PENERAPAN PENDEKATAN CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) BERBANTUAN MEDIA LINGKUNGAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS MAKALAH PADA SISWA KELAS XI IPB 2 DI SMA NEGERI 1 KUBU

Abstract

Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) ini bertujuan (1) mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis dapat tidaknya penerapan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) berbantuan media lingkungan meningkatkan keterampilan menulis makalah, (2) mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis langkah-langkah pembelajaran dengan penerapan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) berbantuan media lingkungan dalam meningkatkan keterampilan menulis makalah, dan (3) mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis respons siswa terhadap penerapan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) berbantuan media lingkungan. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI IPB 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kubu yang berjumlah 28 orang dan 1 guru bahasa Indonesia kelas XI IPB 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kubu. Objek penelitian ini adalah peningkatan hasil belajar, langkah-langkah pembelajaran, dan respons siswa dengan penerapan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) berbantuan media lingkungan. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode observasi, kuesioner (angket), tes, dan wawancara. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik deskriptif kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini adalah (1) penerapan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) berbantuan media lingkungan dapat meningkatkan keterampilan menulis makalah siswa kelas XI IPB 2 SMA Negeri 1 Kubu, yakni pada siklus I memperoleh skor rata-rata 79, 92, sedangkan pada siklus II skor rata-rata siswa menjadi 83,43; (2) langkah-langkah pembelajaran dalam penelitian ini dititikberatkan pada tiga hal, yaitu kegiatan awal, kegiatan inti, dan kegiatan penutup; dan (3) siswa memberikan respons sangat positif terhadap penerapan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) berbantuan media lingkungan dalam pembelajaran menulis makalah. Oleh karena itu, penulis mengharapkan kepada guru bahasa dan sastra Indonesia di SMA Negeri 1 Kubu supaya menerapkan pendekatan Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) dengan media lingkungan dalam pembelajaran menulis makalah berdasarkan langkah yang ditemukan dalam penelitian.
Kata Kunci : CTL, media lingkungan, menulis makalah.

This Classroom Action Research aimed at (1) describing and analyzing whether or not the implementation of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach supported by environment media could improve writing paper skill, (2) describing and analyzing the steps of learning in implementing Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach supported by environment media to improve writing paper skill, and (3) describing and analyzing the students’ response towards the implementation of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach supported by environment media. The subjects of this study were 28 students of class XI IPB 2 of SMA Negeri 1 Kubu and a teacher of bahasa Indonesia in class XI IPB 2 of SMA Negeri 1 Kubu. The objects of this study were learning outcome improvement, the steps of learning, and students’ response towards the implementation of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach supported by environment media. The methods of data collection applied in this research were observation method, questionnaire, test, and interview. The data collected was analyzed by using descriptive quantitative and qualitative technique. The results of this study are (1) the implementation of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) supported by environment media could improve writing paper skill of class XI IPB 2 students of SMA Negeri 1 Kubu, in which the mean score in cycle I was 79, 92, while in cycle II the mean score became 83,43; (2) the steps of learning in this study were focused on three things, i.e pre-activity, whilst-activity, and post-activity, and (3) the students gave very positive response towards the implementation of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach supported by environment media in writing paper instruction. Thus, the writer expected that the bahasa dan sastra Indonesia teachers at SMA Negeri 1 Kubu implement Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach with environment media in writing paper instruction based on the steps found in this study.
keyword : CTL, environment media, writing paper.