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AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Bernieke Damanik; Bobby Pramjit Singh Dhillon; Masta Magdalena; Henni Natalina Sijabat
Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran (JUPEJA) Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Juni
Publisher : Merwin Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.69820/jupeja.v1i1.41

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In classroom practice, most students think that writing is difficult. It is because in writing there are some important components such as vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and grammar. The objectives of this research to know the ability and the difficulties of students in writing descriptive text. The research designed this study with quantitative method with the data from students’ writing test. The findings show that: the students’ ability in writing descriptive, the total mean score of the students was 12.5. It means that the students’ ability in writing descriptive text was classified as very poor. The mean score of the students writing ability in content categories was 2,63. It was classified very poor. The mean score of the students in organization was 2,09. It was classified very poor. The mean score of the students in vocabulary was 2.93. It was classified very poor. The mean score of the students in grammar was 1,75. It was classified very poor. And the mean score of the students in mechanic was 12,5. It was classified very poor. The students’ difficulties in writing descriptive text consist of describing object in detail and grammar mastery such as simple present tense.
THE EFFECT OF THE THINK-TALK-WRITE (TTW) STRATEGY ON THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS' DESCRIPTIVE WRITING SKILLS AT SMKS 1 TAMANSISWA PEMATANGSIANTAR Maretta Kesia Siadari; Bobby Pramjit Singh Dhillon; Siska Situmeang
International Journal of Social Science, Educational, Economics, Agriculture Research and Technology (IJSET) Vol. 4 No. 12 (2025): NOVEMBER
Publisher : RADJA PUBLIKA

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54443/ijset.v4i12.1260

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The purpose of this research was to determine whether there was a positive and significant effect of the Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy on students’ ability to write descriptive texts at the eleventh grade of SMKS 1 Tamansiswa Pematangsiantar. This study employed a quantitative research design. The population of the research consisted of all eleventh-grade students, while the samples were class XI AKL and XI KS. To collect the data the researcher used written test and observation. This research confirmed that students taught using the Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy achieved better results than those who were not. The study involved two classes: the experimental class (XI AKL) and the control class (XI KS). The post-test mean score of the experimental class was 75.96, which was higher than that of the control class, which scored 68.52. The result of the independent samples t-test showed a significance value (sig. 2-tailed) of 0.011, which was lower than the significance level of 0.05. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, indicating a significant difference in students’ post-test scores between the experimental and control classes. The results suggested that schools, teachers, and other researchers should use the Think-Talk-Write (TTW) strategy because it has been shown to effectively improve students’ descriptive writing skills.