THE INFLUENCE OF GUIDED QUESTIONS TECHNIQUE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP PERINTIS 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018

Julita, Riana (2018) THE INFLUENCE OF GUIDED QUESTIONS TECHNIQUE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP PERINTIS 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

Writing is one of language skills that should be mastered by the students. In writing paragraph we can deliver the information. The students’ writing skill of SMP Perintis 2 Bandar Lampung was still low especially in writing descriptive text. To solve this problem, the writer applied Guided Questions Technique. Guided Questions Technique is a technique which makes the students more understand and easier to write paragraph. The objective of the research was to find out whether there was a significant influence of using Guided Questions technique towards students’ writing skill of descriptive text at the first semester of the eighth grade students of SMP Perintis 2 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018 The methodology in this research was quasi experimental design with the treatments held in 3 meetings, 2x40 minutes for each. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMP Perintis 2 Bandar Lampung. The sample taken was two classes, VIII B and VIII C which consisted of 37 students respectively by using Cluster Random Sampling. In collecting the data, the writer used the instrument in writing descriptive text. Pre-test and post-test design was used. After giving the post-test, the writer then analyzed the data. From the data analysis, it was found that the result of T-test was 2.155. This result then was consulted to the score of t-critical in this case 0.05 was 1.994. From the analysis, the score of t_observed was higher than t_critical (0.05), in conclusion so Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. In other words, from this research, it was known that Guided Questions technique could improve the students writing skill in descriptive text. So, there was a significant influence of guided questions towards students’ writing descriptive text of the eighth grade students at the first semester of SMP Perintis 2 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018.

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