The Use of Guided Writing to Improve Students’ Writing Skill

Abstract

This  article  reports  a study  on  the  implementation  and  the improvement of guided writing towards the student’s writing skill and to  know  the  respond  of  the  students  towards  the  implementation  of guided  writing  in  the  teaching  and  learning  process   at  the  second semester  students  of  English  Diploma  III  of  Language  and  Culture Faculty in 17 Agustus 1945  Semarang University in the academic year of 2017/2018. The second semester students had problems dealing with writing  skill.  They  have  difficulties  on:  (1)  expressing  their  idea  in writing; (2) constructing correct sentences; and (3) vocabulary mastery. This study was categorized as a classroom action research.  The study was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle  was consisted of four steps: plan, action, observation, and reflection. To collect the qualitative data, the  researcher  used  observation.  To  collect  the  quantitative  data,  the researcher conducted tests before and after the research implementation. 
In this research, the researcher used guided writing and communicative & process approach to improve student’s writing skill. The result of the research shows that guided writing could improve the students’ writing skill. Through guided writing, the students showed great interest to be actively  involved  to  the  teaching  and  learning  process.  The students were able to construct sentences correctly. In this case, the sentences they constructed were based on the researcher’s explanation. They also used more vocabularies in their writing. Their mean score of the pre-test was 63.3,  while their mean score at the post-test, increased up to 76.1.