THE INFLUENCE OF USING GUIDED IMAGERY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY ON RECOUNT TEXT AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 2 PRINGSEWU IN 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

Pertiwi, Grasela Intan (2017) THE INFLUENCE OF USING GUIDED IMAGERY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY ON RECOUNT TEXT AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 2 PRINGSEWU IN 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Raden Intan Lampung.

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Abstract

The goal of learning English as foreign language is to make the students are able to communicate in English both spoken and written form. The competence refers to four language skills. They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Writing is often considered a difficult subject. Some technique are needed by a teacher to overcome the writing difficulties. One of the techniques is Guided Imagery. Guided Imagery is prewriting technique that will allow the students to visualize in depth before they actually put a pen to paper. This technique will enable students to tap their creative energy. This research was quasi experimental research. The object of this research was the students the second semester of the eight grade of SMP N 2 Pringsewu in the academic year 2016/2017. The writer toomk two classes as sample: class VIIIC as experimental class and VIIID as control class. In this research, the writer took the sample by using cluster random sampling because the students were taken from classes. In collecting the data, the writer used writing test and to analyze the hypothesis, the researcher used t-test. After giving the post test, the writer analyzed the data by using independent sample ttest. It was found out that result of Sig. Pvalue = 0.012 < = 0.005. it means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. To sum up, the use of Guided Imagery towards students Recount Text writing Ability had significant influence. Keyword: Guided Imagery, Recount Text, Quasi Experimental, Writing Ability.

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