THE USE OF THINK TALK WRITE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 23 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to improve students writing skill through think talk write technique. The result in this research is expected to be useful for students to improve writing skill especially in descriptive text and can help the teacher to be more creative. This research used classroom action research. Subject of this research is the class VIII.7 students of SMPN 23 Makassar in academic year 2017/2018 it consist of 38 students. The results of the research showed there is an improving of students writing skill by using think talk technique. It can be seen from the data that has been collected where the total mean score in cycle I (69,36) and cycle II ( 80,60). It can be concluded that think talk write technique is one of effective method to improve writing skill at SMPN 23 Makassar.