TEACHING STUDENTS' WRITING ABILITY BY USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2 OF MAKARTI JAYA
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https://doi.org/10.31851/esteem.v6i2.9414Keywords:
Clustering technique, Writing, Descriptive textAbstract
The main objective of this thesis was to find out the effectiveness of using clustering technique in improving students' writing ability to the eighth grade students of state junior high school 2 of Makarti Jaya. The method of used in this study was the experimental method. In the other words, experiment tries to compare one or more groups which are given the treatment, and other groups that is not given the treatment. The population of this research was students the eighth grade students of state junior high school 2 of Makarti Jaya with 46 students. The writer took two classes that were class 8A and 8B using purposive sampling technique. The data of this research were collected by written test: giving pre-test and post-test to the students sample. The collected data were analyzed using t-test formula. The result of the data analysis showed that the two-tailed-test with 22 (df) had a critical value of 0.000 at the 0,05 significant level. Because the t-value of 1,645 was higher that the t-table, Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. Students in the experimental group were able to improve their writing skills through descriptive writing as a result of their treatment. It also means that clustering technique was effective to improve the students writing ability to the eighth grade students of state junior high school 2 of Makarti Jaya.
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