Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to know the level of ability and interest of
students class VIIl-7 of SMPN 17 Makassar in writing descriptive texts using
clustering techniques.
This study uses the method of description. The research subjects were
students of class Vlll-7 SMPN 17 Makassar in the odd semester in the academic
year 2021/2022 with a sample of 33 students. Data collection is done by giving
the task of writing descriptive text. The research data collected through the test
showed that the students' writing ability after the research was conducted, the
students were more interested in using clustering techniques in writing descriptive
texts.
Based on the results of data analysis, it can be seen that the student's result
is 50.27 then after getting treatment the student's pre-test score increases to 78.88
on the post-test. So it can be concluded that using the clustering technique can
improve students' learning abilities in writing descriptive texts at SMP 17
Makassar
