THE EFFECT OF USING CHAIN WRITING METHOD ON STUDENTS WRITING SKILL OF PROCEDURE TEXT

Abstract

The aim of this study was to gather empirical evidence regarding the impact of the chain writing method on students' ability to write procedure texts. This research followed a quantitative approach and employed a quasi-experimental design. The participants were 11th-grade students from SMAN 1 Air Batu during the 2024/2025 academic year. The study included both an experimental group and a control group, with each group comprising 36 students. The experimental group was taught using the chain writing method, while the control group was instructed using the teacher’s traditional method. The data collection instrument consisted of pre- and post-tests. The results showed that the experimental group had a post-test mean score of 86.8, while the control group’s mean score was 73.8. Statistical analysis using an independent t-test revealed that at a 5% significance level (α = 0.05), the calculated t-value was 4.18, which was greater than the critical t-value of 1.667 (with degrees of freedom 70). Therefore, the research was successful, confirming the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis (Ha), which indicated that the chain writing method is effective for teaching procedure texts, and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected.

Key word : Chain Writing Method, Writing, Procedure Text