The Comparative Study of Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Between Students Who Like Reading and Students Who do not Like Reading at the Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 8 Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2020/2021

Abstract

In fact, English is studied in almost all of the school levels in Indonesia (from Elementary school to Senior High School). However, most of Indonesian students need to master the English, especially writing. That is one of the reasons why the researcher wants to know more deeply about it. The researcher wants to know whether the students who like reading can master the writing descriptive text as well as the students who do not like reading.In this research, the population of the research is the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Purworejo in the academic year of 2020/2021. The writer takes 32 students. The writer uses a purposive sampling technique because of the limited time. In collecting the data, the writer uses questionnaire and writing test. Then, in analyzing the data, the writer uses t-test. From the result of the computation, it shows that the t-obtained (to) is lower than t-table (tt) (2.13 < 3.14). It means that the alternative hypothesis that there is a significant difference between the students who like reading and the students who do not like reading on their writing ability in writing descriptive text is rejected. Therefore, there is no significant difference about it. Finally, the researcher concludes that there is no significant difference between the students who like reading and the students who do not like reading on their writing ability in writing descriptive text.