The Effectiveness of Using Four Square Writing Method in Teaching Writing Narrative Text at the Tenth Grade of SMA N 1 Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2015/2016

Abstract

This is a quantitative research with quasi experimental as its design. The aim of this research is to find out the effectiveness of using Four Square Writing method in teaching writing narrative text. Here, the researcher has question to be answered. Is using Four Square Writing Method effective in teaching writing narrative text at the tenth grade of SMA N 1 Purworejo in the academic year of 2015/2016? The population of the research is the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Purworejo in the academic year of 2015/2016 which consists of 345 students and the amount of the sample is 58 students. Sample is taken by using purposive sampling technique. The independent variable of the research is using Four Square Writing method and the dependent variable of the research is the students’ writing narrative text ability. The instrument that is used to get the data is essay test. The techniques of analyzing the data are descriptive statistics in finding mean, standard deviation, mode, median; and inferential analysis is used to prove the hypothesis test. The result shows that using Four Square Writing method in teaching writing narrative text at the tenth grade of SMA N 1 Purworejo in the academic year of 2015/2016 is effective. It can be seen from the mean score of experimental class that is higher than the mean score of control class (80.21 > 71.30). It indicates that writing narrative text ability in experimental class categorized excellent and in control class categorized good. It is also proven from the result of z-test which shows that the value of zvalue (5.135) is higher than the value of ztable in significance degree 5% (1.96) or 5.135 > 1.96. It can be concluded that using Four Square Writing method is effective in teaching writing narrative text at the tenth grade of SMA N 1 Purworejo in the academic year of 2015/2016.