DEVELOPING WRITING SKILL THROUGH POWER (PREPARING, ORGANIZING, WRITING, EDITING, AND REWRITING) STRATEGY
| Main Author: | Anjarwati, Ninik |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Tadulako
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://jurnal.untad.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/ELTS/article/view/11525 http://jurnal.untad.ac.id/jurnal/index.php/ELTS/article/view/11525/8859 |
Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this research was to prove the use of POWER strategy in developing writing skill of grade VIII students at SMPN19 Palu. The researcher applied quasi experimental research design. The samples of this research were grade VIII D as the experimental class and class VIII C as the control class which selected by using purposive sampling. The instrument of the data collection is tests that are divided into pre-test and post-test. The result of the data analysis shows that there is a significant difference between the results of pre-test and post-test. It can be seen at the mean score of both tests’ results where the mean score of experimental class significantly developed from 21.05 to 46.78. Meanwhile, control class’s mean score developed from 29.36 to 33.33. By applying degree of freedom (df) 31 and 0.05 level of significance, the researcher found that the value t-counted (6.16) is higher than the value of t-table (2.01). It means that the use of POWER strategy is effective to develop students’ writing skill of grade VIII students at SMP Negeri 19 Palu, especially in writing descriptive text. Keywords: Developing; Writing Skill; Descriptive Text; POWER Strategy.