IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS USING PERCEPTION OF OBJECT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT METHOD AT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 22 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

English is the most important International Language because it has a role as a mediator language among countries in the world. The usage of English has spread in almost all aspect of life, from trade, government, science, and technology, also the education. In Indonesia, English has been the first foreign language taught since in the elementary level. By mastering English, hopefully, the young generation can complete in the globalization era. In this research, the researcher wants to find out the improving the students’ writing ability using Perception of Object School Environment method. Here, the researcher has question to be answered. That is, does the Perception of Object School Environment method improve the students’ ability of writing descriptive text at the seventh grade students of SMP N 22 Purworejo academic year 2013/3014? The object of the research is the seventh grade students of SMP N 22 Purworejo academic year 2013/3014. The researcher took a class to be sample. There are 32 students of the seventh grade of SMP N 22 Purworejo. The researcher used tests as the instrument to get the data. The first is by using pre-test (before giving treatment), and the second is by using post test (after giving treatment by using Perception of Object School Environment method). The researcher conducted pre-test on November 18, 2013. Then she gave treatment and post test on November 2, 2013. After calculating the score, the writer got the result. Then, the researcher did calculation in order to answer the statements of the problem. The results of the computation are as follows: 1) The mean score or pretest is 56 and the mean score of post test is 70. It means that the mean score after giving treatment by using Perception of Object School Environment method in post test is better than the mean score before giving treatment. 2) It could be seen from the final result of t-test analysis which stated that the t-value was higher than the t-table (3.17 > 2.039). It means that there is significant influence on the students’ writing ability in writing descriptive text before using Perception of Object School Environment method and after using Perception of Object School Environment method at the seventh grade students of SMP N 22 Purworejo academic year 2013/3014.