THE EFFECT OF PARTNER TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT.

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THE EFFECT OF PARTNER TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

A THESIS

Submitted to the English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Medan, in Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the

Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan

By :

PUPUT WULAN DANA SIREGAR Registration Number : 2113321039

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTEMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS

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DECLARATION

I have familiarized myself with the University’s policy on Academic integrity. Except where appropriately acknowledged, this thesis is my own work, has been expressed through my own words and has not previously been submitted for assessment.

I understand that this thesis may be screened electronically or otherwise for plagiarism.

Medan, April 2016

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i ABSTRACT

Siregar, Puput Wulan Dana 2113321039. The Effect of Partner Technique on Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text. A Thesis. English Departement. Faculty of Language and Arts. State University of Medan. 2016

This study deals with the effect of Partner Technque on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The objective of the study is to find out whether Partner Response Technique Significantly affects the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text or not. This study was conducted by using experimental design. The population of the study was the student of grade X of SMA NEGERI 1 Binjai in the academic year of 2014/2015, there were 6 parallel classes of grade X. As the sample, two classes were selected by random sampling. The experimental group (X-4) was taught by applying partner technique, while the control group (X-3) by applying conventional method. The data of the study was obtained from the students’ score of writing text. The determine the reliability of the test, the writer use inter-rater reliability. The data calculation showed that the coefficient of reliability of the test was 0.43. It shows that the test was reliable and the reliability was very high. There were two sets of data used in this study, they were pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by applying t-test formula. After analyzing the data, the result of the study showed that t-observerd (2.83) was higher than t-table (2.004) (t-observed > t-table) at the level of significance of = α 0.05 and at the degree of freedom (df) = 58. It can be concluded that applying partner technique significantly effects the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text or in other words the alternative hypothesis is accepted.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

All praises and the greates thankfulness to almioghty God whi has blessed, given time, opportunity, health, and mercy to the writer in finishing this thesis entitled “The Effect of Partner Technique on Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text” to fulfill the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd) at English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan.

During the process of completing this Thesis the researcher has worked with a great number of people, though their guidance, suggestions, and comments for which the researcher would like to extend her sincere gratitude and special thanks to :

 Prof. Dr. Syawal Gultom, M.Pd., the Rector of State University of Medan.

 Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum., the Dean of Languages and Arts Faculty.  Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd., the Head of English Department and her

Thesis Consultant I.

 Dra. Meisuri, M.A., the Secretary of English Department.

 Nora Ronita Dewi, S.Pd, S.S., M.Hum., the Head of English Education Study Program.

 Dra. Masitowarni Siregar, M.Ed., her Thesis Consultant II.

 Prof. Amrin Saragih, MA, Ph.D., Drs. Johan Sinulingga, M.Pd., and Dr. Siti Aisah Ginting, M.Pd., her Thesis Examiners.

 All Lectures of English Department who have taught and adviced her during the academic years.

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 Suyoto, S.Pd, M.Si., the Headmaster of SMA N 1 Binjai who has given the permission to conduct the research in the school. And also for students for their participation and attention during the research.

 Guspan Siregar and Nurazmi Johari., her beloved parents for giving her everlasting love, affection, prays, and hard works and also her sister, Nurmasdalisa Siregar, S.Pd., and her little brother, Kurnia Agung Siregar who always supported the writer to be hard working to finish her study in Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Medan.

 All beloved friends in her boarding mate (Risa Ezrina Siregar, Ridha Anggraini, Siti Asma Tambunan) for their motivation, love, help, and prayers.

 Her fighful friends Sellia Elhawa, Ratna Purnama Sari Siregar, Pepi Handayani, Triana Sari, and all her class members in B Extension 2011, Tutwuri Situmeang, Rifa’atul Inayah, Ayu Purnama Sari, Desi Mita Rahmani, Suherna, Dyan Yosephin, Fahrunnisa Maryam, Khairuni Syafitri, Karmila, Phupuh Citra Dewi, Shilvina Afriani, Liliana Tarigan, Fauzul Azmi as her great class for the love and togetherness throughout four years.

 Her friends in PPLT 2014 SMK N 1 Kisaran for the togetherness and experiences shared. And also for those who cannot be mentioned one by one.

