PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MENULIS TEKS DESKRIPSI MELALUI PENERAPAN STRATEGI RAFT (ROLE-AUDIENCE-FORMAT-TOPIC) PADA SISWA KELAS X SMAN 1 KRETEK

Abstract

The  aim of the research was to improve description  text writing skill
through RAFT (Role-Audience-Format-Topic) strategy for class X students of
SMAN 1 Kretek. This research belongs to the Classroom Action Research (CAR).
The subjects of the research were students of class X3 SMAN 1 Kretek which was
consist of 30 students.
This research consist  of  two cycles. Each cycle consist  of four steps,
namely planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. Data collection techniques that
used in this research was observation, field notes, questionnaires, interviews, test,
and photo documentation.  The research instruments used include observation
sheet, field notes, questionnaires, assessment sheet ability to wtite text
descriptions, interviews, and photo documentation.  The collected data was
analyzed by  qualitative descriptive analysis  data technique  and supported by
quantitative data.
The result of the research show that  the application of the RAFT strategy
can improve the description  text writing skill  the students of class X3 SMAN 1
Kretek  in both process and product. Improvement process could be seen from the
activity of students in  the  learning process. This is indicated by the improvement
in students attention in learning, anthusiasm, activity, and the learning atmosphere
in  the  class  is more conducive.  Improves process gave a positive affect toward
product improvement. Improvement product could be seen from the improvement
score of writing description text  from pre treatment until cycle II. The average
score of pre treatment was  65,05, the average of cycle I was  70,17, and the
average of cycle II was 75,23. It can be conclude that the RAFT strategy is one of
writing strategy that can improve the writing skill off description text.
 
Keywords:  improvement, description text, RAFT (Role-Audience-Format-
Topic) strategy