Miftah Iskandar , 2201404551 (2009) TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS USING A PROCESS APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY (The Case of the Year Eighth Students of SMP N 1 Rembang, Purbalingga in the Academic Year 2007/2008). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The study is about teaching descriptive texts using a process approach to improve the students’ writing ability (the case study of the year eight students of SMP N 1 Rembang, Purbalingga in the academic year of 2007/2008). The objective of this research is to examine whether a process approach can improve the students’ writing ability. The population of the research was the year eight students of SMP N 1 Rembang, Purbalingga. The research method was an experimental research, with the experimental group (VIII C) and the control group (VIII D). The VIII C was taught by using a process approach, while the VIII D taught using conventional approach/method. The writer used writing test to gather the data. The test had been tried out before it was used. The main purpose of conducting the try-out was to find out the validity, reliability, difficulty level, and discriminating power. It was used to determine whether there was a significant difference between the means of the experimental group and the control group. The mean of post-test of the experimental group is 78.52, while the control group is 67.65. The obtained t-test is 9.88, whereas the t-table is 1.99 for α = 5%. The t-test value is higher than the t-table (9.88>1.99). Based on the result, a process approach is can be used to improve the students’ writing ability in teaching descriptive text in SMP N 1 Rembang, Purbalingga in the academic year of 2007/2008. Finally, the writer suggests to the teachers that they should use a process approach in teaching descriptive text.

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