THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WEB BLOG TO TENTH GRADE STUDENTS\' WRITING ABILITY OF SMA PAWYATAN DAHA KEDIRI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Author (Penulis)
SALIESA EKA FATMALYA AYU
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
14.1.01.08.0127
Abstract
This research was conducted based on observation and the researcher experience in
SMA Pawyatan Daha Kediri showed that teaching English in SMA still got difficulties in
students’ writing ability. Furthermore,the teacher seldom to use the media and the teacher
weakness in using technology in teaching learning process.The problem formulation of this
research are (1) Can web blog improve tenth grade students’writing ability of SMA Pawyatan
Daha Kediri in the Academic 2016/2017? (2) How is the students’ response when web blog
applied in teaching on tenth grade students’ of SMA Pawyatan Daha Kediri in the Academic
Year 2016/2017?.This research used quantitative approach and the design of the research was
one group pre-test and post-test to investigate the effectiveness of web blog to tenth grade
students’ writing ability of SMA Pawyatan Daha Kediri. The sample of the research was class
X1 consisting of 31 students. This research was held in four meetings involved pre-test, first
treatment, second treatment and post-test. Then the instruments of this research were lesson
plan, pre-test, post-test and questionnaire.The result of this research showed the t-test (11.909)
is higher than t-table (2.042) with the level of significance 5%. the t-test score is higher than t-
table and t value t-test is low at the significance level of 5% (0.000 <0.05) it means H0 is
rejected and Ha is accepted. So it can be concluded that the result of this research has very
significant effect to the students’ writing ability at the tenth grade students of SMA Pawyatan
Daha Kediri.