THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTRY CARD IN TEACHING WRITING PARAGRAPH TO THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS (An Experimental Research at SMPN 3 Bireuen)

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ABSTRAK

The title of this thesis is "The Implementation of Entry Card in Teaching Writing Paragraph to the Second Year Students". This research is an experimental research at SMPN 3 Bireuen. The purpose of this research is to find out whether teaching writing by using entry card can increase students ability in producing an English paragraph and to know whether entry card used appropriate for Junior high school. In order to prove the idea, based on this consideration the writer has conducted an experimental research SMPN 3 Bireuenon the second grade students. The writer took two classes as sample for this research. They grouped into experimental group and control group. The writer then administered a pre-test to both groups, after that the writer made an experimental teaching. In experimental group, the writer used entry card in teaching writing, meanwhile in controlled group, the writer just taught by using conventional method. After giving the treatment in experimental group for three meetings, the writer gave post test to both groups and then makes a comparison between two groups. The result shows that the score of students in experimental group is higher then controlled group. It can be proved by score the mean score of experimental group of pre-test is 53,60 and 39 for the control group and post–test is 57,04 for the experimental group, and 39,5 for the control group. The standard deviation of two 55,58 and standard deviation for control group is 50,73. The standard deviations of two groups are also different. They are for post -test of experimental group is 56,37 and the standard deviation for the control group is 42,72. The obtained of t- score of the post-test of the experimental group and the control group are 9,051. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Hi) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected.

Key words: Entry card, writing, paragraph, writing paragraph.