Abstract :
ABSTRACT
Yunita Kurniati. 2022. Improving Students Writing Ability By Applying
Whatsapp Group Application At Eighth Grade Of Smpn 8 Metro In
Academic Year 2019/2020 in Academic Year 2020/2021. An
undergraduate Thesis. Teacher Training and Education Faculty.
Muhammadiyah University of Metro. Advisors: (1) Amirudin Latif. M.
Pd. (2) Syaifudin Latif. M. Pd.
Keywords: Whatsapp group, writing ability
The aim of this reseach is to improve Students Writing Ability By
Applying Whatsapp Group Application and know howt he classroom situation
when Improving Students Writing Ability By Applying Whatsapp Group
Application. This research is a classroom action research which was held at
SMPN 8 Metro for the 2020/2021 academic year.
The subjects of the study were eighth grade students totaling 22 students.
The research was conducted in two cycles. The criteria for learning success is that
if the student?s have big interest and motivation in learning writing based on
whatsapp group and get a minimum standard of 75 as KKM. In collecting data,
researchers used interviews, observations, and tests. In analyzing the data, the
researcher used descriptive statistics.
The test result showed that the average score gained by the students in the
pre-cycle test was the students who got score ? 75 were 5 students (21.88%),
otherwise 17 students (63.64%) were under achievement students. Then, the
students who got score ? 75 in post test of cycle 1 were 63.64% or 14 students
while 36.36% or 8 students got score < 75. Furthermore, in post test of cycle 2
result all the students (100%) got score ? 75. Furthermore, the classroom situation
before the treatment was classified into low category with the mean score of 56.00
or . Then, the students? activity after the treatment in cycle I increase significantly
with the mean score of 64 and 16 active students (72.72%). Furthermore, the
average of score on cycle 2 is classified into high category with the mean score of
80 and19 active students (86.36%).
Based on the findings, it can be concluded that whatsapp group is an
exsellent to improve students? writing skill. Therefore, it is recommended that can
be used in teaching writing.