The Effect of Sentence Pyramid Strategy and Learning Motivation on Students' Sentence Construction in Writing Skill (A Study at Grade X Students of SMA Negeri 11 Padang)

Popi, Asni Dia (2021) The Effect of Sentence Pyramid Strategy and Learning Motivation on Students' Sentence Construction in Writing Skill (A Study at Grade X Students of SMA Negeri 11 Padang). Skripsi thesis, Universitas Negeri Padang.

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Abstract

Teaching strategy and learning motivation influence students in learning English. This research applied sentence pyramid strategy for the students' simple sentence construction which had purpose to find out whether sentence pyramid strategy and motivation gave significant effect toward students' simple sentence construction of descriptive and news item texts at grade X of SMA Negeri 11 Padang. This quasi experimental research was designed into 2x2 factorial design which was conducted in ten meetings. The sample was taken by cluster random sampling and as the result grade X 1 was as the experimental class and X8 as control class with 60 students altogether. The instruments used were questionnaire and writing test. The result of the research showed that (1) the result of students' simple sentence construction of descriptive and news item texts taught by sentence pyramid strategy was better than those who were taught by controlled composition strategy (2) The result of students' simple sentence construction of descriptive and news item texts who had high learning motivation taught by sentence pyramid strategy was better than those who were taught by controlled composition strategy (3The result of students' simple sentence construction of descriptive and news item texts who had low learning motivation taught by sentence pyramid strategy was better than those who were taught by controlled composition strategy (4) There was no interaction between both strategies and the students learning motivation. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that sentence pyramid strategy gave significant effect toward the students' simple sentence construction of descriptive and news item texts at grade X of SMA Negeri 11 Padang academic year 2012/2013. It implies that this strategy can be an alternative of the English teachers in teaching writing skill to the students particularly on simple sentence construction which finally helps them to create their essays well.

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