THE EFFECT OF USING PICTURE AND PICTURE MODEL IN WRITING SKILL ABOUT DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

The objective of the research is to find out the significant the effect of using picture and picture model in writing skill about descriptive text at grade X SMA Negeri 4 Kisaran in 2022/2023 academic year. This type of research was experimental research design. The population of this research is the students of grade X. The sample of this study was about 68 students. The  research were X 1 and X 5 which were taken by sample random sampling the X 5 experimental group taught by peer response strategy X 1 as control group taught by conventional way. The study findings demonstrate that the experimental group’s writing ability score for narrative text was higher than that of the control group. Based on calculation of the t- test is the score product moment degree of freedom (df) = n-2 = 34-2 = 32 the results obtained are t_hitung > t_table, namely t_hitung = 4,160 and t_table = 1,692, then 4., 160  > 1,692. The significance 0,000 <0.05. (H₀ is rejected and Ha is accepted).

Key words: Picture and picture, Descriptive Text, Writing skill