APPLICATION OF CONTEXTUAL METHODS TO IMPROVE SHORT SHORT WRITING ABILITY FOR CLASS IX STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Writing is an activity to express ideas, ideas or opinions and solve problems throughwritten language media. Short stories are works of fiction that are fictitious, narrative or short story telling (the story line is solid while thebackgroundandflashbacksarealludedtoinpassing). Because of its short form, short stories demand a concise narrative, not to specificdetails that are "less important" and are more protracted. The purpose of this study was toimprove the ability to write short stories through students' contextual methods. The researchmethodusedinthisresearchistheclassroomactionresearchmethod.Datacollectiontechniques were carried out by giving tests, observations and documentation. The data analysistechniquesusedare:1)Testdataanalysis2)ObservationResultData(Observation)Documentation Result Data 3) Documentation Result Data, The data source of this research isthe making of this student short story which will be the main study of the author. The results ofthis study concluded that there were 7 students who completed the first cycle and 25 studentswho completed the second cycle, the application of contextual methods to students' short storywriting containsmanybenefitsforreadersbyanimatethestudents' writing spirit.