Menggunakan Diskusi Kelompok Kecil Untuk Meningkatkan Kinerja Menulis Siswa Kelas X Di SMA Negeri 1 Sindue

Karim Alhaq, A12118056. “Using Small Group Discusion (SGD) to Improve
Writing Perfomance of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Sindue”.
Skripsi. English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education
Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tadulako University, under
the supervision of Sriati Usman and Maf’ula.

The objective of this research is to prove that SGD technique can improve writing
performance of the tenth grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Sindue. It used a quasi-
experimental research design. The samples of this research were class X B as the
experimental group and class X F as the control group. They were selected by using
purposive sampling technique. The data were collected through pre-test and post-
test. They were analyzed to compare the mean score of the pre-test and post-test.
The result of the data analysis shows that the mean score of post-test (7.83) is higher
than pre-test (5.03) by 2.8 points. It indicates that there is significant improvement
of the students after using SGD as a treatment. It means that SGD can improve
writing performance of the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Sindue. The
implication of the research findings is the teachers can use SGD as the taching
method to support learning activities in the classroom.

Keywords: Writing Skill, SGD, Recount Text, Improving