Improving students’ writing achievement by using picture series at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Abung Tinggi

Cahya Tika, Feni Munifatullah, Ujang Suparman

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The research was conducted to find out of the being taught through there is any significant improvement of students’ writing achievement picture series technique. This research is quantitative research and use done group pretest-post test design. The sample of this research was 30 students at second grade of SMPN 1 Abung Tinggi in class VIII 3. Instruments used in this research were writing test. The data were collected through paired sample t-test. The results of the research show that ,  there is significant improvement of students’ writing ability after being taught through picture series. The statistical result show that t-value (3.730) is higher than t-table (2.042). It can be concluded that picture series effective to teaching writing.

 

Keywords: English Writing, Picture Series, Teaching Writing, Student Writing Ability


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