IMPROVING WRITING SKILL OF THE SEVENTHGRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 3 UBUD THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS ROUNDTABLE COMBINED WITH PICTURE IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

Writing is one of four English skills which need attention because writing skill is quite difficult to be learned. Writing in English requires a good command of both structure and composition. Therefore, students should master the basic elements of writing. Grammar must be mastered. That is, students must be able to form grammatically correct sentences. The preliminary observation which was conducted to the seventh-grade students of SMP N 3 Ubud in academic year 2023/2024 showed that their writing skill needed to be improved by applying an interesting and appropriate teaching technique, Simultaneous Roundtable Combined with Picture. The present study was conducted in two cycles. The data were gathered by administering pre-test and post-test. The results of the post-test in each cycle obviously showed that there were significant improvements concerning the students gave positive responses toward the implementation of Simultaneous Roundtable Combined with Picture in Improving their writing skill. In conclusion, the present study classroom action research proved that writing skill of the seventh-grade students of SMPN 3 Ubud in academic year 2023/2024 can be improved through Simultaneous Roundtable Combined with Picture.