MINI RESEARCH
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“An Analysis of Writing Components in Students Islamic Studies”
Written By:
FAUZI RAHMAN : 1514050001
FERDI BAHRI : 15140500
YULIZAL NOVERA : 1514050033
The Lecturer :
Syayid Sandi Sukandi, SS., MA
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
TARBIYAH FACULTY AND TEACHER TRAINING
UNIVERSITY OF ISLAMIC STUDIES
IMAM BONJOL PADANG
1437 H / 2018M
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Problem
Writing is one of the four English basic skills beside listening, speaking and
reading. It is a process where the writer transfers her/his idea and feeling through
sentences and makes it understandable by the reader. As one of four basic skills, writing
is an essential aspect that should be mastered by the students. It is very important because
many aspects are needed to write in English.
Writing is not only the activity where the students put their idea and feeling into
written text but also organize them well and makes the reader understand about that text.
Because of that, writing is often assumed as a difficult skill to be mastered. In addition,
the students should refers to all components of writing such as content, organization,
language use, vocabulary, and mechanic in order to produce good writing at the end of
learning1.
Based on the observation was held at students Islamic studies in Mei 03, 2016, we
found little the student’s problems in writing. They just make some mistakes in
punctuation and to be. We thought they are smart and diligent enough, it can be proved
through the short paragraph that had done by them. Seem from them have new
vocabularies for their grade. Beside practice, the students also do the steps of writing
before they start to write. In addition, they refer to the all components of writing such as
content, organization, language use, vocabulary and mechanic.
Based on those explanations, we analyzed this skill at students Islamic studies and
conducted the research on title “An Analysis of Writing Components in Students
Islamic Studies”.
B. Identification of the Problem
Based on the observation that we have done, we found little student’s problem in
writing. Some mistakes happen in punctuation and grammar. But they have writing skill
and smart enough to write the short paragraph.
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Nensi Safitri, The Effect of Using Round Table Technique Towards Students’ Writing Ability at Class X of State
Islamic Senior High School 1 Padang (Thesis), Padang : IAIN Imam Bonjol, 2015. Hal. 1
C. Limitation of the Problem
Based on the students in writing, here, we focused on the analysis of writing
components of the students Islamic studies.
D. Purpose of the Research
The purpose of this research is to analyze whether they can apply the component of
writing in their paragraph.
E. Definition of Key Term
1. The Analysis : Parts in order to gain a better understanding of it.
2. Writing Ability : The ability of someone to express the ideas that will transfer a
message from the writer to the reader.
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. The Concept of Writing
1. Definition of Writing
Based on the thesis that written by Nensi Safitri (2015), she adopted from
Harmer’s book (1998: 79) writing is a basic language skill besides speaking, listening,
and reading. Writing is the way to express thought, ideas, and information into written
text. It is not only how to put word by word into text, organize them well, but also
makes it understandable. That is why writing is important and should be mastered by
the students. They need to know how to state their idea, how to organize them well and
make it readable.
Writing is also a productive skill where the students should have a product at
the end of learning. To have good writing, the students should do some ways and more
practice because writing is not an instant thing to do. The students have to refer to all
components of writing such as content, organization, language use, vocabulary and
mechanic in order to get good writing2.
In our conclusion, writing is the way of someone expresses the feelings, ideas
on their mind in written text. It is an activity where the writer has to read first, thinking
deeply, and then put it into written text, organize them well and makes it
understandable. By writing, someone can share knowledge, expression, opinion, idea,
and feeling to the reader.
2. Components of Writing
According the Nensi thesis that based on Jacob’s book (1981: 90), there are
five components in writing. These are content, organization, vocabulary, language use
and mechanics3.
a. Content is substance of a text. There are four descriptors for content. They are
knowledgeable, substantive, through development of thesis, relevant to assigned
topic.
b. Organization related to the appropriate sequence of events or chronological order
of an event in a text and appropriate length. There are six descriptors of
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Op.Cit Hal.9
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Op.Cit. Hal.10
organization are fluent expression, ideas clearly stated/supported, succinct, well
organized, logical sequencing, cohesive.
c. Language use consists of eight descriptors in writing evaluation; effective
complex construction, agreement, tenses, number, word order/function, articles,
pronouns and preposition.
d. Vocabulary, in writing, the writer should choose the appropriate vocabulary and
based on the level. Someone cannot write anything without vocabulary. So,
vocabulary is important aspect in writing. Vocabulary consists of four descriptors;
sophisticated range, effective word/idiom choice and usage, word form mastery,
appropriate register.
e. Mechanics is related to spelling, punctuating, capitalization, paragraphing and
hand writing in written product.
Finally, there are five basic components should be present when writing. First
is content. It is about knowledgeable, substantive, through development of thesis,
relevant to assigned topic. Second is organization. It means that good writing should
has good organizing and every sentence should coherence and unity. Third is language
use. It is about tenses, number, agreement, pronouns, preposition in writing. In another
word, language is the appropriate language should use when writing. Fourth is
vocabulary. It is about the selection of appropriate language put on the paper. The last
is mechanic. It is about spelling, punctuating, capitalization and paragraphing.
3. The Process of Writing
Based on our observation in Mei 3, 2015, the process of writing that we asked
based on our instructions without the formal process. In fact we asked the students to
write a short paragraph about their family, and we do assessment about their writing.
According the thesis that written by Aan Harinto, He adopted of Jacob’s book
(in sara 2002: 116) states that there are five components when assessing writing. These
are content, organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics4.
