TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING TO THE STUDENTS AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 6 PALU BY USING COPS STRATEGY

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not the use of COPS
strategy can improve students’ ability in descriptive writing to the eight grade of
SMP Negeri 6 Palu. The researcher applied a quasi experimental research design
which was conducted by using pre-test and post-test. The population of this
research was the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 6 Palu and the research
sample were VIII C as the experimental group, while VIII B as the control group.
The data were collected by using pretest and posttest. In analyzing the data, the
researcher used 0.05 level of significance and 64 degree of freedom (df. The
researcher found that the t-counted value (7.485) was greater than the t-table value
(1.998). It means that the hypothesis was accepted. Based on the result, it is
concluded that using COPS strategy is effective to improve the writing skill of the
eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 6 Palu.