertheless, a lot of people think that exercise
just a waste of time. Actually, with exercise our body will be more healthy. In
addition, we feel happy when doing exercise and it is very good for our body.
According to a survey from The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
(CSP) , people who exercise regularly will have better immunity. Why ? Because
when we train, our bodies will be stronger. That's why our immune system will
rise. If we are healthy, our daily activity will not be disturbed. Not like people
who less exercise. People who less exercise are esay affected by disease.
In addition , exercise can prevent the occurrence of stress. People who
exercise will feel happy. The endorphins hormone will stimulate our brain and
make us feel happy . Fatigue in activities in school or in the office can be treated
with exercise . Then not infrequently many companies that have sports teams to
eliminate fatigue .
So , we must do exercise regularly. We don’t need to do heavy exercise
but we have to do regularly. Exercise is very necessary for our body . Whatever
the kind of sport, if we are enjoy it, it will be very useful.
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SAMPLE 5
Gadget Make People Stupid
This life is very close with gadget. Along with the growing era, these objects are increasingly required public. Gadget has many benefits in our life because they can help the people’s activity. Actually, gadget is not always a useful thing but it can make users being stupid and lazy.
Initially, the social life was exclusive. Since there are gadgets, people can communicate without borders. We can know all people that we do not know before. However, due to the easier communication, people increasingly difficult to distinguish a good friend or not, because it is less to fin outthe background of the people we don’t know clearly. Because of that, there were often undesirable moment that started from the introduction through the media that is now more easily accessible with gadget.
According to a research, one of the three men under 30 years in Britain couldn’t remember their telephone numbers for a long time. This is because people think that was not important to remember it. Moreover with the help of digital technology, we shouldn’t remember about little things. Just to look for them, we can use search engine on the internet, we can get the information easily. So that people do not requires toil, to finish the work, this is makes people are very dependent on gadgets.
Actually gadget is necessary in our present life, but it would be better if we can further refine the usability of the gadget. Humans should be able to use reason to not feel fooled by the gadgets by way of reducing the use of gadgets for small things that can be done alone. Don't let our time is empty because it will be filled by playing with gadget, try to find some job that can make us not too focused on gadgets.
The internet is a vass source of information. It is very useful but the internet can also be very dangerous when used unproperly. It has many mature and influental contents that may give bad influences, especially to children. Children can be easily exposed to these types of contents and influence them negatively.
Children are very easily influenced by the stuff that they see or hear, which means that seeing or hearing the wrong contents might give negative impacts to the children exposed to it. Since the internet has no limit to how much information that is uploaded and there is also hardly any limitations to what the contents are, there are no sure way to gaurantee that children won't be exposed to such negative contents. Such content such as porn are one of the must influential things for children. Children may be curious after seeing such contents, therefore it may lead to them doing sex and such stuff. According to many articles on the internet based on research on the effects of the internet to children, all of them states that child development is very much affected by the internet.
One of the other things on the internet that can influence children is cyberbullying. According to research that is stated on Wikipedia, cyberbullying is already done by children and adolescents at a young age. Cyberbullying can make children feel uncomfortable and it can even make the feel unsafe, even under the roof of their own homes. Cyberbullying can be commited anywhere such as in games, social networks, and several websites on the internet. People who are cyberbullied are usually more stressed out. Children unready to take such critic are easily stressed. the Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace also states that victims of cyberbullying are affected psychologically and have been known to be lonely, have low self-esteem, and also be distrusted by people. In extreme cases, victims may even commit murder or suicide.
Even though the internet is useful, we must be able to use it properly and protect our selves from such content. Since children are more easily exposed and are unaware of such things, parents should also supervise their children more so their children won't experience such influences. Parental lock and limiting some sites can also be another solution so children won't be exposed to such contents.
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TASK OFPRE―TEST
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APPENDIX 2
TASK OF PRE-TEST
Text type: Exposition
Please choose one of the following topics and write an essay based on your
chosen topic.
