THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PICTURE CARD IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

This research is generally to find out the effectiveness of using picture
card in writing descriptive text to the seventh grade students of SMP Wahidiyah
Kediri in academic year 2022/2023. The researcher use Quasi-experimental
applied in VII A. This research had been done in six meetings, the first meeting is
pre-test, four meetings are the treatment, and the last meeting is post-test.
The researcher uses quantitative method with analyzed the data by using
T-test. The result shows that there is significance different between students are
taught by using Picture Card and without Picture Card. The data analysis shows
that Tcount > Ttable (2,651 > 1,664), Ha is accepted. In the Pre-test, the average
score of VII A class (Experiment Class) is 65 and VII B class (Control Class) is
62. In the Post-test, the average score VIIC class (Experiment Class) is 74 and
VIID class (Control Class) is 65. The result shows that the average score of
Experiment Class is higher than Control Class in Post-test. Therefore, it can be
concluded that Picture Card is effective to teach writing descriptive text.
Key words : Writing, Descriptive Text, Picture Card