The effect of Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy on descriptive text writing ability at Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan

Fitri, Fauziah Annisa (2024) The effect of Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy on descriptive text writing ability at Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Syekh Ali Hasan Ahmad Addary Padangsidimpuan.

Text 2020300003.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike. Download (5MB)

Abstract

This study aims to find the effect of Think-Talk-Write strategy on descriptive text writing ability of grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan. This research is a quantitative research with quasi-experimental design using one group pretest posttest design. The instruments of this research were writing tests (pre-test and post-test). The population of this study were all students of grade VIII of SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan consisting of 6 classes with a total of 164 students. The sample of this research was random sampling technique of class VIII-3 (30 students). The results showed that students' descriptive text writing ability in the pretest had an average score of 56, which was categorised into the low category. After using the Think-Talk-Write strategy, the students‘ descriptive text writing ability on the posttest was 76.46, which showed that the students’ descriptive text writing ability on the posttest was higher than on the pretest. In addition, the researcher found the t-test result where the t-count was 4.711 and the t-table was 2.045. This means the t-count is higher than the t-table (4.711 > 2.045). It can be concluded that there is a significant effect of the Think-Talk-Write strategy on the ability to write descriptive text of class VIII students of SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan.

Actions (login required)

View Item