THE USE OF PLEASE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE EXPLANATION TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 5 PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- The study was aimed to find out whether or not there was any significant difference in students’ explanation text writing achievement of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Palembang between before and after they were taught by using PLEASE strategy and whether or not there was any significant difference in explanation text writing achievement of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Palembang between students who were taught by using PLEASE Strategy and those who were not. The total number of the sample was 72 eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Palembang, which were divided into experimental group and control group and each group had 36 students. The sample of this study was taken by using purposive sampling method. In collecting the data, the writer administered pretest and posttest to the students. The results of the test were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test in SPSS version 24. The results of paired sample t-test showed that the p-value was 0.000, which was less than the significant level 0.05. It means that there was a significant difference in explanation text writing achievement of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Palembang before and after they were taught through PLEASE strategy. The result of independent sample t-test showed that the p-value was 0.000, which was less than the significant level 0.05. It means that there was a significant difference in explanation text achievement of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 5 Palembang between students who were taught by using PLEASE strategy and those who were not. Therefore, it can be concluded that PLEASE strategy was effective to improve students’ explanation text writing achievement.