THE STUDENTS’ WRITING RECOUNT TEXT USING PHOTO AT THE THIRD GRADE AT SMPN 8 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The purpose of this research to find out the students increase in writing recount text by using photo. The research sample students class IX.7 the academic year 2017-2018. This research used Pre-exprimental method with 1 class pre-test and post-test. This research used total sampling. The insrument of this research is writing test. The total of this research was 33 students of class IX.7 of SMP Negeri 8 Makassar. The result of this research showed that the t-test more greater than T-table. Cause that, we can make a conclusion that the Students’ Writing Recount Text by Using Photo at SMP Negeri 8 Makassar increased. The mean score of students’ pre-test was 72 and the mean score of post-test was 89,6. The standard deviation of pre-test was 5,52 while the standard deviation of post-test was 4,7. The mean score of the students pretest was higher than the standard deviation of students’ post-test. After calculating the score of the students’ post-test as the final result into the ttest formula for independent sample, the writer found that the t-test value was 11,61 the value of the t-table was 2,088.