IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 4 SIGI IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH ENGLISH BROCHURE

Hasrudin. A121 10 141. Improving the Ability the Eighth Grade Students of SMP
Negeri 4 Sigi in Writing Descriptive text trough English brochure. Under the
supervision of Anshari Syafar and Budi.
The objective of this research is to find out whether the use of English brochure
improves the students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph. The research
design was quasi-experimental research with a pre-test and post-test design. The
population of this research was the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 4 Sigi.
The sample of this research was selected by using purposive sampling technique.
The instrument of data collection was tests. The data were analyzed using t-test in
order to find out the significant difference of the students’ scores of two groups
experimental and control groups. After analyzing the data, it is find out that the
result of pre-test of experimental group was 45.27 and the post-test of
experimental group was 67.02 and the result of pre-test of control group was
45.79 and post-test of control group 52.91. By applying 0.05 level of significance
and 41(between 40-60) degree of freedom (df), it is find out that the t-counted
value (9.93) was greater than the t-table value (0.0001). The results of data
analysis show that the hypothesis is accepted. It means that the use of English
brochure can improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph.
Keywords: Writing, text, ability, English brochure.