Promoting Students' Writing Skill Through Project Based Learning At Senior High School

Hidayat, Wardatul Layly (2024) Promoting Students' Writing Skill Through Project Based Learning At Senior High School. Undergraduate thesis, UIN KH Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Writing was one of productive skill that students struggle to acquire in
studying English. Therefore, teachers must design and implement an appropriate
learning method in teaching writing skill. One of the Islamic Senior High Schools
in Lumajang used Project Based Learning in teaching writing skill using
procedure text resources to promote students' writing skill. Project Based
Learning is an effective method in teaching writing skill that focused on students-centered than teacher centered.
The research questions were: 1) How is the steps of teaching writing skill
through Project Based Learning? 2) How is the evaluation of teaching writing
skill through Project Based Learning? 3) What are the benefits of Project Based
Learning on students' writing skill? and 4) What are the challenges of teaching
writing skill through Project Based Learning?
The research used a qualitative approach with case study as a research
design. Five students and an English teacher were recruited as participant by using
purposeful sampling technique. The data was collected by using observation,
interview and document review. Furthermore, researcher analyzed the data by
using a qualitative data analysis proposed by Miles, Huberman and Saldana which
covers data collection, data condensation, data display and conclusion drawing.
Moreover, to ensure the data validity, this research used source and technique
triangulation.
The results of this research were: 1) The steps in teaching writing skills
through Project Based Learning with procedure text material began with
preliminary action, which included dividing students into groups, determining
some topics for students' projects, and explaining some procedure text content.
Following some guiding steps, such as: preparation, planning, searching,
conclusion, presentation, and evaluation. 2) The evaluation in teaching writing
through Project Based Learning used formative assessment in the form of test and
non-test with an analytical scoring as a rubric 3) The benefits of Project Based
Learning on students' writing capabilities were: students develop writing skills,
students more fun and interested in the teaching learning process, students
integrated learn four skills in English, students create self-confidence. 4) The
challenges in teaching writing through Project Based Learning encountered both
students and teacher. Students had challenges within the group, such as difficulty
communicating and compromising. While teacher's challenges, such as difficult
to control student, difficult to control crowd and noisy atmosphere, lack of
students' confidence, passive student in a group and the same project assignment
between groups.

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