The writer hopes this Thesis will be useful for those who read it, especially for the students of English Department.

Medan, April 2016 The Writer

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7. Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text ... 15

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LIST OF TABLES

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Appendix A. Assessment ... 44

Appendix B. Pre-Test for Experimental and Control Group ... 46

Appendix C. Post-Test for Experimental and Control Group ... 47

Appendix D. The Score of Pre-Test and Post-Test in Experimental Group 48 Appendix E. The Score of Pre-Test and Post-Tes in Control Group ... 49

Appendix F. Testing the Reliability of the Test ... 50

Appendix G. The Calculation of T-Test in Experimental Group ... 51

Appendix H. The Calculation of T-Test in Control Group ... 53

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A.The Background of the Study

Language is one of the most important things in communication and it is used as a tool of communication among the nations in all over the world. As an

international language, English is very important and has many interrelationships with various aspects of life owned by human being. There are four important

skills in English. They are reading, writing, listening and speaking. People need to learn writing English, for occupational or academic purposes. Writing is one of

media communication. It purposes to express ideas, feelings, opinions, experiences, or information in form of writing language.

Writing is one of language skills in English that is very important to be

mastered. Even though, most people think that writing is a difficult activity, both in mother tongue and in a foreign language, because the reader can’t see

the writer. In general, writing is complex and difficult among the language skills. It is a must for the language learners to master writing skill. Without having good knowledge in writing, it is so difficult to be able to convey the

ideas to the readers. That is why writing is one of important things that must be taught to the students.

One of the genres that should be mastered by students in the process of learning English is descriptive text. In this study, the researcher only deals with writing descriptive text that purposed to describe thing, person, or place, so the

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reader can imagine what the researcher wrote. Saragih (2010:20) claims that Descriptive text is a kind of text that has purpose to describe a particular

person, thing, or place.

Harmer (2004) defines that writing is significantly different from speaking.

The final product of writing is not nearly so instant, and a result the writer has a change to plan and modify what will finally appear as the finished product. Writing was not interested to some students and they felt that this activity

wasted of time. One of the obstacles that writing teacher have to overcome is a reluctance of the part of their students to engage in writing activities with any

enthusiasm.

Writing not only needs what to write the content of the writing but also

needs the method or technique or procedure how to write what you want to write down. In other words, writing is a powerful instrument of thinking, because it provides students with a way of gaining control over their thoughts.

Writing shapes their perceptions of themselves and the world. It aids in their personal growth and their affective change on the environtment.

Based on the writer’s observation at school SMA N 1 Binjai in teaching practice program. She found that students were not able to formulate their ideas and their vocabulary in writing a text. It is proven that most of the students can

not write a simple writing, as the result they always get low score in writing. Partner technique is believe to be able to enable the students skill in

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members can exchange their opinion and idea in order to make a good and detailed description.

B.The Problem of the Study

In relation to the background of the study, the problem of this study is formulated as the following: “Is there any significant effect of partner

technique on students’ achievement in descriptive text?”

C.The Scope of the Study

There are many technique that teachers can suggest to students for

enhancing the quality and strenght of their writing. Beside it, there are some genres in writing. They are descriptive, narrative, recount, procedure, report,

exposition, explanation, discussion, and news item. In this case, the writer limits this study on applying partner technique s to effect students’ achievement in writing descriptive.

D.The Objective of the Study

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E.The Significance of the Study

Findings of the study are expected to be useful and relevant theoretically

and practically.

1. Theoretically

This study will give additional contribution to the students and lectures. They will know about writing to their learning process.

2. Practically

a. This study will add the literature for the reader to discover the ideas for writing

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. CONCLUSION

Based on the research finding, the researcher concludes that there is significant effect of applying partner technique on students’

achievement in writing descriptive text, since students’ achievement in

writing descriptive text taught by applying partner technique is higher than without applying partner technique (tobserved > ttable ; 2.83 > 2.004 ; ɋ = 0.05).

B. SUGGESTION

Based on writer experiment, some suggestion as following :

1. It is suggested to the English teachers, it is better to apply partner technique because this technique helps the students in

understanding the descriptive text much better.

2. It is suggested to the students, with this technique can improve

their writing achievement especially in writing descriptive text. And it is better for they thinking individually before they talk and

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