IMPROVING STUDENTS ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH TROUGH GUIDING QUESTION TECHNIQUE

Wulandari Wulandari, Patuan Raja, Basturi Hasan

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks deskriptif dengan menggunakan teknik Guiding Question. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Tes yang digunakan adalah tes menulis teks deskriptif. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah One Group Pre-test Post-test Design. Desain penelitian menggunakan satu kelas sebagai kelas eksperimen yang mendapatkan perlakuan menggunakan teknik Guiding Question. Sampel yang digunakan adalah 30 siswa/i kelas VIII.1 pada sekolah menengah pertama yang mana siswa tersebut dipilih secara acak. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui pre-test dan post-test. Data di analisis dari hasil pre-test dan post-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa rata-rata nilai pada pre-test adalah 54. 58 sedangkan pada post-test adalah 73. 33 atau hasil menunjukan terdapat peningkatan nilai sebesar 18. 75. Kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks deskriptif akan meningkat ketika mereka belajar menulis menggunakan teknik Guiding Question. Guru disarankan mengaplikasikan teknik Guiding Question dalam mengajar menulis untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa.

This research was to investigate the increase of the students ability in writing descriptive paragraph by using Guiding Question Technique. This research was quantitative. The instrument was writing test. The method was One Group Pre-test Post-test Design. The design used one class, as the experimental class which received the treatment of Guiding Question Technique. The subject was 30 students at the second grade of junior high school who random selection. The data was collected by administering pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed from the result of pre-test and post-test. The result showed the average score of pre-test was 54. 58. The result of the post-test was 73. 33 or increase 18. 75. The students ability in writing descriptive paragraph will be better when they are taught by using Guiding Question Technique. Teacher is suggested applying Guiding Question Technique in teaching writing to improve students ability.

Keywords: descriptive, guiding question technique, writing


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