TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING THROUGH FRESH TECHNIQUE WITH CINQUAIN TO THE 10TH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 INDRALAYA SELATAN
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- The objectives of this study were: (1) to find out whether or not there was any significant difference in descriptive writing achievement of the 10th grade students before and after being taught by using FRESH technique with Cinquain. (2) to find out whether or not there was any significant difference in descriptive writing achievement of the 10th grade students who were taught by using FRESH technique with Cinquain and those who were not. The sample of this study was 56 tenth grade students, which were divided into control group and experimental group. Each group consisted of 28 students. This study applied convenience sampling technique. To collect the data, each group was assigned pretest and posttest. The data were analysed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The results of this study showed that (1) the mean difference in the posttest and pretest of the experimental group was 11.91 and p value <0.05. It means that there was a significant difference in descriptive writing achievement of experimental group, (2) the mean difference between the posttests of experimental group and control group was 10.27 and p value <0.05. It means that there was a significant difference in descriptive writing achievement between the students who were taught through FRESH technique with Cinquain and those who were not. In conclusion, teaching descriptive writing through FRESH technique with Cinquain was effective in improving students’ descriptive writing achievement.