THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING GOOGLE DOCS AS A MEDIA FOR WRITING ACTIVITY ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

KURNIA, MALASARI (2024) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING GOOGLE DOCS AS A MEDIA FOR WRITING ACTIVITY ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In the process of teaching and learning English, many students experience difficulties in learning English. In turn, to handle student problems, several techniques and learning media are needed that teachers use to overcome these problems. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of using Google Docs as a media for writing descriptive text together with collaborative writing techniques on the writing ability on descriptive text. This research took place at SMAN 1 Sekampung Udik Lampung Timur involving 30 class XI students. This research is a pre-experimental research with a one-group pretest and posttest design. Based on research findings, students' grades increased significantly after the treatment was carried out using Google Docs as a media by applying collaborative writing techniques to students compared to the students' grades before the treatment. The effectiveness of this research can be seen from the results of the researcher's observations and proven by the results of the students' pre-test and post-test. In the Experiment class the lowest pre-test score was 58, the highest pre-test score was 78, and the student average was 65.87. Meanwhile, the results of the post-test obtained a higher score compared to the pre-test score. The experimental class score, the lowest post-test score was 68, the highest post-test score was 82 and the average student score was 73. Thus the results of the data analysis conclusions show how effectiveness of using google docs as media for writing activity on descriptive text. Keywords: Google Docs Media, Writing Ability, Collaborative, Descriptive Text, Pre-Experimental Design.

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