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USING PEER RESPONSE TO IMPROVE WRITING ABILITY
OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS AT SMP 3 BERBAH IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

A Thesis

Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Attainment of
the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education

Written by:
Nur Rochman Fatoni
09202241079

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF YOGYAKARTA
2014
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PERNYATAAN

Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya:
Nama : Nur Rochman Fatoni
NIM : 09202241079
Jurusan : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas : Bahasa dan Seni
Judul Skripsi : USING PEER RESPONSE TO IMPROVE WRITING ABILITY
OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS AT SMP 3 BERBAH IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014,
menyatakan bahwa karya ilmiah ini adalah hasil pekerjaan saya sendiri. Sepanjang
sepengetahuan saya, karya ilmiah ini tidak berisi materi yang ditulis oleh orang
lain, kecuali bagian-bagian tertentu yang saya ambil sebagai acuan dengan
mengikuti tata cara dan etika penulisan karya ilmiah yang lazim.
Apabila terbukti pernyataan ini tidak benar, sepenuhnya menjadi tanggung
jawab saya.

Yogyakarta, 20 Juni 2014
Penulis,

Nur Rochman Fatoni
09202241079

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DEDICATIONS

This thesis is dedicated to:
My parents
My brothers and sister
My big family

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MOTTOS

Sholatlah Sebelum Kau Disholatkan
Ujian dan Cobaan Pasti Akan Selesai, Itu Bukti Sayang Allah pada Kita (NRF 2013)
Aku Bisa, Harus Bisa, Pati Bisa (forkot 2014)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulillahi Robbil’aalamiin. All praises be to Allah SWT, the
Almighty God that gives His blessing so the writer can finish this thesis and his
study. Invocation and peace go to Muhammad, the Prophet, his families, and his
disciples. May Allah bless them and give them peace.
The writer would like to thank to his beloved parents, lovely sister and
brothers for all their love, motivation, support, prayers, and everything.
He would like to express his gratitude and appreciation to her first
supervisor, Dr. Agus Widyantoro, M.Pd. and his second supervisor Lusi
Nurhayati, M.App.Ling., who have patiently guided him in doing the research and
writing the thesis.
He also would like to dedicate his gratitude to all lecturers in the English
Education Department who have given him much knowledge and useful
experience.
His gratitude also goes to the big family of SMP 3 Berbah who has
permitted the writer as the researcher to carry out the research.
Furthermore, his gratitude also goes to Ahmad Zarkoni, S.Pd. who had become
the collaborator of the research and gave him big supports to finish this thesis. He
is thankful to the students of Class VIII D for their warmness and cooperation
during the research.
Moreover, he also wants to express special thanks to members of PBI
Class D 2009, big family of UKM KARATE INKAI UNY, big family of FORKI
KOTA Karate Team, big family of Kos Swakarya 30, members of EDULT, and
all his friends in Yogyakarta and Sukoharjo for giving him much help,
support, prayers, and motivation in doing the research; and also nice friendship.
All of them are the best part of his life.

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Finally, the writer realizes that this thesis still has many mistakes.
Therefore, he accepts gratefully any suggestions and comments. However, he
hopes that the thesis will be able to give contribution and be useful for the readers
especially for those who are interested in similar studies.

Yogyakarta, June 20, 2014
The Writer,

Nur Rochman Fatoni
09202241079

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE .................................................................................................................... i
APPROVAL SHEET ............................................................................................ ii
RATIFICATION .................................................................................................. iii
PERNYATAAN ..................................................................................................... iv
DEDICATIONS ..................................................................................................... v
MOTTOS .............................................................................................................. vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................ vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... ix
APPENDICES .................................................................................................... xii
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................ xiii
LIST OF FIGURE AND CHARTS ................................................................. xiv
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ xv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ........................................................................... 1
B. Identification of the Problem ..................................................................... 5
C. Problem Limitation .................................................................................... 7
D. Formulation of the Problem ....................................................................... 8
E. Objective of the Study ................................................................................ 8
F. Significance of the Study............................................................................ 8

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK
A. Literature Review ................................................................................... 10
1. Theories of writing ............................................................................... 10
a. Definitions of writing ...................................................................... 10
b. The writing process ......................................................................... 12
c. Characteristics of written language ................................................. 15
d. Micro and macro skills of writing ................................................... 17
2. Teaching writing in Junior High School .............................................. 19
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a. Principles of teaching writing .......................................................... 19
b. Type of writing activities ................................................................ 23
c. Characteristics of Junior High School students ............................... 25
d. Teaching writing in Junior High School ......................................... 26
3. Peer Response ...................................................................................... 29
a. The nature of Peer Response ........................................................... 29
b. The Importance of Peer Response .................................................. 31
c. The implementation of the Peer Response in Teaching Writing ..... 34
B. Relevant Studies ....................................................................................... 37
C. Conceptual Framework ............................................................................ 39
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of the Research ............................................................................... 42
B. Research Setting ....................................................................................... 44
1. Place Setting......................................................................................... 44
2. Learning Setting ................................................................................... 45
3. Time Setting ......................................................................................... 46
C. Participant of the Research ...................................................................... 47
D. Instrument of the Research ...................................................................... 47
E. Data and Technique of Collecting Data ................................................... 48
F. Technique of Data Analysis ..................................................................... 50
G. Validity and Reliability ............................................................................ 52
H. Procedure of the Research ....................................................................... 55
1. Reconnaissance Stage .......................................................................... 55
2. Plan of Action ...................................................................................... 56
3. Action ................................................................................................... 56
4. Reflection ............................................................................................. 57

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Reconnaissance ........................................................................................ 58
1. Identification of the Problem ............................................................... 58
2. The Selection of the Problem ............................................................... 63
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