THE EFFECT OF SCRAMBLED SENTENCES TECHNIQUE IN IMPROVING WRITING SKILL

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out whether the application of Scrambled Sentences Technique can improve the writing skill of the tenth grade students of SMAN 4 Palu in writing recount paragraph. This research applied quasi experimental research design that two groups had pretest and posttest. The population was the tenth grade students of SMAN 4 Palu. The sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. The sample were X IPA 1 as the experimental group that consisted of 30 students and X IPA 5 as the control group that consisted of 30 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used test. The test was administered twice as pretest and posttest. Then, the data were analyzed statistically. It reveals that there were different scores obtained from the experimental group and the control group. By applying 0.05 level of significance with the degree of freedom (df) of 58, the researcher found that the t-_counted was 3.56 and the t-_table was 2.0021. In other words, the t-_counted was higher than thet-_table. It means that Scrambled Sentences Technique can be used to improve the writing skill of the tenth grade students of SMAN 4 Palu in wrting recount paragraph.

Key words: Scrambled Sentences Technique, Writing Skill, Recount Paragraph.