THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPH TO IMPROVE WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 41 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This research is quantitative research with an experimental method. The objective of this study is to find out whether using photograph is effective or not to improve writing recount text at the eighth grade students of SMP N 41 Purworejo in the academic year 2012/2013.The number of the sample is 56. As the experimental group, the researcher uses class VIII A which consists of 28 students. Meanwhile as control group, the researcher takes 28 students of class VIII B. The sampling technique which is used is saturated sampling. The instrument which is used to collect the data is a written test. The form of the test is divided into two parts. Those are pre-test and post-test, and to analyze the data, the researcher used t-test formula. The result of the research finds that the mean score of pre-test in experimental group is 60.07 and the mean score of post-test is 76.14. While the mean score of pre-test in control group is 57.14 and the mean score of post-test is 65.21. Then the value of t-test is 5.663 and the t-table is 2.000. The result of computation shows that t-value is higher than t-table that is 5.663 > 2.000. Based on the result finding, it can be concluded that the use of photograph is effective to improve students’ writing recount text.

Key words    : photograph, improve, writing, recount text