IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN MASTERING WRITING THROUGH CAPITALIZATION, OVERALL, PUNCTUATION, SPELLING (COPS) STRATEGY TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 PEUDADA (A Collaborative Classroom Action Research)

Abstract

ABSTRACT

 

Writing is one of the ways to give an idea or message form of writing on a piece of paper or any other medium. The problems of the research were; first, How do the first year students of SMAN 1 Peudada improve their ability in mastering writing when the teacher uses COPS strategy? Second, How do the students’ response toward the implementation of COPS strategy in learning writing? The purposes of the research were to improve writing ability of the first year students of SMAN 1 Peudada through COPS strategy and to indicate the students’ response toward the implementation of COPS strategy in learning writing. This research was designed in collaborative classroom action research. This research was conducted in two cycles through collaborative classroom action research. Each cycle consisted of planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. In cycle I, the action was conducted in three meetings, but it did not succeed yet because the students’ mean scores on the result of the test in cycle I only 58. Furthermore, based on the result of observation toward the teacher's and the students' performance during the teaching and learning process, there were many things that should be considered and it did not reach the criteria of success yet. Therefore, the researcher revised the plan and continued to cycle II. In cycle II the action also was conducted in three meetings. After analyzing the data conducted in cycle II, the researcher got the students’ mean score had increased became 77. While, the result of observation for the teacher in cycle I was 64% and it did not reach the criteria of success yet, but in cycle II it had improved became 80%. Besides, the result of observation for the students in cycle I was 62, but in cycle II it became 77 and it had reached the criteria of success.  Furthermore, based on the result of questionnaire, the researcher got the mean of total score 4, 04 and it was categorized “strongly agree†and it had reached the criteria of success, it meant that the students showed good responses toward the implementation of COPS strategy in writing recount text. Based on the result as presented above, it can be concluded that the researcher had succeed in improving and motivating the students in learning writing recount text through COPS strategy.

 

Key Words: Writing, Recount Text, Capitalization, Overall, Punctuation, Spelling (COPS) Strategy