THE EFFORT TO INCREASE WRITTING SKILLS OF GERMANY LANGUAGE 11TH GRADE STUDENTS MAN PURWOREJO THROUGH CLUSTER TECHNIQUES

Abstract

The research aimed to described the increase in : (1) the participation of the students in 11thgrade language program in MAN Purworejo in learning Germany language, (2) the achievement of Germany language writing skills 11th grade students MAN Purworejo through Cluster techniques. This research was a classroom action research. The strategy was determined collaboratively between researcher, teacher, and students. This classroom action research consisted of 2 cycles. Each of the the cycles consisted of 4 steps, namely planning, action, observation, and reflection. The indicators of success in this research were (1) the success of the process and (2) the success of the product. The success of the process was seen from the increase in the participation of the students in learning process the Germany language. The success of the product was seen from the increase in the achievement of Germany language writing skills. The results of this research showed that there were the increase in the participation of the students in learning process. The students became more active to interacted with the teachers and students each other. The average of Germany language writing skills score was good. It was proved by increasing of 13,09%.

Keyword: classroom action research, cluster technique, german writing skill