THE EFFECT OF JIGSAW TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ NARRATIVE WRITING AT SMPN 1 SANGALLA

Abstract

This study was designed to improve students' writing skills narrative text by using technique of Jigsaw. The purpose of this study was to determine how the Jigsaw technique can be used to enhance the students' ability to write narrative text in the second year at SMPN 1 Sangalla Kab. Tana Toraja. This study uses a pre-experimental methods and apply the total sampling technique. The author serves as a students’ while English teacher became collaborators writer to observe the Jigsaw technique. The research data were collected through an instrument that tests were given to students. The subjects were 25 ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Sangalla in the academic year 2014/2015. All the students became the subject of this study. The results of the analysis of the data shows that by using the techniques of the jigsaw in the process of learning English students can affect students' ability to write text narrative. It is without that jigsaw technique had a positive impact on learning writing. Narrative text is a story based on the events and having the sequence of events that occur in the conflict and resolution, while jigsaw technique is a process students can work together to work on narrative text and produce stories that approached perfection. This research can be quite successful as it can affect the ability of students to write a paragraph narrative especially SMP Negeri 1 Sangalla because with this jigsaw technique will improve student learning spirit in doing the task