THE COMPARISON BETWEEN AUDITORY AND VISUAL LEARNERS TOWARD WRITING ABILITY OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN SMA NEGERI 1 BARRU

ABSTRACT Mustagfirah Syahrir. The Comparison Between Auditory and Visual Learners Toward Writing Ability of The Eleventh Grade Students in SMA Negeri 1 Barru. (Supervised by Kisman Salija and A. Qashas Rahman). This research aimed at comparing the writing quality between auditory and visual learners at SMA Negeri 1 Barru. The study was a causal comparative in nature. The population of this research was the XI SCIENCE grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Barru in the academic year of 2018-2019. Since the unit analysis of writing in this study was quite large, the researcher decided to take 30 students of visual and 30 students of auditory type. The total number of sample was 60. The variables of this research were two groups comparison, namely auditory and visual as independent variables, and ability of writing as dependent variable. The groups were compared on the ability of writing which assesses content, grammar, vocabolary, paragraph structure and mechanics. The data were collected through perceptual learning style inventory and writing test. The results were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The study found and concluded that auditory and visual types of learners had no significant differences in the quality of writing. The mainstream of writing quality of auditory and visual learners was in normal quality means that their writing was in the moderate level, neither satisfactory nor dissatisfactory. Better writing quality in this research was achieved by the auditory learners although the different is quite trivial. The study suggested that teachers should take diverse learning styles into account in teaching process, especially when approaching collaborative learning experiences. The students should be provided with approaches that accommodate students’ diversity in processing information. Moreover, teacher should prepare better environment, media, methods and experiences that make students more enjoyable to learn. Keywords: Auditory, Visual, and Writing Abilit