The Implementation of Think–talk–write (Ttw) Strategy to Improve Students’ Writing Skills of MTsS MIM Langsa

This research analyzed the improvement of students’ writing skill through “Think- Talk-Write (TTW)” strategy. The objectives of research are : 1) to know the implementation of Think Talk Write strategy in teaching writing to the students of MTsS MIM Langsa and 2) to find out whether Think Talk Write strategy can improve the students’ writing skill or not. The methodology of the research is Classroom Action Research (CAR). CAR consists of 4 steps; which are planning, action, observing and reflection. The subject of this study is the seventh grade students of MTsS MIM Langsa class VII-3 which consists of 30 students. In this study the researcher uses two instruments; test and observation. To find out the improvement of students’ writing skill the researcher uses pre-test and post-test. The researcher uses two cycles, each cycle comprises of three meeting. The result of this research shows that there were improvement in writing skill descriptive text after being taught by using Think-Talk-Write strategy. It students proved by the improvement of students’ score from the cycle 1 and cycle 2. Result pre-test shows that 22 students was failed and only 8 students was Passed. In cycle 1, many students got score under passing grade, 14 students was passed and 16 students was failed. The average score of the students in cycle 1 is 63. While in cycle 2, 24 students were passed and 6 students failed, the average score the students in cycle 2 is 74. This indicated that by applying Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy can improve the students’ writing skill in descriptive text to the students of MTsS MIM Langsa.