Author (Penulis)

Eko Wahyu Widianto
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

12.1.01.08.0097

Abstract

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PICTURE SERIES IN TEACHING WRITING AT THE FIRST YEAR AT SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 2 KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 Eko Wahyu Widianto 12.1.01.08.0097 FKIP – Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris rm,widianto40gmail.com Lina mariana, S.S.,M.Pd dan Yunik Susanti, M.Pd UNIVERSITAS NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI ABSTRACT This research is conducted because of a tendency which scattered that writing is considered as the most difficult and complex skill to learn. This problem occurs because the English teacher feels difficult to choose the appropriate media to teach writing. Therefore, the purpose of conducting this research is to investigate the effect of Picture series as the media that can help students to have better ability in writing descriptive text in terms of content, organization, content, accuracy, and mechanics.In conducting this research, the researcher employed the pre-experimental research and one-group pretest-posttest design. The subject of the research was the seventh grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Kediri in academic year 2015/2016. The sample of the research was class VII-C consisting of 29 students. This research was held in four meetings involved pre-test, first treatment, second treatment, and post-test. The instrument of essay test descriptive was used to know the students’ ability in writing descriptive. To analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS vs 17. The research result data showed that the mean score of pre-test was 45,34 and post-test was 52,58. From this result the researcher found that the t-test was higher than t-table (8.969 > 2.048). It can be concluded that the Null Hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha)was accepted. The students taught by Picture series method have better ability in writing descriptive text than those taught by Non-Picture series method in the term of organization, content, accuracy, and mechanics. It can be concluded that Picture series method is an effective media to teach writing descriptive text because it developed the students’ ability significantly in writing descriptive text. So, it is suggested that English teacher should apply Picture series method to teach writing descriptive text. Key word: Writing, Picture Series, Descriptive Text

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PUBLISHED

2017-02-17

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

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