IMPLEMENTING CONTENT-BASED INSTRUCTION (CBI) METHOD IN DESCRIPTIVE WRITING SKILL: IMPACT ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

Abstracts

Writing is very important because nowadays, people use not only verbal communication to communicate with each other, but also non-verbal communication. The purpose of this study was to show that the use of content-based teaching methods can improve writing skills. Students who have difficulty in writing are still unable to compose a paragraph. Meanwhile, writing has an essential form of communication and is used as a means of communication to connect people regardless of time, place and allows the student to convey his thoughts, as without writing skills.

This research is based on classroom action research (CAR). The study was conducted on eleventh graders. It consists of 22 students. In this study the researchers used test, observation, documentation, and Field Notes to collect data. The study is carried out in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, action, observation and reflection.

The study's findings demonstrated that, after two cycles, the primary scores were (a) 63.90 for the pre-test, (b) 73.13 for the post-test 1, and (c) 78.54 for the post-test 2. In other words, post-test 1 outperforms the pre-test, and post-test 2 outperforms post-test 1. We can draw the conclusion that using content-based instruction can motivate pupils to write more.