THE INFLUENCE OF THE APPLICATION OF CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL)APPROACH ON THE STUDENTS ABILITY IN WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 KRANGKENG

LAELIYAH N:THE INFLUENCE OF THE APLICATION OF CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL)APPROACH ON THE STUDENTS ABI LITY IN WRITINGA DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT AT EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 KRANGKENG. The objective of the research is to find out some questions, the questions as follow, how are the students ability in writing a descriptive text before the application of CTL Strategy, how are the students ability in writing a descriptive text after the application of CTL approach, is there any positive and significant the influence of the application of CTL approach on the students ability in writing a descriptive text. To find out all the data in this research, the writer has used quantitative approach, the formulation with t-test. The researcher used design 2 : pre-test and posttest group. the material in this research such as the nature of CTL approach, the nature of the students ability in writing a descriptive text and etc. The place and time of the research at SMPN 1 Krangkeng, in this research there are two variable the namely is X1 variable and X2 variable, the sample of the research consist of 34 students from the total grade students Class A-G is 244 students.The techniques of collecting data used are observation, interview, Questionnaire and test. Based on the research findings researcher found that the students ability in writing a descriptive text before the application of contextual teaching and learning (CTL) approach,the result X1 (Pre test) is 57.7 and students ability in writing a descriptive text after the application of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) Approach,the result X2 (Post test) is 75. It mean that the influence of X1 (Pre test) and X2 (Post test) the result t = 17.30, from the hypothesis there is a significant by the application of CTL approach. The writer conclude that CTL, has improve the students ability in writing a descriptive the writer hope teaching and learning English can be more interesting