SRI RAHAYU Primary Author mixed material bibliography Serang Banten 2022 monographic en English

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xiv + 104 hlm.; 18 x 25 cm The study aims to assess the writing ability of class VIII students of MTs Darul Hikmah through portfolio assessment. This study was action research that was conducted in two cycles. There were four meetings in the first cycle and five meetings in the second one. The subjects of the research were 20 students of VIII MTs Darul Hikmah. The data were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were in the form of vignettes, interview transcripts, and photos, and the quantitative data were the students’ writing scores. The qualitative data were obtained from the observations and interviews with the English teacher and the students. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were obtained by conducting a pre-test before the action and collecting the students’ writing in every cycle. The results of this research show that the use of portfolio assessment was proven to be able to improve the students’ writing skills in five aspects of writing, namely content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. They also could review their writing that made them write better. Moreover, by comparing the means of each writing aspect scores from pre-test to Cycle 2, the researcher found that all of the means of each aspect scores increased. The students’ mean value gain from pre-test to Cycle 1 is 2.39 for the content, 2.72 for the organization, 5.97 for the language use, and 0.5 for the mechanics. Meanwhile, the students’ mean value gain from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 is 2.2 for the content, 1.13 for the organization, 1.13 for the vocabulary, 1.63 for the language use, and 0.91 for the mechanics. In addition, portfolio assessment could arouse the students’ self-confidence, interest, and motivation. portfolio assessment, writing ability 420 UIN SMH Banten Perpustakaan Pusat SKRIPSI TBI 2175 SKRIPSI TBI 2175 My Library SKRIPSI TBI 2175 25433 2022-12-29 10:34:42 2022-12-29 10:35:08 machine generated