Group Work Technique and Its Influence towards Students’ Ability in Writing Narrative Text
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https://doi.org/10.51278/aj.v4i1.341Keywords:
Group Work Technique, Students’ Ability, Writing Narrative TextAbstract
This research aims to know and describe the influence of using group work on students’ ability in writing narrative text and to know and describe the average score of the students’ ability in writing narrative text who learn through Groupwork. This research used an experimental method. The population of this research was the students in the second semester of the eighth class at SMP PGRI 1 PALAS lampung Selatan in 2020/2021, which consisted of 126 students. The sample of this research was two classes that consisted of 30 students. To get the data, the researcher used a writing test. The analysis result showed that the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It is supported by the average score of the experimental class (63.76), which is higher than the average score of the control class (51.5). Furthermore, the result of t-testis higher than t-table5.78 > 1.68 (?=5%) and 2.42 (?=1%). There is a positive influence of using group work on students’ ability in writing narrative text at the eighth class of SMP PGRI 1 PALAS Lampung Selatan in 2020/2021.
Keywords: Group Work Technique, Students’ Ability, Writing Narrative Text
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