TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPH AS A MEDIA AND GUIDED QUESTION AS A TECHNIQUE
Abstract: This
research focused on
teaching descriptive text
writing through photograph as
a media and
guided question as
a technique. Based on the writer’s interview to the
English teacher of tenth grade students in SMA
Panca Bhakti Pontianak,
most of students
had difficulties in
writing descriptive text. The
form of this
research is pre-experimental study.
The data had been
collected by using
measurement technique. The
tool of data collecting was
written test. The
sample of this
research was 30
students from Class XF.
The result of
this research showed
that the use of
photograph as a
media and guided
question as a
technique in teaching descriptive text writing improved
students’ writing ability. Students’ pre-test mean score is 54.66 and students’
post-test mean score is 76.66. Meanwhile, the effect of treatment (ES) was
1.95. Based on the result (ES > 0, 8), it was categorized as
highly effective. In
conclusion, the use
of photograph as a media
guided questions as a technique in teaching descriptive text writing to the
tenth grade students of SMA Panca Bhakti Pontianak in
academic year 2011/2012 is highly effective.
Author: Hesti Linarti, Bambang
Wijaya, Luwandi Suhartono
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150086
