IMPROVING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITING SKILL OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 17 PALEMBANG THROUGH OUTDOOR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
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- This study was aimed to fuld out: whether or not (1) there was a signiftcant difference in descriptive text writing skill of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang before and after being taught by using Outdoor Classroom Activity strategy, and (2) there was a significant improvement in each aspect of descriptive text of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang after being taught by using Outdoor Classroom Activities strategy. The sample of this study was 34 seventh graders of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang which was choscn by using purposive sampling. To collcct the data, pretest and posttest were given to the experimental group. The data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test in SPSS version 23. The results of paired sample t-test showed that there was a significant difference in descriptive text writing skill of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang after being taught by using Outdoor Classroom Activity strategy as the p-value was lower than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05). The results of paired sample t-test in each aspect of descriptive text showed that there was a significant improvement in each aspect of descriptive text of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang after being taught by using Outdoor Classroom Activity strategy as the p-value was lower than 0.05 (0.000 < 0.05). The contribution of each aspect of descriptive text was improved in the posttest. In brief, Outdoor Classroom Activities strategy is helpful in enhancing students' writing skill of descriptive text of the sestenth grade of SMP Negeri 17 Palembang.