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THE COMBINATION OF VIDEO AND VIDEO-BASED
PICTURE STRIPS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’
WRITING SKILLOF PROCEDURE TEXT
The Case at the Seventh Graders of SMPN 2 Binangun in the Academic
Year2013/2014
A Final Project
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirments
for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikanin English

by
Sukmawan Bimo Sejati
2201410012

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY
2015

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DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

I Sukmawan Bimo Sejati hereby declare that this final project entitled The
Combination of Video and Video-based Picture Strips to Improve Students’
Writing Skill of Procedure Textis my own work and has not been submitted in any
form for another degree or diploma at any university or other institute of tertiary
education. Information derived from the published and unpublished work of
others has been acknowledged in the text and a list of references is given in the
bibliography.

Semarang, 27 January 2015

Sukmawan Bimo Sejati

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“Verily, along with every hardship is relief. Along with every hardship is relief.”
(Surah Al-Insyirah Verse 5-6)

“Your Lord says, „Call on me; I will respond to you‟”
(Surah Al-Mu’min Verse 60)

to my beloved parents, brother, sister, family, partner,best friends;
for the encouragement and prayers.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praiseto Allah SWT, God the Almighty. First and foremost, I would like to
express my greatest gratitude to Allah SWT for His blessing and mercy so that
this final project could be accomplished.
The deepest gratitude goes as well to my advisor: Dr. Rudi Hartono, S.S.,
M,Pd. for his patience in giving guidance, inspiration, suggestions, and advice
from the beginning until this final project could be completed. Not to mention,
Rohani, S.Pd. M.A. and Arif Suryo Priatmojo, S.Pd., M.Pd. as the first and second
examiner for their supporting advice to this final project.
I also would like to extend the gratitude to the lectures of English
Department of Semarang State University who have taught as well as motivated
and guided me since the first year of studying at Semarang State University. The
appreciation is also forwarded to Saleh, S.Pd. as the principal of SMP N 2
Binangun and Tusiman, S.Pd. as the English teacher of VII B, who gave
permission and help so that I could conduct the research well there.
A special debt is owed to my great family for their compassion which
keeps me moving forward. In particular, I thank Durratus as a patient proofreader
for her untiring support. Last but not least, I thank to all my outstanding friends;
English Department 2010. That was real priceless and awesome moments which I
spent with you all.
I realize that a lot of shortcomings may be found in this final project.
Therefore, suggestions and criticisms are always needed for betterment. I hope
this final project will be useful for all readers.

Semarang, 27 January 2015

Sukmawan Bimo Sejati
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ABSTRACT
Sejati, Sukmawan Bimo. 2014. The Combination of Video and Video-based
Picture Strips to Improve Students’ Writing Skill of Procedure Text (A
Case of the Seventh Grade Students of SMP N 2 Binangun in the
Academic Year 2013/ 2014). Final Project.English Department, Faculty
of Languages and Arts, Semarang State University.Advisor : Dr. Rudi
Hartono,S.S, M.Pd.

