THE USE OF REALIA TO IMPROVE STUDENTS"™ DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

Abstract

Abstract

Students"™ vocabulary mastery in writing descriptive text of class VIII A at SMP Jasa Mulia Sungai Baru were still weak. This research was conducted to improve students"™ in writing descriptive text by using realia. This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) and the participants of this research were twenty one students of class VIII A at SMP Jasa Mulia. The participants were taught to write descriptive text by using realia. Field notes, observation checklist and writing test were used to gather the data. The students"™ score have improved significantly. The result on second cycle there was 28.6 % students could write descriptive text well. The result on third cycle was 86 % students got good score and could write descriptive text well. The process of students in the classroom and students"™ score reflected that the realia can help students"™ problem in writing a descriptive text. Otherwise, the realia need other help such as teacher"™s explanation, example and guided questions.

Key words: Descriptive Text, Realia, Writing.