Developing Group Investigation in Writing a Report of Poetry Class

Abstract

Poetry was one of the requirement subjects in the undergraduate program of English Department. Giving a report assignment in Poetry class was a good task for assessing students' ideas toward their poetry materials. However, the students found a barrier in writing their report. Indeed, the lecturer had to apply an effective teaching method to overcome the barrier. Dealing with this issue, this study was conducted to develop group investigation in writing a report of poetry class and to examine the practicality and efficiency of group investigation. This study was held at English Department of Islamic Sultan Agung University Semarang (UNISSULA). The type of this study was research and development design. The participants of this study were the lecturer and the students of poetry class at UNISSULA. Questionnaire, interview, and observation were used to collect the data. The study showed the lecturer had good response to the development of using poetry group investigation in writing a report of poetry class. The lecturer viewed that poetry group investigation was a good choice to lead his students to think carefully and cooperatively each other. It could be concluded that poetry group investigation was practicality and efficiency helped students in writing a report of poetry class. It made the students to be active, participated and helped students to become independent learners