THE INFLUENCE OF USING BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE TOWARDS THE STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH WRITING ABILITY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF MTS YAPENBAYA TANJUNG AGUNG SOUTH LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2015/2016

The objective of this research is to know whether there is significant influence of using brainstorming technique toward the students‟ descriptive paragraph writing ability at eighth grade of MTs Yapenbaya Tanjung Agung South Lampung in the academic year of 2015/2016. The research methodology was used quasi experimental design. The population of the research was the students at the eighth grade of MTs Yapenbaya Tanjung Agung South Lampung consisted of 78 students grouped in three classes. The sample was chosen by doing cluster random sampling. The sample was taken from two classes, VIII A as control class and VIII C as experimental class which consisted of 50 students. In collecting data, the writer used the instrument of pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was conducted before the treatment and post-test was conducted after the treatment that was done only to the experimental class while the control is taught of using dictation technique. In this case, the instrument was writing test. After giving the pre-test and post-test, the writer analyzed the data uisng SPSS Statistic 17.0 to analyzed the data. After analyzing the data used independent sample test, it was found that the result of Sig.(2-tailed) of the equal variance assumed was 0.002. The result then was consulted to the level of significance. In this case, the level of significance was 0.05. From the analysis, the score of Sig.(2-tailed) or Sig.(pvalue) was lower than α=0.05 so Howas rejected. In other words, it could be concluded that there was influence of using brainstorming technique toward the students‟ descriptive paragraph writing ability at eighth grade of MTs Yapenbaya Tanjung Agung South Lampung in the academic year of 2015/2016. Keywords: Brainstorming Technique, Descriptive Paragraph,Quasi Experimental Design. Writing Ability