Oktaviani, Rizki Dwi (2018) The Use of Guided Imagery Technique to Improve the Recount Writing Skill Among the Eighth Grades of State Junior High School 3 Metro in Academic 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

Writing has been one of four basic language skills that should be mastered by the students. By writing, the students can communicate with one another by using sign and symbol that represent language and emotion. In writing there are several kinds of text such as descriptive, narrative, and recount text. Recount text is one of text genres which has to be mastered by the eighth graders of Junior High School. But, students often ignored to mastering this skill. This condition has been found by there searcher at the eighth graders of State Junior High School 3 Metro where many students had difficulties in English learning especially in recount writing skill, so it caused their result of learning was low. Hence, to improve the recount writing skill among the students, the researcher used Guided Imagery Technique in learning process. Guided Imagery Technique is one of techniques that is effective and easy to be applied in the teaching and learning process. The purpose of this research was to know whether the use of Guided Imagery Technique can improve the students’ recount writing skill in English learning.
The kind of this research was classroom action research (CAR) which was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The object of this research was the students’ recount writing skill. In collecting the data, the researcher used test, observation, and documentation. This research was conducted with an English teacher of State Junior High School 3 Metro.
The result of this research shows that Guided Imagery Technique has positive role in improving the recount writing skill among the eighth graders of State Junior High School3 Metro. It can be proved by the students’ average score from pre test to post test. The average score in pre test was 37.1 and in post test was 65.3 became 75.6. It means that the using of Guided Imagery Technique can improve recount writing skill among the students.

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