Philippine E-Journals

The Use of Multiple Intelligence Instruction Activities in Improving Writing Skills of the Second Grade Students of Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 1 Soe in Academic Year 2016/2017

Maria Regina Jaga

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

The study describes the use of multiple intelligence instruction activities for improving writing skills of the second-grade students of Sekolah menengah atas negeri 1 Soe in academic year 2016/2017. The study was conducted to identify the dominant types of multiple intelligence from the second-grade students, how to use multiple intelligences instruction activities and to find the effect of using multiple intelligences instruction activities on improving writing skills. This research is a classroom action research and the data were collected using interview, questionnaire, observation, and test. The result of interviews showed that teacher, especially in writing, used only general instructions without using any different instructions and never classifying the students’ ability. The result by questionnaires showed, there were four dominant bits intelligence found from second-grade students: musical, interpersonal, naturalist and bodily-kinesthetic intelligences. It indicates that there was a significant improvement of students in writing skills; it could be seen from the result of pre-test (63.45%), first cycle (68.55%) and the second cycle (76.90%). Students’ activeness was increased. It showed the students’ observation in the pre-cycle (48.57%), First cycle (68.5%) and second cycle (77.14%). Thus, it suggests that multiple intelligence based instruction activities can increase students’ writing skill and the students’ attitudes toward English lesson.