Tenth Grade Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Using Magic Card
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https://doi.org/10.30650/ajte.v4i1.3207Keywords:
ability, descriptive text, magic card, perception, writingAbstract
English language teachers nowadays are challenged to present interesting and innovative ways of teaching English in order to motivate their students to learn. Magic card can be used as an alternative learning medium toward the students’ ability to write descriptive text. The present study attempts to figure out students’ ability in writing descriptive text utilizing magic card and to describe the students’ perceptions about the use of magic card in writing descriptive text. Therefore, a quantitative descriptive research design was applied. Furthermore, to obtain the data needed, a set of test and questionnaire were administered to 36 participants (29 females and 7 males) of the tenth-grade students. The findings revealed that the total mean of students’ ability was categorized into good criteria (84%). It means that the students’ ability in writing descriptive text is significantly improved. Moreover, the results of questionnaire showed that students like using magic card because magic card is an interesting medium which would make students enjoy in studying, active in writing and creative in thinking. Besides, magic card can enrich students’ vocabulary as it promotes students’ creativity.
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Class in 10th Grade. Journal of Unimus. 8 (1): 56-73.
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Newyork: Longman.
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USA: Longman.
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to Develop A Dialect of Their Own. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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English at Sma Negeri 2 Barru (Descriptive Research).
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Text. Professional Journal of English Education, 752-756.
Fitriani, F., Nur, R. H., Bustamin, B., Ali, S. M., & Nurisman, N. (2019). Improving Students’
Descriptive Text Writing by Using Writing in the Here and Now Strategy at the Tenth
Grade Students of Vocational High School. International Journal for Educational and
Vocational Studies, 1 (6), 632-636.
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Heath and Company. https://doi.org/10.29103/ijevs.v1i6.1802
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Grade X1 IPA 1 of Man 2 Padang. Journal of English Language Teaching, 1 (1). 1-16.
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SMPN 33 Padang. ENGLISH FRANCA: Academic Journal of English Language and
Education, 3 (1), 72-94. DOI:10.29240/ef.v3i01.843
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problems of using appropriate adjective in SMP. 508–513.
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Text in English Class. Journal of International Conference on the Teaching and
Literature. 1 (1), 57-63. http://ejournal.karinosseff.org/index.php/icotel/article/view/66
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https://www.learntechlib.org/p/169277/
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Teaching and Research, 1 (1), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.29407/jetar.v1i1.274
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Descriptive Text to Improve Students’ Writing Skill.
Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326491902
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Essays. New York: Pearson Education, Inc.
Muhith, A., Agustina, U. W., Bahtiar, Y., & Afidah, N. (2020). The development of interactive
magic card (IMC) based on flash card. Journal of Research on English and Language
Learning (J-REaLL), 1(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.33474/j-reall.v1i1.4904
Nurfidoh, S., & Kareviati, E. (2021). An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Writing Descriptive
Texts, 4 (1).
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BPFE
Rahmawati, C., & Ria Utami, K. (2019). Improving Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Using Flash
Cards. Professional Journal of English Education, 2 (6), 845-851.
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Serdang. Annual International Conference on Language and Literature- AICLL. 656-662.
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of Current Practice. Proceeding of 1st International Conference on The Teaching of
English and Literature Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1(1) (pp 57-63).
https://doi.org/10.21067/jip.v11i1.3923
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Ekonomi, Komunikasi, dan Bisnis. Bandung: Alfabeta.
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Using Clustering Technique. Brilliance Journal, 35-41.
Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342448581
Sanaky.(2013). Media pembelajaran interaktif-inovatif. Yogyakarta: Kaukaba Dipantara.
Sartika, N., Nurdin, M., & Siliwangi, I. (2019). Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text
Based on Its Generic Structure at the Tenth Grade Student of Vocational High School.
2(4).
Sartika, N. & Nurdin, M., 2019. Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text based on its
Generic Structure at the Tenth Grade Students of Vocationa; High School. Professional
Journal of English Education.2 (4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.22460/project.v2i4.p436-441
Siahaan, J. (2013). An analysis of students’ ability and difficulties in writing descriptive texts An
Analysis of Students’ Ability and Difficulties in Writing Descriptive Texts. Journal of
English Education, 1 (1), 114-121.
Sibuan T.A. (2013). “Improving Students’ Achievement on Writing Descriptive Text Through
Think Pair Share”. Faculty of Language and Arts. Yogyakarta State University.
Syarofi, A., Kuswahono, D., & Rizky, H. (2018). Implementing Process Writing Strategy Using
Weblogs to Improve Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text. Lingua Cultura,
12(4), 351. https://doi.org/10.21512/lc.v12i4.4142
Turnip, Y. A. M., Marbun, F. V. G., Girsang, A. L., & Tarigan, S. N. (2019). An Analysis of
Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Texts. Linguistic, English Education and Art
(LEEA) Journal, 3 (1), 173–179. https://doi.org/10.31539/leea.v3i1.987
Zulaikah, Agustina, E., M. Muklas. (2018). An Analysis Student’s Ability in Writing Descriptive
Text of Second Semester of English Educational Program at STKIP Nurul Huda Oku
Timur. Jurnal Darussalam; Jurnal Pendidikan, Komunikasi dan Pemikiran Hukum
Islam, 10 (1), 12-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30739/darussalam.v10i1.264
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2022-01-31
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Nurhayati, N., Karim, S. A., Budiarti, B., & Sudiro, S. (2022). Tenth Grade Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Using Magic Card. Acitya: Journal of Teaching and Education, 4(1), 157–174. https://doi.org/10.30650/ajte.v4i1.3207
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