Muyasaroh, Siti (2017) Increasing the students’ ability in writing descriptive text through picture among the eighth grade of Junior High School Karya Bakti Sukadana East Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

Descriptive paragraph is one of paragraph-types in English learning. It is one of paragraph-types which say what a person or a thing is like. The descriptive writing deals to the senses, so it tells how something looks, feels, smells, tastes, and sounds. Many students consider that write a paragraph is as difficult as write an essay. It is caused the students still difficult when they have to start describe about something. Moreover, the students are lack of enthusiasts in following the learning process. The students are also passive during teaching learning process. In this research, the researcher applied the picture to increase the students’ ability in writing descriptive text. Picture is a type of media.

The research was used Classroom Action Research (CAR). This research was conducted in two cycles. Between one cycle with the other has relationship. They are including planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The subject of the research was the students of eighth graders of The Junior High School Karya Bakti Sukadana.
In collecting data, the researcher used the test and documentation. The tests consist of pre test and post test .The purpose of pre test and post test are to know how far the students descriptive writing ability before and after being giving the treatment.

The result of pre test and post test show that there is increase from the pre test and post test. The average score of the post test is higher than pre test. The average score of pre test is 60.73, then the average score of post test I is 65.87, and the average score of post test II is 73.96. from pre test to the post test cycle I, there is increase for about 5.14 points, and from the post test cycle I to the post test cycle II, there is increase for about 8.09 points. So, by using picture can increase the students learning activity and the students descriptive writing text.

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