PENERAPAN PENDEKATAN CTL UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS KARANGAN DESKRIPSI PADA SISWA KELAS V SD

Abstract

This research has motivated by the low skills of descriptive essay writing onthe pre-cycle staged showed of completeness only 34% been experiencing by 5th gradePrimary School students. The problem is caused by the learning process in the pre-cyclestage where the learning approach applied by the teacher does not provide opportunitiesfor students to improve their descriptive essay writing skills. The purpose of thisClassroom Action Research (CAR) is to describe how is the implementation ofContextual Teaching and Learning approach in increasing the descriptive essay writingskills on 5thclass of elementary students which cover planning, implementation, anddeveloping the study outcome of the students. The research was done using class actionmethod that adapted from Kemmis and Mc. Taggart model, which done in two cycles.Data collection on this research was using the observation, field notes and test.Observation sheet, field notes, and test questions were used as the research instruments.Based on the previous research on class action, it can be concluded that theimplementation of Contextual Teaching and Learning approach could increase thedescriptive essay writing skills of 5th grade students in Primary School.