USING PICTURE IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT TOWARD WRITING SKILL AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 19 MONCONGLOE MAROS

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out whether or not the use of Picture Method can increase students‟ writing ability at the Second Year of SMPN 19 Moncongloe Maros. The research used experiment design. The population of the research was class VIII which the total is 94 students and consist 0f 4 classes. The sample of the research was class VIII-1 consisted of 24 students. The Writer took this class as a sample because most of them still poor in writing. After conducting the research and analyze all data, the writer found out that the value of t-test was 2.77 and t-table was 2.093. It Indicate that t-test higher than t-table (tt = 2.77 >tt = 2.093). The result show that in the end of the test the students writing ability increased.it supported by the different value between pre-test and post-test. From the result which described previously it show that the use of Picture Method can improve the students in Writing at SMPN 19 Moncongloe Maros.