THE EFFECT OF USING CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ON THE ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 RENGAT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

Abstract

Abstract: The research was aimed to investigate whether clustering technique can affect students’ writing ability. The research was conducted at the first year students of SMA Negeri 1 Rengat. In conducting the research, the researcher applied a pre-experimental method with XI IPA 1 as the sample. There were 36 students as the sample of this research. This research design used one group pre-test post-test. They were taught by conventional technique. They were given pre-test at the beginning, the post test at the end of the treatment. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. From the calculation, the researcher found that t-test was 7.933 and the t-table was 2.030. Since t-test was higher than t-table, Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. It means that there is significant effect in using Clustering Technique on students’ ability in writing descriptive texts.
Key Words: Writing, Writing Ability, Clustering Technique, Descriptive Texts