THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF-ASSESSMENT THROUGH RECOUNT TEXTS ON IMPROVING WRITING SKILL

Abstract

In this era, both students and teachers have their own problems in the teaching-learning process, specifically in the area of writing. Most students have difficulties arranging and making paragraphs. To improve their writing, self-assessment is an acceptable method to apply in the class since it reveals individual evaluation. This study aims to identify the existence of a significant influence of using a self-assessment strategy on students' abilities in writing recount texts and to find out the significant difference between the students’ writing abilities in writing recount texts before and after being taught using the self-assessment model at SMA N 1 TAHUNAN. The pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire are used in collecting the data. This study conducted a pre-experimental quantitative design since it focuses on a single group as the main data and it relates to numbers. The population is XII Bahasa with 36 students. In collecting data, students have to complete the pre- and post-test. Then, SPSS statistic 22 is used in analyzing the data and calculating the score of each test. The result shows significant differences were found. It influences the score before and after the method is applied. The application of self-assessment in that class can be said to be quite effective, but there are still many students who have not experienced the effectiveness of the application of self-assessment. The scores are improved, but the application of self-assessment needs to be improved more. Then, the questionnaire has a correlation with the performance of students in writing recount texts.