%0 Thesis %9 Other %A 0643042045, VERA NOVA %B FKIP %D 2010 %F eprints:15489 %I Universitas Lampung %T MPROVING STUDENTS BILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) AT THE SECOND YEAR OF STUDENTS IN SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG 2009/2010 IN ACADEMIC YEAR %U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/15489/ %X Writing skills is the most complex language skill to master because writing skills involved knowledge of sentence structure, diction, organization of ideas. In accordance to SMA English learning stills are guided to imported information presented is the writing material. In contrast, SMA students skills find difficulty in understand writing materials. This research was quantitative research based on experimental method. The research used control group pre test post test design. The objective of this research is to find out whether Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) improves classroom or not. The population and sample of this research were the second year students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung. The class consisted of 31 students. The classes were determined randomly. 28 students (87.5%) whose sores are lower than 65 and only 3 students (9.6%) whose scores are higher than 65. Meanwhile, the students erimental class shows that 23 students (75%) whose sores are lower than 65 and 8 students (25%) whose scores are higher than 65. In general, the result of the pre test in both of the classes were not satisfying since most of the students got score below 65, and only few students got score above 65. students (74%) whose scores are lower than 65 and 8 students (26%) whose of post test in the experimental class show that there were only 3 students (25 %) whose sores are lower than 65 and 28 students (75%) whose scores are higher than 65. It could be