IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING SHORT STORY BY USING CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) METHOD AT GRADE VIII MTs AS-SAKINAH TANAH RAJA ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

Abstract

This research was a Classroom Action Research (CAR) aiming to describe the improvement of the ability to write short stories in class VIII MTs As-Sakainah Tanah Raja by using a contextual approach totaling 24 students consisting of 10 boys and 14 girls in odd semesters in the 2021-2022 school year. During four meetings. Observation data collection of student learning activities was carried out at each ongoing learning process and students’ learning process and students’ learning outcomes tests were carried out at the end of each cycle. The results showed that there was an increase in student learning activities from cycle I to cycle II, namely in listening to teacher explanation, asking questions, answering question, working in groups and submitting responses. Students’ learning outcomes also increased, namely those arranged in the cycle I of 34,37 with a percentage of 16,7% and in the cycle II of 76,88 with a percentage of 62,5%.