THE USE OF MNEMONIC STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT (A Classroom Action Research at the Tenth Grade of MAN Salatiga in the Academic Year of 2017/2018) A GRADUATING PAPER Submitted to the Board of Examiners as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd.) English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga By: RIZKI NURMA SARI 113 13 052 ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES (IAIN) SALATIGA 2017 i ii iii iv v MOTTO “The success was not always measured with money, degrees, and popularity, but the truly success is Iman and Amal Saleh. As like in Surah Al-‘Ashr.” -Dr. Zakir Naik- (Indian Islamic Preacher, and the Founder and President of the Islamic Research Foundation) By the time. Surely man will be in loss. Except those who believe and do good works and advice exhort to follow the truth and advice exhort one another to patience. (Al-‘Ashr: 1-3) vi DEDICATION This graduating paper is dedicated to: 1. My beloved parents H. Masjhar Ali, S.Ag and Hj. Siti Nur Rochmah, S.Pd.I, who always pray, love, guide and support me to be a better girl. You are inspiration and my everything. 2. My beloved sister Nadiya Nurmala Sari. 3. My big family Bani Moh. Sobri that supported for my education and finishing this graduating paper. 4. Mr. Handono, M.Pd., the Principal of MAN Salatiga. 5. All the teachers and staffs of MAN Salatiga, especially Mrs. Hj. Nurul Jazimah, M.Pd.I., and all students of X-Bahasa class. 6. My fabulous friends in international class program batch 2013 who always guide and coloring my days with many cartridges. 7. My lovely best friends Indana Khoirun Nida, Nur Hidayati, S.Pd., Muhamad Samsul Ma’arif, and Achmad Barokah Al-Zuhri, who always supporting and praying me in every single part of my life. 8. My family in Arifins’ Home Stay, thanks for your praying and support. vii viii ABSTRACT Sari, Rizki Nurma. 2017. The Use of Mnemonic Strategy to Improve Students’ Writing Skill in Announcement Text (A Classroom Action Research at the Tenth Grade of MAN Salatiga in the Academic Year of 2017/2018). A Graduating Paper. Teacher Training and Education Faculty. English Education Department. State Institute for Islamic Studies Salatiga. Consultant: Faizal Risdianto, M.Hum. The objectives of the study are to elevate the students’ writing skill through mnemonic strategy. The aims of her research are to know the use of mnemonic strategy to improve students’ writing skill in announcement text in tenth grade students’ at MAN Salatiga in the academic year of 2017/2018, to describe the implementation of mnemonic strategy in improving students’ writing skill in announcement text. The research method that is used in this research is classroom action research. The subjects of the research were 36 students in grade X-Bahasa at MAN Salatiga. The researcher uses two cycle; each cycle consists of planning, action, observation and reflection. The result of her research shows that there is an improvement of the students’ writing skill using “mnemonic strategy”. It can be seen from t-test calculating in cycle 1 is 1,579 and cycle II is 4,75; t-table with n – 1 is 35 this indicates that by applying “mnemonic strategy”, the students’ writing skill can be improved. Key Words: Writing skill, Mnemonic strategy, Announcement text. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE ..................................................................................................................... i DECLARATION .................................................................................................. ii ATTENTIVE CONSELOR NOTES.................................................................... iii CERTIFICATION PAGE ..................................................................................... v MOTTO ............................................................................................................... vi DEDICATION .................................................................................................... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................. viii ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... x TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... xi LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................. xiv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ........................................................................... 1 B. Limitation of the Study ............................................................................. 3 C. Identification of the Problem .................................................................... 3 D. The Purpose of the Study .......................................................................... 4 E. Significance of the Study .......................................................................... 4 F. Definition of the Key Terms ..................................................................... 6 G. Review of Related Literature .................................................................... 8 H. Research Organization ............................................................................ 10 x