IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH ACCELERATED LEARNING APPROACH ATMADRASAH ALIYAH TAMAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM MEDAN
ABSTRACT: The objective
of the study
was to find
out how accelerated
learning approach can be
used to improve
the writing ability
of students. The
study was collaborative classroom
action. This study
was conducted in
two cycles of
which each cycle consisted of three meetings. The data of the study were
gathered through observation
checklist, field notes,
and writing test.
The subjects were
42 second year students of
2015/2016 MA Taman Pendidikan Islam. The finding of the study indicated that
the use of
Accelerated Learning approach
successfully improved students’
writing narrative text from 49.6 in the preliminary study, and 60.2 in the first cycle
to 70.2 in
the second cycle.
It indicated that Accelerated Learning approach was
effective in enhancing
the students’ motivation
and participation. Most students
(92.60%) were involved
actively in writing.
It is suggested
that English teachers apply Accelerated Learning approach since it is
beneficial not only to improve the students’ narrative text writing but also to
motivate the students to write and to
work together to
describe the event
in the picture
as well as to encourage
students actively participating in writing narrative text.
Author: Anwar Saleh, Lince
Sihombing, Didik Santoso
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikangg150102
