The Effectiveness of Herringbone Technique to Teach Writing Recount Text to the Eight Grade Students of SMP Negeri 3 Jepara
Keywords:
writing skills, recount text, herringbone techniqueAbstract
To learn English, there are four skills need to be acquired. The four English language learning skills are listening, reading, and writing. Writing is one of these communication abilities. Writing proficiency is essential for students. The main purpose of this study was to find out whether there was a significant difference in the ability to write recount texts between students taught using the herringbone technique and those taught without using the herringbone technique. This study used the quantitative research method. A quasi-experimental design was applied in carrying out this study. The population was 233 of 8th grader. The sample of this research was 59 students. To collect the data, researcher used test. The test considered to make a recount text based on their own experience. SPSS 27 version applied to analyze the data. From the analysis, it was found that there is a difference in scores between the experimental and control groups. The experimental group's pre-test score was 61.48, and the post-test score was 80.00. There was an increase after receiving the Herringbone Technique treatment. In addition, the control group's score was 59.77, and the post-test was 69.03. The experimental group scored higher. T-test using an Independent Sample Test with Asymp.Sig (2-tailed) value of 0.001 <0.050, so Ha is accepted, and Ho is rejected. T-table test results are df = 29+30-2=57. The researcher used the table of significant degree 5%, so the t-table was -1.672/+1.672. The t-test value surpassed the corresponding t-table value (8.047 > 1.672), and the p-value was 0.001, which is less than the significance level of 0.050. The results showed the effective application of the herringbone technique in writing recount text.. Students were able to improve their skills in writing recount texts using the herringbone technique.
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