Keywords: Writing Skill, Procedure Text, Video, Video-Based Picture Strips

In language learning, writing is a productive skill that seems to be difficult to be
accomplished for many students. It needs time and a lot practices to be developed.
Furthermore, writing can be fun and meaningful activities to the students. Junior
high school is a suitable period to deal with genres. The chosen genre is procedure
text.This texttype belongs to one of text types which has to be taught in seventh
grade of junior high school, in which the study was undertaken.
In this study, the writer applied A Classroom Action Research since the
main purpose of the study was to identifyhow video and video-based picture strips
as media to learn written procedure text were applied in teaching writing and how
these media improved students‟ understanding in learning written procedure texts.
Here, class VII B of SMP N 2 Binangun, Cilacap was chosen as the participants.
This research design comprised preliminary test, cycle I and cycle II. The research
instruments used in this study were test, questionnaire and observation sheet.
Preliminary test was conducted for the purpose of measuring students‟ skill in
writing procedure texts before treatments while cycle I and cycle II had an aim to
measure students‟ skill in writing procedure texts after treatments.
The results of the studyindicate that almost all of the students make some
improvements. The mean of cycle II test is better than the mean of cycle I test. In
addition, all aspects assessed in the tests including organization; logical
development of ideas (content); grammar; mechanics; and style and quality of
expression are improved. The highest improvement belongs to punctuation,
spelling and mechanics which is 9%. Furthermore, questionnaire and observation
sheet shows that the implementation of video and video-based picture strips media
gets positive response from the students. Therefore, it can be concluded that the
combination of video and video-based picture strips appears to be beneficial in
developing students‟ skill in writing procedure texts in which it contributes in
many ways including organization, content, grammar, punctuation spelling and
mechanics and style and quality of expression.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. v
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... viii
LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................. xi
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................ xii
LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................... xiii
CHAPTER
I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study ........................................................................ 1
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic ............................................................ 4
1.3 Statements of the Problem ..................................................................... 6
1.4 Purpose of the Study .............................................................................. 6
1.5 Significance of the Study ....................................................................... 7
1.6 Outline of the Report .............................................................................. 8
II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Review of Previous Studies ................................................................... 9
2.2 Review of Related Literature ................................................................. 13
2.2.1 Writing Skill ........................................................................................... 13
2.2.2 Genres of Written Language .................................................................. 13
2.2.3 Procedure Text as the Genre Presented in the Study .............................. 14
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2.2.4 Approaches in Teaching Writing ........................................................... 15
2.2.5 Teaching Writing at Junior High School ............................................... 18
2.2.6 School Based Curriculum ...................................................................... 18
2.2.7 Definition of Media ................................................................................ 19
2.2.7.1 Definition of Video ................................................................................ 20
2.2.7.2 Video in Language Teaching ................................................................. 21
2.2.7.3 Definition of Video-based Picture Strips ............................................... 21
2.2.7.4 Video-based Picture in Language Teaching .......................................... 22
2.3 Framework of the Present Study ............................................................ 22
III METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
3.1 Research Design ..................................................................................... 24
3.1.1 Plan ........................................................................................................ 26
3.1.2 Action ...................................................................................................... 26
3.1.3 Observation ............................................................................................. 26
3.1.4 Reflection ............................................................................................... 27
3.2 Roles of the Researcher .......................................................................... 27
3.3 Subject of the Research ........................................................................... 27
3.4 Procedure of Data Collection ................................................................. 28
3.4.1 Preliminary ............................................................................................. 28
3.4.2 Cycle I .................................................................................................... 29
3.4.3 Cycle II.................................................................................................... 30
3.5 Instrument of The Study ........................................................................ 30
3.5.1 Tests ........................................................................................................ 30
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3.5.2 Questionnaire ......................................................................................... 31
3.5.3 Observation Sheet ................................................................................... 32
3.6. Procedure of Data Analysis ................................................................... 32
3.6.1 Test (Preliminary test, Cycle I and Cycle II) .......................................... 32
3.6.1.1 Mode of Scoring ..................................................................................... 32
3.6.1.2 Classifying the Scores ............................................................................. 34
3.6.1.3 Criterion of Assessment ......................................................................... 35
3.6.2 Questionnaire ......................................................................................... 35
3.6.3 Observation Sheet .................................................................................. 37
IV DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
4.1 Analysis of Treatment ............................................................................ 39
4.1.1 First Activity (Preliminary Test) ............................................................. 39
4.1.2 Second Activity (First Cycle I) ............................................................... 42
4.1.3 Third Activity (Cycle I Test) .................................................................. 43
4.1.4 Fourth Activity (First Cycle II) ............................................................... 45
4.1.5 Fifth Activity (Cycle II Test) ................................................................. 46
4.2 Level of Achievement ............................................................................. 48
4.3 The Improvement of Each Writing Aspects ........................................... 49
4.4 Analysis of the Questionnaire ................................................................. 64
4.4.1 Analysis of the Questionnaire I in Cycle I .............................................. 64
4.4.2 Analysis of the Questionnaire II in Cycle II ........................................... 65
4.4.3 Analysis of Cycle I Questionnaire and Cycle II Questionnaire .............. 67
4.5 Analysis of the Observation Sheet ......................................................... 68
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4.5.1 Analysis of the Students‟ Observation Sheet in Cycle I ........................ 68
4.5.2 Analysis of the Students‟ Observation Sheet in Cycle II....................... 69
4.6 Overall Analysis ..................................................................................... 70
V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 73
5.2 Suggestion ............................................................................................... 74
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 76
APPENDICES .................................................................................................... 79

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page
3.1 Rubric of Assessment .............................................................................. 33
3.2 The Measurement of Students‟ Achievement.......................................... 34
3.3 The Score Range of Questionnaire .......................................................... 35
3.4 Classification of Grade Scores of Questionnaire ..................................... 36
3.5 Observation Sheet towards the Students‟ Activities ................................ 38
4.1 The Results of the Preliminary Test ........................................................ 40
4.2 The Mean of Preliminary Test ................................................................. 41
4.3 The Result of the Cycle I Test ................................................................. 44
4.4 The Result of the Cycle II Test ................................................................ 47
4.5 Level of Achievement.............................................................................. 48
4.6 The Improvement of each Writing Aspect .......................................... ...49
4.7 The Mean of Questionnaire I ................................................................... 64
4.8 The Criterion of the Cycle I Questionnaire Result ................................. 65
4.9 The Mean of the Questionnaire II ........................................................... 66
4.10 The Criterion of the Cycle II Questionnaire Result ................................ 66

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