1) Social media, gadget, and other modern electronic devices are now a part of our lifestyle. The facilities provided by these devices help many people in doing their activity. Nowadays, almost everyone has this gadget; elementary school students, teenagers, workers, and grandparents. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
2) Fast food store can be found almost every where in the cities. Its cheap price , instant time-making andgood taste have tempted many people to buy this product. However, many researchs report that it contains a lot of dangerous chemicals. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
3) Nowadays many people realize the importance of healthy lifestyle. Some of the good habits for healthy lifestyle are exercising, eating healthy foods, being vegetarian, etc. However, some other people choose unhealthy lifestyle, such as smoking, eating junk food, skiiping exercise, etc. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
4) One of the impact of urbanization is the overflowing environment destruction. Almost in every corner of the city, people can find piled up trashes. Trees are cut to make empty land for people. These activities may cause a lot of health problems. However, a lot of new stores and buildings are built every day. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
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TASK OFPOST―TEST
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APPENDIX 3
TASK OF POST-TEST
Text type: Exposition
Please choose one of the following topics and write an essay based on your
chosen topic.
1) Social media, gadget, and other modern electronic devices are now a part of our lifestyle. The facilities provided by these devices help many people in doing their activity. Nowadays, almost everyone has this gadget; elementary school students, teenagers, workers, and grandparents. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
2) Fast food store can be found almost every where in the cities. Its cheap price , instant time-making and good taste have tempted many people to buy this product. However, many researchs report that it contains a lot of dangerous chemicals. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
3) Nowadays many people realize the importance of healthy lifestyle. Some of the good habits for healthy lifestyle are exercising, eating healthy foods, being vegetarian, etc. However, some other people choose unhealthy lifestyle, such as smoking, eating junk food, skiiping exercise, etc. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
4) One of the impact of urbanization is the overflowing environment destruction. Almost in every corner of the city, people can find piled up trashes. Trees are cut to make empty land for people. These activities may cause a lot of health problems. However, a lot of new stores and buildings are built every day. Write an essay identifying this phenomena and analyzing why this phenomena happens.
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ASSESSMENTRUBRIC FOREXPOSIT10NWRITING
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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR EXPOSITION WRITING
Exceptional“A”
Well done“B”
Acceptable“C”
Attempted“D”
Focus - The writer takes a strong position
- There are more than 3 arguments, each supported by at least 2 supporting details
- The writer takes clear position
- There are 3 arguments, and some details, but not fully or well-developed
- The writer does not clearly state the position
- There are 2 reasons only with few supporting details
- The writer does not state his position
- The reasons are not related to the topic
Organization - The topic introduction is well-defined
- The thesis statement is clear
- The paragraphs are clearly developed
- The transitions provide logical development
- The conclusion paraphrase the introduction or provide strong suggestion
- The topic introduction is good.
- The thesis statement is adequate
- The paragraphs are short, not fully developed
- The transitions are not logical
- The conclusion reintroduce the introduction or provide one-sided suggestion
- The introduction is present but not fully developed
- The thesis statement is weak
- The paragraphs are not developed
- Transitions are not clear
- The conclusion highlights the arguments only or provide ambiguous suggestion
- There is no introduction
- There is no thesis statement
- The thesis statement is weak
- The paragraphs are more likely to be a group of ideas.
- Transitions are not used or placed correctly
- The conclusion mention new argument or provide illogical suggestion
Use of resources
- The writer chooses the appropriate information carefully from many sources and paraphrase it.
- The writer chooses the appropriate information from some sources and directly cite it.
- The writer only uses little supporting material
- There is no evidence of outside sources used
Mechanics / Grammatical features
- There is no grammatical error.
- The writer uses correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
- The sentence structure is varied
- The vocabulary used in the text is rich and related to the topic
- There is few errors
- The writer makes a few mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
- The writers try to vary the sentence
- The vocabulary used in the text is varied and related to the topic
- There are many sentence repetitions
- There are many errors in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
- The writer mostly uses monotonous sentences with little variation
- The vocabulary used in the text is the common vocabulary
- The grammatical errors deliver the wrong ideas.
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PRE―TESTSCORE OF
EXPERIMENTALAND CONTROLGROUPS BYRATERS
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PRE-TEST SCORE OF EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS BY RATERS