THE INFLUENCE OF USING VISUALIZATION AUDITORY KINESTHETIC (VAK) LEARNING MODEL TOWARD STUDENTS’ NARRATIVE TEXT WRITING ABILITY AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE EIGHTH GRADE AT SMPN 3 BUKITKEMUNING NORTH LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018

This research focused on using Visualization Auditory Kinesthetic (VAK) Learning Model towards students; writing ability, so the objective of this research was to find out whether there is significant influence of using VAK Learning Model toward students’ narrative text writing ability at the second semester of the eighth grade at SMP N 3 Bukitkemuning North Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018. The research methodology was quasi experimental design with the treatment held in 3 meetings 40 minutes for each. In this research, the writer took two classes, one class as the experimental class and one class as the control class. In the experimental class, used VAK Learning Model and in the control class the researcher used conventional learning model. The population of research was the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Bukitkemuning, North Lampung. The samples of this research were two classes consisting of 54 students. In collecting the data, the researcher used instrument in the form of writing test. The instrument was used for pre-test and post-test. After giving the post-test, the researcher analyzed the data by using SPSS. The researcher analyzed the data by using independent sample t-test, the result was that there was an influence of using VAK Learning Model toward students’ narrative text writing ability at the second semester at the eighth grade of SMP N 3 Bukitkemuning North Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018. From the data analysis computes by using SPSS, it was obtained that Sig = 0.063 and α = 0.05. it means Ha is accepted because Sig < α = 0.05. Therefore, there was significant influence of using VAK Learning Model toward students’ narrative text writing ability at the second semester of the eighth grade at SMP N 3 Bukitkemuning North Lampung in the academic year of 2017/2018. Keywords: Visualization Auditory Kinesthetic, Writing ability, Narrative text, quasi experimental desig