IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE BY USING WRITTEN CONVERSATION

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out whether the use of written conversation can improve students’ writing skill at the eleventh grade or not. The researcher applied a quasi-experimental research design, namely non-equivalent (the pretest-posttest group) control-group design that involved two groups; they were experimental group and control group. The population of this research was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Bambalamotu. The sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. The sample were XI IPA 1 as the experimental group that consisted of 23 students and XI IPA 3 as the control group that consisted of 22 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used test (pretest and posttest). In analyzing the data, the researcher used 0.05 level of significance with the degree of freedom (df23+22-2= 43), the researcher found that the t-_countedwas 2.91 and the t-_tablewas 2.01785. In other words, the t-_counted(2.91) was greater thant-_table (2.01785). In this case, the research hypothesis was accepted. In short, the use of written conversation can improve students’ writing skill at the eleventh grade.

Keywords: improving, writing skill, written conversation