Erwin Sih Utomo, 2201406053 (2011) The Use of Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009 to improve Students’ Writing Descriptive Text Ability (An Experimental Research At The Tenth Year Students Of SMA N 2 Wonogiri in The Academic Year 2010 – 2011). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Utomo, Erwin Sih. 2011. The Use of Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009 to improve Students’ Writing Descriptive Text Ability (An Experimental Research At The Tenth Year Students Of SMA N 2 Wonogiri in The Academic Year 2010 – 2011). Final Project. English Departement. Semarang State University. Supervisor: I. Drs. Ahmad Sofwan, Ph D II. Drs. Hartoyo, Ph D Key words: Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009, writing, descriptive This study is about the use of Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009 as medium in improving students’ ability in writing descriptive. The objectives of this study are to explain and describe the use of Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009 to teach writing descriptive texts to the grade X of SMA Negeri 2 Wonogiri and to find out how well the use of Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009 as alternative medium in teaching writing improves the students’ ability in writing descriptive texts. This study is an experimental research. The subjects of the study were 72 students of the grade X of SMA N 2 Wonogiri in the academic year 2010/2011. They were consisted of two groups, experimental and controlled group. There were four meetings for each group. Before being given the treatment, those two groups were given pre-test. The experimental group then was given treatment by using Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009; while the control one was given treatment without using Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009. The post-test was given after conducting the treatment to investigate the effectiveness of the treatment. Based on the data analysis, it is concluded that the strategy by using Microsoft Student with Encarta 2009 are applicable for the grade X of SMA N 2 Wonogiri in the academic year 2010/2011 since the strategy helps the students solve their problem in writing descriptive. Then, for the next research, they could conduct deeper research by developing all various kinds of medium in teaching English.

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