The Influence of Think-Talk-Write Technique by Using Picture to Improve Students' Descriptive Writing at the First Grade of Senior High School

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti: i) peningkatan kemampuan menulis teks deskriptif siswa melalui penerapan teknik Think-Talk-Write dan ii) aspek menulis yang paling meningkat. Penelitian ini adalah kuasi-eksperimental dengan one-group pretest-posttest design. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X IPA 6 di SMA Al Azhar 3 Bandar Lampung yang terdiri atas 34 siswa. Data penelitian ini diperoleh melalui pre test dan post test. Kemudian, data tersebut dianalisis dengan menggunakan Paired Sample T-test. Nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dalam pre test adalah 54.83 dan nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dalam post test adalah 64.95. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa pencapaian murid terhadap skill menulis deskriptif text meningkat secara statistik dengan level signifikansi 0.05. Ini menunjukkan bahwa teknik Think-Talk-Write membantu siswa dalam meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa. This research was aimed at investigating: i) the students’ improvement on writing descriptive text after the students were taught through Think-Talk-Write technique and ii) the aspect of writing improves the most. This study was quasi-experimental research with one-group pretest-posttest design of pre-experimental design. The subject of this research was class X IPA 6 of SMA Al Azhar 3 Bandar Lampung consisting of 34 students. The data were obtained from the pre test and post test. Then, the data were analyzed by using Paired Sample T-test. The average score of the pre-test was 54.83 and the average score of the post-test was 64.95. The results showed that the students’ achievement on writing descriptive text statistically increased with the significant level 0.05. This suggests that Think-Talk-Write technique facilitates the students to improve their writing achievement. Keywords: think-talk-write, teaching writing, descriptive text