THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PICTURESWITHQUESTIONS IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT: An Experimental Study at First Grade Student of SMPN 2 Alas Barat Academic Year 2014/2015
| Main Author: | ADAWIYAH, RODIATUL |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2015
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.unram.ac.id/276/1/SKRIPSI%20RODIATUL%20ADAWIYAH.pdf http://eprints.unram.ac.id/276/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This study focused on analyzing the effectiveness of usingpictures with questions in improving students’ ability in writing descriptive text at first grade students of SMPN 2 Alas Barat Academic Year 2014/2015. It was aimed at answering the research question “Is pictures with questionstechnique effective to improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text”. The population of this study was the VII grade students of SMPN 2 Alas Barat. The sample of this study was the students of class VII/C asthe samples with the total sample of31 students. The writer conducted the research starting from giving pre-test, treatment, and then post-test. In the process of treatment, the samples weretreated using pictures with questions. The result of the test showed that the mean score of the post-testwas 69; it was higher than the mean score of the pre-test which was 43.67. It was also supported by the t-test gained which was 13.11, it was higher than t-table at the confidence level of .05 (95%) Therefore, the Null Hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. Thus, it should be altered into the Alternate Hypothesis (Ha). It means that pictures with questions is effective to be used in improving students’ ability in writing descriptive text for first grade students at SMPN 2 Alas Barat academic year 2014/2015.