USING COLLABORATIVE SENSORY DETAIL CHART INCREASE NUMBER OF CONTENT WORDS OF STUDENTS' DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

Abstract

This study promoted the use of sensory detail chart in collaborative learning as a
strategy for more fluent writing. It aimed at investigating how the use of sensory detail
chart in collaborative learning could increase the number of content words in students’
descriptive writing. There are thirty students participated in a classroom action research
(CAR) in two cycles. Students did a pre-test before the implementation and a post-test
after each cycle. The tests results showed that number of content words in students’
descriptive writing had increased by 62.44% overall. The increase in the second cycle
was even higher. The results of the second post-test indicated that the number of content
words in students’ descriptive writing had increased by 138.17% overall. The researcher
concluded that the use of sensory detail chart collaboratively has successfully increased
the number of content words in the students’ descriptive writing.