Linguistics and Elt Journal
Vol 3, No 1 (2015): June

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN TEACHING DESCRIPTIVETEXT TOWARD WRITINGABILITY

Ilham Ilham (Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Jun 2015

Abstract

This research is intended to find out the effectiveness of using authentic materials in teaching descriptive text toward students’ writing ability. This study was conducted in MTs. Nurul Jannah NW Ampenan.There were two classes of eighth-grade students with each class were 20 students. So, the total numbers of students in the eighth grade of MTs Nurul Jannah NW Ampenan were 40 students. The writer took class A as experiment group and class B as a control group. The experimental group was treated by using authentic materials and the control group was treated without authentic materials. Before giving instructions, two groups were given pre-test. After that, they were given post-test. The result showed that the mean score of the experimental group was 28 and the mean score of control group 7,25. The standard deviation of the experimental group was 2363 and the standard deviation of the control group was 173,75. The final result obtained through analysis of the data was the value of t-test 8,042. This consulted to the value of t-table which was 2,750< (8,042>2,750). It indicated that the value of t-test was higher than the value of t-table. It meant that an authentic material was effective in teaching descriptive text toward students’ writing ability.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JELTL

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Linguistics and ELT Journal (p-ISSN 2339-2940 | e-ISSN 2614-8633) is published twice a year in the months of June and December. The purpose of LELTJ is to disseminate information and facilitate understanding among those people who are concerned with English language teaching and linguistics, ...