Helena Gabur Pengarang GRACIA M. N. OTTA Dosen Pembimbing 1 Gupuh Rahayu Dosen Pembimbing 2 Elisna Huan Ketua Penguji Gracia M. N. Otta Penguji 1 Gupuh Rahayu Penguji 2

Improving the Ability to Write Report Text Through the Discussion Group Method of the Tenth-Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Kota Kupang in the Academic Year 2023/2024. A Report text is a text that informs something, without exaggeration, as a result of the process of systematic research and analysis. The aims of this research is to find out whether the discussion method can improve the ability of the tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Kota Kupang in the academic year 2023/2024 to write report texts. The method used was classroom action research. This research was conducted in two cycles of four meetings through four stages: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The instrument for collecting data was writing test, and observation sheets. Based on the writing test score, student’s score kept improving in every test. In pre-cycle, the mean was 57,66%, in cycle 1 the mean was 67,88% and in the cycle 2 the mean was 80,22%. Based on the observation sheets it was found that the teaching learning process ran well. From the data above, the writer can be concluded that the discussion method was successfully implemented to improve the student's ability to write. Key terms: Report text, discussion method, writing