THE EFFECT OF USING PICTURE SERIES ON THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT GRADE X AT MAS AL-WASHLIYAH 49 PASAR LEMBU

Abstract

Picture series was a very fun media because it would encourage students to guess and to understand what was happening in the picture. Picture series could be used as learning media to write descriptive text. By using this media students could build the concept of the story. The curriculum and lesson planned to achieve the four aspects of language like proficiency: speaking, reading, writing and listening. With the provisions in the curriculum, regulations have been made to achieve writing, one of which was the ability to write English. This research method used quantitative methods. The purpose of this research method was to find out the specific influence of the treatment on student achievement. After knowing the results of the T-test it could be concluded that the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) accepted. Hypothesis (Ha) states: There was a significant difference in student’s ability to write descriptive text after being taught using Picture Series media at Mas Al-Washliyah 49 Pasar Lembu. Writing descriptive text us picture series as media was a process which took parts in the study to develop skill. Picture as media developed as an interactive approach among students.

Keyword : Picture Series, Writing, Descriptive Text