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Aan Harianto, The Use of Blog in Teaching Recount Texts to Improve Students’ writing Ability of Tenth Grade
at SMAN 1 Ngunut (Thesis), Jawa Timur : IAIN Tulungagung, 2014. Hal.14-15
Table 1
Indicators of Writing Assessment Based on Jacob
COMPONENTS SCORE CRITERIA
Content 30-27 Excellent to very good:
knowledgeable, substantive,
through, development of thesis,
relevant to assigned topic
26-22 Good to average: some knowledge
of subject, adequate range, limited
development of thesis, mostly
relevant to topic, but lacks detail
21-17 Fair to poor: limited knowledge of
subject, little substance, inadequate
development of topic
16-13 Very poor: does not show
knowledge of subject, non
substantive, not pertinent, not
enough to evaluate
Organization 20-18 Excellent to very good: fluent
expression, ideas clearly stated,
succinct, well organized, logical
sequencing, cohesive
17-14 Good to average: somewhat
choppy, loosely organized but main
ideas stand out, limited support,
logical but incomplete sequencing.
13-10 Fair to poor: non fluent, ideas
confused and disconnected, lacks
logical sequencing and
development
9-7 Very poor: does not communicate,
no organization, not enough to
evaluate
Vocabulary 20-18 Excellent to very good:
sophisticated range, effective
word/idiom choice and usage, word
form mastery, appropriate register
17-14 Good to average: adequate range,
occasional errors of word/idiom
form, choice, usage but meaning
not obscured
13-10 Fair to poor: limited range, frequent
errors of word/idiom form, choice,
usage, meaning confused or
obscured
9-7 Very poor: essentially translation,
little knowledge of English
vocabulary, idioms, word form, not
enough to evaluate
Language Use 25-22 Excellent to very good: effective
complex constructions, few errors
of agreement, tense, number, word
order/function, articles, pronouns,
prepositions.
21-18 Good to average: effective but
simple construction, minor
problems in complex construction,
several errors of agreement, tense,
number, word order/function,
articles, pronouns, prepositions but
meaning seldom obscured
17-11 Fair to poor: major problems in
simple/complex construction,
frequent errors of negation,
agreement, tense, number, word
order/function, articles, pronouns,
prepositions, and fragments, run-
ons, deletions, meaning confused or
obscured
10-5 Very poor: virtually no mastery of
sentence construction rules,
dominated by errors, does not
communicate, not enough to
evaluate
Mechanics 5 Excellent to very good:
demonstrates mastery of
conventions, few errors of spelling,
punctuating, capitalization,
paragraphing
4 Good to average: occasional errors
of spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, paragraphing but
meaning not obscured
3 Fair to poor: frequent errors of
spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
paragraphing, poor handwriting,
meaning confused or obscured
2 Very poor: no mastery of
conventions, dominated by errors of
spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
paragraphing, handwriting illegible,
not enough to evaluate
So, whether the product of writing that the students produce is good or not, it
should be assessed and refers to all components of writing itself.
CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
A. Population and Sample
1. Population
Population is all elements, individuals, or units that meet the selection criteria
for to be group to be studied. It means that population that we take is the students of
Islamic studies.
2. Sample
After determine the population, we had to choose the sample of the research.
According to Wikipedia, sample is a set of data collected or selected from population 5.
The sample of this research was taken that consists of six people from students Islamic
studies.
B. Place and Time of the Research
This research was held in Students Islamic studies class in Mei 3, 2015
C. Instruments of the Research
The instrument for this research was writing test. Test is used to collect the data
about the students’ writing skill in terms of content, organization, language use,
vocabulary and mechanics. We gave the instructions to write a short paragraph. Then, we
evaluated students’ achievement in terms of content, organization, language use,
vocabulary and mechanics.
D. Procedure of the Research
The procedure of this research was conducted to one class for one time. In this
meeting, we gave them instructions to write a short paragraph to see how far their writing
skills which involves five components.
CHAPTER IV
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FINDING AND DISCUSSION
This chapter means to present the researcher’s finding during the research at Students
Islamic studies class. The research was held in Mei 3, 2016. The analysis of the collected data
was taken by result of students writing text at Students Islamic studies class.
A. Research Finding
The data below presented the result of the students’ writing skill in Students Islamic
studies class.
1. Students’ writing score
The data of this research was the score of students .The writing results were evaluated
by considering five components that proposed by Jacob. The result of the score will explain
in table below:
N Name Components of Writing Total
o Score
Conten Organizati Lang. Vocabulary Mechani
t on use c
1. Aldino 20 15 7 6 4 52
Saputra
2. Wina Destria 25 17 15 17 2 76
3. Nurul 23 10 7 8 4 52
Walidaini
4. Azharul Fuadi 17 15 7 10 4 53
5. Eki Fatur 17 12 7 10 4 50
6. Yul Fitri 20 15 10 10 4 59
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
This chapter presents conclusions that are based on the findings and discussions in
the previous chapter.
A. Conclusion
Based on the data analyzed in the previous chapter, it can be concluded that the
students’ writing skill in students Islamic studies class showed they understand write the
text. The data showed that all of components of students writing have applied by them in
text product. The score showed that their writing ability is standard.
Finally, conducting this research in students had several advantages for researcher
or educational institution, the teacher and also for the students.
B. Suggestions
The researcher proposes some of recommendations below:
1. English teacher should consider an alternative technique in teaching writing to
make students more understand in writing.
2. The students should paying attention about their writing to repair the next
product.
