THE ROLE OF FACEBOOK ON IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING
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.
Author: Trinadiah, Clarry
Sada, Urai Salam
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150076<
