Prestiwanti, Windyana (2022) The Use Of Decide, Estimate, Figure, Express, Note, Drive, and Search (DEFENDS) Strategy To Improve The Students’ Writing Skill Among The Eleventh Graders At SMAN 1 Kibang In The Academic Year Of 2021/2022. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to show that the Decide, Estimate, Figure, Express, Note, Drive, And Search (Defends) strategy can improve the writing ability and learning activity of students of class XI SMAN 1Kibang. The researcher applied that the Defends strategy can be one of the teaching strategies to improve students' writing skill.

This research method wasClassroom action research (PTK) which is carried out in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, execution, observation and reflection. The subject of this study was a student of class XI SMAN 1Kibang which amounted to 30 students. In data collection, researcher use tests consisting of initial tests, final tests I and final test II, observation and documentation. The research was conducted collaboratively with English teacher SMAN 1Kibang.

The results of this study showed that the Defends strategy improved the writing skill of SMAN 1Kibang class students. The result of post-test 2 shows that the percentage of students’reading skill achieved passing grade is 97 %. In addition, the percentage ofstudents’ learning activity in cyle 2 is 87%. It means that the students’learning activity achieves the indicator of succes.

Keywords: Writing Skill, Defending Strategies, and Classroom Action Research

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