THE USE OF JOURNALISTIC QUESTIONS TO IMPROVE SKILL IN WRITING NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH

Abstract

This research is conducted to impove the studentsâ??skill in writing narrative paragraph by using Jounalistic Questions. It is one of brainstorming types that uses six questions as prewriting to generate ideas. The six questions are who, what, where, when, why, and how. The design of the research is action research. It is conducted in two cycles. The subjects of the research are the second semester students of Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia (PBSI) Study Program of STKIP PGRI Trenggalek in 2013/2014 academic year. It consists of 30 students. Journalistic Questions technique is implemented to help the students increase their writing skill. The result of the studentsâ?? writing shows that Journalistic Questions as prewriting can develop their writing by helping them generate ideas to make a paragraph, assisting them to organize the paragraph, guiding them to communicate the ideas, and increasing their motivation and self-confidence in writing activity. Consequently, they can construct a narrative paragraph well based on the ideas generated from the answers of Journalistic Questions.