The effect of clustering technique on students ability in writing descriptive text at grade Viii Of SMPN 6 Padangsidimpuan

Sari, Yunita (2017) The effect of clustering technique on students ability in writing descriptive text at grade Viii Of SMPN 6 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

In this research, researcher found students ability in writing descriptive text were: 1) students had lack of vocabulary, 2) students got bored of writing descriptive text using conventional technique (three phases technique), and 3) The students were difficult distinguish between identification and description of the generic structure in descriptive text. The purpose of this research was to examine student’s ability in writing descriptive text by using clustering technique was significantly better than three phases technique at grade VIII SMP Negeri 6 Padangsidimpuan. The approach used in this research was experimental research. Population in this research was 248 students and sample of this research was 53 students. Researcher chose two classes as sample using normality and homogeneity test. They were VIII-1 as experimental class was 27 students and VIII-2 as control class was 26 students. In this research, researcher gave pre-test and post-test in writing descriptive text. The data was derived from interview, pre test and post test. After the data have been analyzed experimental class used clustering technique and control class used three phases technique, the researcher found mean score of experimental class before using clustering technique was 65.6 and mean score after using clustering technique was 76.01. The Effect of Clustering Technique on Students Ability in Writing Descriptive Text was 0.642 with tt is higher than t0 (0.642< 2.00758). It means Ha was rejected and H0 was accepted so there was no significant The Effect of Clustering Technique on Students Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at grade VIII of SMPN 6 Padangsidimpuan.

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