Draw What I say to Improve the Students' Writing Skill in Descriptive Text

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out whether using Draw What I Say technique is effective for teaching writing in descriptive text on the tenth grade students of SMK Nurul Huda NU Paguyangan in the academic year 2015/2016 or not. The method of the research is experimental. The population of this research is the tenth grade students of SMK Nurul Huda NU Paguyangan. The samples of the research were class X AK1 as experimental class which consisted of 27 students and class X AK2 as control class which consisted of 27 students. In collecting the data, the writer uses tests (pre and post-test), questionnaire, and documentation. The writer used true experimental design and quantitative method to analyze the data. After the data are collected by using test, the pre-test average of the experimental class is 65.04 and control class is 65.63. Meanwhile, the post-test average of the experimental class is 68.59 and control class is 65.78. Based on data analysis by using SPSS 16.0 program, it is found that the score sig is 0.523 (more than 0.05) and the score from Equal Variance Assumed (Sig 2-tailed) was 0.012 (less than 0.05). It means that both of classes have same variant but have difference achievement. Besides, the mean of experimental class is higher than control class (68.59 > 65.78). From the data, it can be concluded that the treatment in experimental class is successful. Therefore, the hypothesis states that using Draw What I Say technique is effective for teaching writing in descriptive text on the tenth grade students of SMK Nurul Huda NU Paguyangan in the academic year 2015/2016 is accepted.