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Writing is one of the four language skills that is viewed as the most difficult skill to be mastered. The seventh graders of MTs Negeri 2 Kota Magelang in the school year 2018/2019 are ones of those who face some difficulties in writing descriptive text. RAPS is offered as a technique to improve their learning motivation and skill in writing descriptive text. The objectives of this research are to know whether the use of RAPS technique can improve the learning motivation of writing descriptive text of the seventh graders of MTs Negeri 2 Kota Magelang in the school year 2018/2019 and to know how great the improvement of descriptive text writing skill of the seventh graders of MTs Negeri 2 Kota Magelang in the school year 2018/2019 after the implementation of RAPS technique. The writer did the research through three phases; they are Pre- Cycle, Cycle 1, and Cycle 2. The data of this research are collected from the students’ written test, questionnaire, observation, and documentation. All the data are analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative data analysis technique. The result of research shows that RAPS technique give great improvement on the students’ learning motivation and skill in writing descriptive text.
写作是四大语言技能之一,被认为是最难掌握的技能。Negeri 2 Kota Magelang中学2018/2019学年的七年级学生是在撰写描述性文字方面面临一些困难的学生之一。RAPS是一种提高学生学习动机和写作描述性文本技能的方法。本研究的目的是了解RAPS技术的使用是否可以提高MTs Negeri 2 Kota Magelang七年级学生在2018/2019学年撰写描述性文本的学习动机,以及在实施RAPS技术后,MTs Negeri 2 Kota Magelang七年级学生在2018/2019学年的描述性文本写作技能提高了多少。笔者的研究分为三个阶段;分别是Pre- Cycle, Cycle 1, Cycle 2。本研究的数据来源于学生的笔试、问卷调查、观察和文献资料。所有数据均采用定性和定量数据分析技术进行分析。研究结果表明,RAPS技术对学生描述性文本的学习动机和写作技巧有很大的提高。