The Implementation of Collaborative Technique To Improve Students Writing Desritive Text

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh teknik collaborative terhadap prestasi menulis siswa. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 29 siswa kelas kedua sekolah menengah pertama (SMP). Tes menulis digunakan sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Repeated Measure t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan pada kemampuan menulis siswa antara pre-test dan post-test dengan tingkat signifikansi 0,05. Hal ini menandakan bahwa teknik collaborative dapat di terapkan untuk meningkatkan keterampilan menulis siswa. The objective of this research was to find out the effect of collaborative technique on the students’ writing achievement. The approach of the research was quantitative. The subjects were 29 students of the second grade of middle school. The writing tests were used as the research instrument. The data were analyzed by using Repeated Measure t-test. The result showed that there was a statistically difference of the students’ writing ability between the pre-test and the post-test with the significant level of 0.05.This suggests that collaborative technique facilitates the students to improve their ability in writingskills. Keywords: writing, writing ability, collaborative techniqu