Enhancing Students’ Writing Skill in Recount Text by Using Powtoon: A Case of The Eleventh Grade Students of SMK Al-Husain Keling – Jepara in Academic Year 2021/2022

Abstract

This research looked at how students utilized Powtoon to create recount texts. The study's goals were to (1) determine the ability of students taught using Powtoon to write recount text, (2) determine the ability of students taught without Powtoon to write recount text, and (3) determine whether or not there is a significant difference in the ability of students taught using Powtoon to those taught without Powtoon to write recount text. Students from SMK Al-Husain Keling, Jepara, class XI, with a total of 166 students, participated in the topic. The study sample consisted of students from classes XI OTKP 1 and XI OTKP 2. With a total sample of 52 students, there were two classes: XI OTKP 1 as an experimental group with 26 students and XI OTKP 2 as a control group with 26 students. The experimental group was taught using Powtoon, whereas the control group was taught using traditional methods. As an instrument, a test was used. A Pre-test and a Post-test session were done by the researcher. Pre-tests were provided to both classes at the start of the research to assess their skills prior to treatment, and Post-tests were administered at the end of the meeting to assess whether there was a significant difference after treatment. The quantitative method was used to obtain data. The study's findings revealed that using Powtoon as a teaching tool for writing recount texts improved students' capacity to compose recount texts and express their prior experiences in writing. According to the data analysis, the experimental group's Pre-test session was 60.19, whereas the Post-test session was 81.38. The Pre-test for the control group was 58.57, while the Post-test session was 67.23. The outcome of value total was also greater than t-table 6.38 > 2.009 in a t-test. As a result, it can be argued that using Powtoon to teach recount text can help students improve their writing skills.