THE IMPACT OF USING TWO STAY-TWO STRAY (TSTS) TECHNIQUE ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 3 KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Author (Penulis)
Evlin Ariningrum
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
12.1.01.08.0121
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Writing ability can build the fluency and confidence for students and provide the variety of technique and opportunity to apply it. The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is an impact of using two stay-two stray (TSTS) technique on the eighth grade students’ writing ability of descriptive text. The sample of this research are 8-D consisted of 34 students in the second grade of SMP Negeri 3 Kediri. The research approach that is used in this study is quantitative. The research was conducted by using experiment. The technique that is used in this research is pre-experimental design that has pre-test and post-test. The result of this research shows that two stay-two stray technique give impact to the students’ writing ability in descriptive text. It can be seen from T-score (13,45) is higher than T-table (2,042) at the level of significance 5%. The data analysis is T-score higher than T-table, it means that differences score is very significant, so the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. This means that there is an impact difference of study before and after the students being taught using two stay-two stray technique. The conclusion of this research is two stay-two stray technique help the students to increase their achievement in writing descriptive text. Two stay-two stray technique is proved give a very significant impact to the students’ writing ability.
KEY WORDS : Writing Ability, Descriptive Text, Two Stay-Two Stray