THE EFFECT OF TEACHING WRITING THROUGH POWER POINT AS MEDIA ON THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 MLATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

The objective of the study is to find out whether there is any significant difference in the writing ability among the seventh grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1Mlati who are taugh using Power Point as media and those who are not in the academic year of 2012/2013. This study involved 58 studentswho were divided into two group: class V11A (29 students) as the experimental groups, and class V11B (29 students) as the control groups. The data were collected by administrating writing test to both groups. The pretest was given to both groups before the treatment and posttest was given at the end of the treatment. The data were analyzed by means of descritive and inferential statistic. The tests of normality and homogeneity were applied before the test of hypothesis was conducted. The ANCOVA was used to test the hypothesis. The result shows that there is a significant difference in the writing ability between the students who aretaught by using power point as media and those who are not. It is indicated by the result of the test of hypothesis using ANCOVA test. Theoretically in the hypothesis testing, if the value of the level of signifinicance is lower than 0.05, the alternative hypothesis is accepted. In refference to the data analysis, the result show that the level of significance is 0.000. it is lower than 0.05 (F = 21.525, p < 0.05). It means that the use of PowerPoint has significant influence on the students’ writing skill. Therefore, the hypothesis of “there is a significant difference on the writing ability between students who are taught by using PowerPoint and those who are not” is accepted