THE USE OF ‘STOP’ AND ‘DARE’ STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT

Abstract

Writing is one of the skills to learn at school. However, students have some problems in writing. These problems caused their score below the minimum passing grade score (KKM) which is 75. ‘STOP' and ‘DARE' strategy is teacher strategy to improve students' achievement especially in writing analytical exposition text. The research aimed to improve students' writing achievement by using ‘STOP' and ‘DARE'. The research used classroom action research (CAR). The setting was in XI IPA 5 of SMAN 1 Banjarmasin.  The research subjects were 34 students. The instruments were test, observation sheet, and interview. The success criteria of the research were 70% of students or 24 students passed the minimum passing grade score. The result showed 75.75% of students or 25 students passed the minimum passing grade score. Observation sheet in meeting 1 and meeting 2 showed teacher activity increased from 80.9% into 83.3%, students activity remind the same 91.6% and the effect of ‘STOP' and ‘DARE' strategy decreased from 83.3% into 81.6%. From the interview, the teacher found that ‘STOP' and ‘DARE' strategy helped her in teaching writing. Students thought that ‘STOP' and ‘DARE' strategy could make writing easier although it took more time. It is concluded that ‘STOP' and ‘DARE' strategy success to improve students' writing achievement. Based on the research, it is suggested for English teachers to use the strategy to improve students' writing achievement. Teachers also need to pay attention to time allocation so it would not take more time.