THE EFFECT OF COLLABORATIVE WRITING ON THE ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP KARTIKA 1-5 PEKANBARU IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this research was to find out whether there is a significant effect of collaborative writing on the students’ ability of SMP Kartika 1-5 Pekanbaru in writing descriptive texts. The design of this research was pre-experimental research with one group pre-test post-test design. A single group was selected to be a sample by using cluster random sampling. There were 28 students as the sample. The instrument was writing tests used both in pre-test and post-test. Then, the data were analyzed by using t-test formula. After the data were analyzed, it was found that t-test score was 9.785 while t-table score in significance level 5% df= 27 was 2.051. Since t-test was higher than t-table, it can be concluded that alternative hypothesis was accepted. It means that “there is a significant effect of collaborative writing on the students’ ability of SMP Kartika 1-5 Pekanbaru in witing descriptive texts”. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that collaborative writing can help the students improve their writing ability especially in writing descriptive texts.
Key Words: Effect, Collaborative Writing, Writing Ability, Descriptive Text