Enhancing Writing Ability through the Idea Listing Technique

This article is based on my writing research took place at the writing class of the Study Program of English Education of STAIN Palangka Raya. It was published in the journal, JEELS: Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies Vol. 2 No. 1, May 2015, published by English Department of STAIN Kediri. For more details, please click here or visit me in Google Scholar.

ABSTRACT

The study is aimed at developing the Idea Listing Technique (ILT) to enhance the students‟ writing ability. The Classroom Action Research was applied in this study. The subjects of the study were 31 students, the students taking the course of Writing II, of the third semester of English Department of one State Islamic College at Palangka Raya, Indonesia, in the 2012/2013 academic year.

The findings show that the implementation of ILT can enhance the students‟ ability in writing expository paragraph. It is indicated by the enhancements of the percentage of the students achieving the score greater than or equal to C (60-69), and of the percentage of their involvement in the writing activities during the implementation of ILT in Cycle I and II. Thus, the enhancement of the students‟ ability in writing expository paragraph can be reached but it should follow the appropriate procedures of the implementation of ILT having been developed.

Keywords: Idea Listing Technique, Writing Ability, Paragraph Writing, Expository Paragraph