IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 PEKANBARU IN WRITING HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF PROCESS-BASED APPROACH

Abstract

This classroom actional research was aimed to study the improvement on theability of the second year students of SMA Negeri 1 Pekanbaru in writing hortatoryexposition text by implementing the Process-Based Approach. Besides, this research was alsoaimed to identify the factors that caused the improvement on students writing after beingtaught by Process-Based Approach. This study consisted of two cycles of classroomtreatment, in which one cycle consisted of four stages, namely Plannning, Action,Observation, and Reflection. The proficiency test (Pre- and Post-tests) was used formeasurement, and also a set of observation sheets and field notes were used to gain the recordof the classroom activity during the Process-Based Approach treatment. The subjects were 32students from XI Science 5 class at SMA Negeri 1 Pekanbaru, selected through the result ofsmall survey. After two cycles of the Process-Based Approach treatment, it was found thatthe students with the treatment could gain a better writing ability and could perform a goodwriting on all post-tests. However, the statistically significant differences of the score resultsof the two cycles were found on the Post-test 2, where about 78% of the students reached theschool minimum standard of English subject in writing hortatory exposition text. Moreover,the students‟s activeness during the Process-Based Approach treatment also improved fromone meeting to others. Regarding the effectiveness of the Process-Based Approach on thestudents‟ attitudes, the observation sheets and field notes results showed that the students hadpositive attitudes towards the Process-Based Approach and that the approach could help themwrite better and make the class more interesting.

Keywords: Classroom Actional Research, Process-Based Approach, Writing