Lesmana, Eduan (2020) The use of small group discussion strategy to increase descriptive paragraph writing skill among the eight graders of MTs Manbaul ‘Ulum Gayabaru II Central Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explain the efficacy of applying the Small Group Discussion Strategy to the writing skills of students.Students of MTs. It is difficult for Manbaul'Ulum Gaya Baru II to understand a paragraph. In addition, they also have trouble achieving the ability to compose. This study is carried out to explore how the effect of the Small Group Discussion Strategy on the writing skills of students to write descriptive paragraphs in English.

Classroom Action Analysis (CAR) categorizes this report. The investigator performed Classroom Action Research (CAR) in this report, which is done in two cycles. Planning, acting, watching and thinking are all part of each cycle. The students‘ of MTs Manbaul Ulum Gaya Baru II are the focus of this study. The writer used observation, test, documentation and field notes to collect data.

The results of the study indicated that the overallscores of students writing descriptive text skills from two cycles are (a) 41,4 in pre-test, and (b) 65,3 in post-test 1 and (c) 82,16 in post-test 2. Students' activities remained the same. The activities of students in cycle 1 are stated to include (a) 20 active students (80 percent) and 5 inactive students (20 percent). In cycle 2, the activities of the students consisted of 22 active (88 percent) and 3 inactive (12 percent) students. This outcome also led to the fact that the Small Group Discussion Approach was able to boost the ability of the students to write descriptive paragraphs.

Keywords: Writing Descriptive Paragraph, Small Group Discussion Strategy, and Classroom Action Research

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