Improving Students’ Ability in Writing Argumentative Text through Contextual Teaching and Learning

Abstract

The study was aimed to find out the improvement of students’ ability in writing argumentative text. This study applied classroom action research design. It was done through planning, action, observation, and reflection. The location of the research was SMA Swasta Rahmat Islamiyah Medan Jl. Bakti No.25 Medan. The subject of this research was the eleventh grade students which consisted of 18 students. Based on the writing argumentative text score, students’ score keep improving in every test. In the pre-test the mean score was 58,89%, in the first cycle test the mean score was 73,06% and the second cycle the mean score was 85,56%. The improvement also can be seen from the percentage of the students’ writing argumentative text, in pre-test 22,22% students’ got point more than 70. In the first cycle test 72,22% students’ got point more than 70, in the second cycle test 100% students got point more than 70. It means that teaching writing argumentative text through contextual teaching and learning model can improved the students’ ability in writing argumentative text.