Application of Autonomous Learner Model in Learning News Text (Action Research in Class VIII of MTSN 3 Tasikmalaya)

Abstract

This study aims to: 1) know the ability to write news texts for students of class VIII MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya, 2) find out the implementation of learning to write news texts with an autonomous learner model in class VIII students of MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya, 3) know the effectiveness of the autonomous learner model in improving the ability writing news texts for eighth grade students of MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya. This research is an action research, the population in this study were students of class VIII MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya, amounting to 36 people. The results showed: 1) the ability to write news texts for students of class VIII MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya on average were in the low category, 2) the implementation of the autonomous learner model in class VIII MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya was well implemented, 3) the autonomous learner model effectively improved the ability write news text for students of class VIII MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya. This can be seen from the average value of students in pre-cycle 56 (low category) up to 68 (enough category) in the first cycle (up 18%). The ability to write news texts of students has increased by 14% in the second cycle with an average value of 79 (able category). It can be concluded that the autonomous learner model is effectively applied in learning to write news texts in MTsN 3 Tasikmalaya.