IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY GOOGLE DOCS
Oleh : Dewi Wulandari
Diterbitkan di : BISMAN INFO
Volume : 8 No : 1 Juni 2021
Penerbit : Politeknik Unggul LP3M
ISSN : 2355-150X
Abstrak
This research aimed to identify how the use of Google Docs can improve students’ writing skill of descriptive text. A collaborative action research is the method used in this research. This research was conducted in two cycles at the second grade students of Politeknik Unggul LP3M Medan from March to June 2021, in which there were 3 meetings for the first cycle and 2 meetings for the second cycle. Each cycle consisted of four steps: planning, implementing, evaluation, and reflection. The research data were collected by field notes and tests. The qualitative data were analyzed through assembling the data, coding, comparing, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of the pre-test and the post- tests. The research findings showed that Google Docs could improve students’ writing skill of descriptive text. The mean score shows the improvement from pretest to the post-test, from 62.39 into 77.04. The improvement of classroom situation includes: 1) students were always ready to have writing class immediately; 2) students developed the idea fluently without talking with other students; 3) students paid full attention to the lesson; 4) it did not take a long time for the students to write sentence.
Kata Kunci : writing skill, descriptive text, Google Docs