The effect of using genre based language teaching (gblt) on students’ reading descriptive text ability at grade VIII SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan

In this research, the researcher found that students’ mark in reading descriptive text ability was unsatisfied. The students’ problem in reading descriptive were: 1) the students were difficult in comprehending the contents of descriptive text, 2) the students got bored of reading descriptive text, and 3) the students were difficult distinguish between identification and description of the generic structure in descriptive text. Beside the students’ problem, teacher’s strategy also became a problem in learning reading descriptive text. The teacher still used the conventional strategy in teaching reading descriptive text. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of using Genre Based Language Teaching (GBLT) on Students’ Reading Descriptive Text Ability at Grade VIII SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan. The approach used in this research was experimental research which two classes as the sample. They were VIII-2 as experimental class that consisted of 31 students and VIII-3 as control class that consisted of 30 students. In this research, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test. Meanwhile, the data was derived from interview, pre-test, and post-test. To analyze the data, the researcher used parametric test with t-test formula. After the data have been analyzed, the researcher found that there was the difference of mean score with used conventional method and after used Genre Based Language Teaching (GBLT). Mean score of experimental class with conventional method was 59.34 and mean score after used Genre Based Language Teaching (GBLT) was 87.84. The effect of using Genre Based Language Teaching (GBLT) on students’ reading descriptive text ability was 7.926 > 1.671 with t0 is higher than tt . It means Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected. So, there was a significant effect of using Genre Based Language Teaching (GBLT) on students’ reading descriptive text ability at grade VIII SMP Negeri 2 Padangsidimpuan