The Implementation of the Listing Technique to Improve Students' Learning Outcomes in Essay Writing Among Fifth-Grade Students at Ridha Allah Islamic School

Abstract

Teaching writing at a boarding school is a necessary subject at boarding school. As an essential part of developing writing skills. However, the reality shows that the quality of students' insya’ writing is still low. This is due to many students struggling to develop appropriate sentences and write correct paragraphs. To address this issue, there are various techniques that can be used to teach writing, one of which is the Listing technique. This technique is designed to make it easier for students to organize their ideas and help them learn to write in a more structured manner. This research is an action study conducted in the fifth grade of Pondok Pesantren Ridho Allah Perlabian Luar. The results of this study indicate that the writing skills of students in that class have significantly improved, with an initial average score of 56.36. In the first cycle of the first meeting, the average score increased to 68.18, although 7 students had not yet reached completeness. In the first cycle of the second meeting, the average score reached 68.64, with 6 students still not complete. Then, in the second cycle of the first meeting, the average score for kitabah insya’ rose to 77.27, with 4 students who had not yet reached completeness. In the second cycle of the second meeting, the average score reached 84.18, where only 3 students were still not complete. The conclusion of this study is that the application of the Listing technique in teaching kitabah insya’ to students can improve their writing learning outcomes.