The background of the study in this research was based on the students’ difficulties in comprehending recount texts writing. Some of the reasons were the method of the English teaching process was not interesting, and there were teachers that still used conventional way. So, it will difficult for students to achieve the teaching and learning target. In order to solve this problem the teacher should have creative activity, and the using of a Tumblr can be an alternative way as a learning media that will make students enjoy and easy to write.
This study is aimed at responding the following questions: (1) How is the implementation of Tumblr as a media to enhance the students writing skill in recount text in the Tenth Graders of MA Al-Khoiriyyah Semarang in Academic Years of 2014/2015?, (2) How is the enhancement of the students writing skill in recount text after being taught using Tumblr as a media in the Tenth Graders of MA Al-Khoiriyyah Semarang in Academic Years of 2014/2015?. Then the objective of this study was to describe the enhancement of students writing skill after being taught by using Tumblr. And to identify the enhancement of the students writing skill in recount text after being taught using Tumblr as a media.
In this study, the researcher conducted a classroom action research as the methodology of this research. There were three meetings during the research, they were pre-cycle test, cycle test I and cycle test II. The researcher used written test and observation checklist in collecting the data. The using of written test was to measure the students skill in writing recount text after giving the treatment, and the using of observation was to monitor students activities during teaching learning process.
The result of the test showed that the average students score in the pre-cycle test was 60.7, the average students score in the cycle I test was 79.8 and the average students score in the cycle II test was 86.4. The achievement of the test showed that the treatment was successful because the result of the cycle II test was higher than the cycle I test. In line with this result, the researcher concluded that the research enhanced students skill in writing recount text.
From the result of this study, it can be stated that the using of Tumblr was effective and very useful. It can be seen from the enhancement of students test result during pre-cycle, cycle I and cycle II. However, it will be better if the future related studies the treatment gave more than two times, not only cycle I and cycle II. Furthermore the Tumblr was completed also in good design and good theme, so the students more motivated and enjoyed in the learning process.