THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOUR SQUARE WRITING METHOD TO IMPROVE WRITING SKILL IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

The objective of the research areto find out the level of the students’ writing skill by using Four Square Writing Method and to know whether teaching writing of descriptive text by using Four-Square Writing Method was effective or not for the seventhof grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah Purworejo in the Academic year of 2012/2013. The subject of the study was 58 students of the seventh grade of SMP Muhammadiyah Purworejo, which were chosen randomly. The writer took two groups of the students as the samples using purposive sampling, one as the experimental group and another one as the control group. The data were collected by using essay test. The data were analyzed by t-test. The type of this research is an experimental research. The result of the study showed that the means of experimental group is 77.83 and it is good category. The means of the students who were taught writing descriptive text by using Four Square Writing Method was 77.83 the means of the students who were taught writing descriptive text without Four Square Writing Method is 67.89. It could be seen from the final result of t-test analysis which stated that the t-value was higher than the t-table (10.28> 2.00). There was a difference in the students’ achievement in writing descriptive texts between students taught using Four-Square Writing Method and those without using Four- Square Writing Method. Having analyzed the data, the writer found that the students’ achievement of experiment class was better than that of the control class.