Author (Penulis)

NOVA RINDA SUVIANA
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0142

Abstract

ABSTRACT Writing is not just a skill to express person’s ideas into paragraphs, but it is very complex as it only can be acquired through cognitive efforts, training, instruction, and practice. It makes the students difficult to acquire. Hence, in order to help their difficulty to write, English teacher needs to equip themselves with various teaching techniques to gain the goal of learning English. In this term, using Estafet Writing as one of the teaching techniquescan be an appropriate way in teaching writing.This research adopted experimental research design to investigate the effect of using Estafet Writing on the students’ writing ability of the tenth grade students at SMAN 7 Kediri. The sample of the research was class X-3 consisting of 24 students. This research was held in three meetings involved pre-test, first treatment, second treatment, and post-test. The researcher used the form of essay test writing descriptive text as the instrument to collect the data. To analyze the data, the researcher applied the rubric of writing and using t-test to know the result of the study.The stastitical data in the research showed that the mean score of pre-test was 48,75 and post-test was 63,58. By using t-test, it was found that the t-score (12.156) > t-table 5% (2.069) or 1% (2.807). Therefore, the Null Hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis was accepted. It can be concluded that the students after being taught by Estafet Writing have better writing ability in descriptive text than those before in the term of content, organization, structure, vocabulary, and mechanics. From the finding above, it can be concluded that teaching writing using Estafet Writing is effective to develop the students’ ability in writing descriptive text. Finally, it is suggested that English teacher should apply Estafet Writing technique to teach writing descriptive text. Key words: Writing, Teaching Writing, Estafet Writing

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Reference

PUBLISHED

2016-02-07

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

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