The Effect of Using Listing Technique toward Ability in Writing Descriptive Paragraph of the First Year Students at State Senior High School 1 Rengat Indragiri Hulu Regency
| Main Author: | Nunung Rediansari, |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2012
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uin-suska.ac.id/9635/1/2012_2012639.pdf http://repository.uin-suska.ac.id/9635/ |
Daftar Isi:
- his research was conducted based on the problems faced by students in learning English especially in writing descriptive paragraph. The problems are many of the students can not develop their ideas in writing descriptive paragraph well, identify an object to be described, describe parts, qualities, and characteristic of the object, and do many mistakes in using present tense and choosing appropriate vocabulary. This research was conducted with purpose to know whether there is a significant effect of using listing technique toward ability in writing descriptive paragraph of the first year students at State Senior High School 1 Rengat Indragiri Hulu Regency. The design of this research was quasi-experimental non equivalent control group design. In collecting the data, the writer used test, there were pre test and post test to collect the data of ability of the first year students at State Senior High School 1 Rengat Indragiri Hulu Regency. The students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph was measured by using writing assessment that was used by the English teacher of this school. In analyzing the data, the writer used Regression Formula by using SPSS 16.0 and then it was compared with F-Table considered with degree of freedom (df). From the research findings, the score of Fcalculated was 11.661. It was higher than F-Table. It means that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. In conclusion, students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph by using listing technique is high, and students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph without using listing technique is low, and also there is a significant effect of using listing technique toward ability in writing descriptive paragraph of the first year students at State Senior High School 1 Rengat Indragiri Hulu Regency.