THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING POWER TEACHING METHOD TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 BULUSPESANTREN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

The aim of this research is to find out whether teaching using Power Teaching method is effective to improve the students’ skill in  writing descriptrive text of the eight grade students of SMP N 1 Buluspesantren in academic year of  2012/2013 or not. Power teaching or whole brain teaching is a method in teaching which designed to improve whole brain involvement, teachers use interactive gestures and chants while imparting information. The result of this research shows that it is effective to improve the students’ skill in  writing descriptrive text of the eight grade students of SMP N 1 Buluspesantren in the Academic year of 2012/2013, since it was found that the mean of cotrol group is 70.06 and the mean of experimental group is 75.50 in the post-test. Meanwhile,the result of t-value is 3.50. Based on the 5% significant level, the value of t-table is 1.999. The computation shows that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted that the t-value was higher than the critical value on the table (3.50>1.999).  It means that using Power Teaching method is effective to improve the students’ skill in  writing descriptrive text of the eight grade students of SMP N 1 Buluspesantren in academic year of  2012/2013.

Key Words: Effectiveness, Power Teaching Method,Skill, Writing,Descriptive Text.