THE EFFECT OF PRODUCTIVE MODEL ASSISTED BY FLASHCARDS ON STUDENTS WRITING ABILITY OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of the Productive Model assisted by question cards on students' descriptive text writing skills. This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design with two groups: an experimental group taught using the Productive Model and question cards, and a control group taught using conventional methods. Participants were grade XI students of SMAN 1 Sei Kepayang, selected through random sampling. Data were collected using a writing test and analyzed quantitatively. The results showed that students in the experimental group achieved significantly higher scores in writing descriptive texts compared to the control group with a ratio of 10% in the control class and 15.8% in the experimental class. Data analysis using the t-test showed that the increase was significant, as evidenced by the t-score value exceeding the critical value at a significance level of 0.05. With degrees of freedom (df) 66 and a significance level of 0.05, a t-score value of 5.74 was obtained, which was greater than the t-table of 1.668 (5.74> 1.668). These results indicate that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, the integration of the Productive Model and question cards is effective in improving students' descriptive writing skills.