Digital Library: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T09:39:56ZEPrintshttp://digilib.unila.ac.id/images/sitelogo.pnghttp://digilib.unila.ac.id/2022-05-13T02:19:07Z2022-05-13T02:19:07Zhttp://digilib.unila.ac.id/id/eprint/61011This item is in the repository with the URL: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/id/eprint/610112022-05-13T02:19:07ZIMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING PERFORMANCE BY USING
PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT
MTS N 12 TANAH DATARThe objectives of this research were to find out whether there is any significant
improvement of the students’ writing performance in descriptive texts and to
investigate which aspects in writing skills that improve better after the
implementation of a personal photograph in writing descriptive texts. The
research was quantitative by using one group pre test and post test design. The
population of this research was the first grades students of MTs N 12 Tanah Datar
in the academic year 2020/2021. The sample of this research was VII F that
consisted of 28 students. The instrument of this research was writing test. The
results showed that there was a significant improvement of the students’ writing
performance after the implementation of a personal photographs in writing
descriptive texts. It could be seen from the gain on pretest and posttest score.
Based on the data, the mean value obtained in the pre-test was 69.32, while the
post-test was 84.43., so mean score increased 15.11, in which t-value>t-table
(12.93>2.052) or sig (0.00<0.05). Furthermore, content was one of the aspects in
writing skills that improve better after the implementation of a personal
photograph in writing descriptive texts. The percentage of this aspect in the
pretest was 20.995 while in the post test was 25.37., so the score increased 4.375.
As a result, it can be concluded that personal photographs not only improved the
students’ writing performance but also all of the aspect of writing skills, because
personal photographs can help students in developing their idea in writing
descriptive texts. Personal photographs also can make students more active and
easier when they want to describe something.
Keyword: Personal Photographs, Writing Performance, Descriptive Texts1613042023 YUNI KARTIKA FITRIyunikartika6789@gmail.com