TEACHING NARRATIVE TEXTS THROUGH DISCUSSION BOARD IN IMPROVING WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 40 PALEMBANG
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- The aim of this study was to find out whether or not there was any significant difference of student’s writing between those who were taught through discussion board and those who were not. The writer used quasi experimental design in this study. The population of the study was all the eighth grade students of SMPN 40 Palembang in academic year 2013/2014 with total number of 320 students and the sample involved in this study was divided into two groups. The first group was experimental group which consisted of 40 students and the other was the control group which consisted 40 students. In collecting the data, the writer administered writing tests (pre-test and pos-test) to the students. The results of the test were analyzed by using independent sample t-test SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 20.0 programs. The result of the analysis indicated that the t-obtained was 2.653 higher than the t-table 1.326 at the significant level of p<0,05. Since the value of t-obtained was higher than t-table. it means that there was a significant difference between the students who were taught by using discussion board and who were taught without using discussion board. Based on the result of the calculation,the writer concludes that using narrative writing through disc