Using Whatsapp Group to Improve Students’ Writing Skill in Descriptive Text (A Pre-Experimental Study at The Seventh Grade of SMP Negeri 4 Satu Atap Sale Academic Year 2021/2022)

Abstract

This is a pre-experimental study to see how far students' writing skills have improved before and after being taught in Whatsapp groups. In addition, the purpose of this study is to learn about students' opinions on the use of Whatsapp groups. A quantitative technique is used in the research methodology. The study included 25 seventh-grade students from SMP N 4 Satu Atap Sale as participants. The research tool is a test, namely a pre-test and a post-test. The average pre-test score before therapy was 61.68, while the post-test score after treatment was 79.63. The result of the t-test was 14.73, and the value of the t-table was 2.064. As a result, the t value in the table is more than the crucial value (14.73 is greater than 2.064). It may be stated that there is a considerable difference in students' writing abilities before and after using the Whatsapp group to teach them. On the other hand, the result of students' perceptions of the Whatsapp group's implementation is that the majority of students agreed on the features and benefits of the Whatsapp group.