The use of guided questions technique towards students' writing skill on descriptive text at eighth grade of SMPN 6 Tarakan
THE USE OF GUIDED QUESTIONS TECHNIQUE TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 6 TARAKAN Stevani Nike English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Borneo University Tarakan Email: [email protected] Advisor: Winarno, M.Pd Abstract: The purpose of the research was to determine whether or not guided questions technique help students in writing a descriptive text, by implementing pre experimental method; it was done by comparing the difference of their writing before and after they were thought using guided questions techniques. The subject of this research was the eighth grader students of SMP N 6 Tarakan. There were 28 students. The instrument was a written test consisting of guided questions in pretest and post-test to measure the subjects' learning achievement during the treatment Based on the analysis, it indicated that there was a difference between the pretest and posttest. In terms of their average score, it was 57.43 from the pretest, and it increased after the posttest, 71.64. This proved a significant difference between the situation before and after the treatment. The result of paired sample test showed that the result of t test (11.384) was much higher than t-table (2.052). Thus, it can be concluded that guided questions technique has been proved to be an effective technique to improve students' writing skill, especially descriptive text, for the subject in this research. Keywords: Writing Skill, Guided Questions Technique, Descriptive Text