Main Article Content

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there is a significant effect using guided question technique on students’ writing ability in descriptive text. This research is a quasi experimental design. The population of this research is the seventh grade students at SMPN 3 Kota Bengkulu. The sample in this research are about 60 students divided into 2 classes, VII 2 consists of 30 students as the experimental group and VII 3 that consist of 30 students as the control group. The treatment is given only for the experimental group. The data are collected by using two writing tests: pre-test and post-test. The result of the research showed the mean score of experimental group (31.34) was higher than mean score of control group (23.35). This indicated that the guided question technique could give a significant positive effect to the students’ writing ability in descriptive text.

Keywords

Writing Descriptive Text Guided Question

Article Details

How to Cite
Indriani, R., ., zahrida, & Hardiah, M. (2019). The Effect of Guided Question Technique on Students’ Writing Ability in Descriptive Text. Journal of English Education and Teaching, 3(2), 216–229. https://doi.org/10.33369/jeet.3.2.216-229

References

  1. Aryanto, S. (2009). Descriptive texts ( Panduan menulis teks deskriptif). Bandung: Pakar Raya.
  2. Branan, B. (2010). A Writer’s Workshop: Crafting Sentences, Building Paragraphs. New York: McGraw-Hill.
  3. Brown, H. Douglas. (2007). Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. New York: Longman.
  4. Coffin, C. (2003). Teaching academic writing: A toolkit for higher education. London and New York: Routledge.
  5. Faiz, M. (2011). The Use of Guiding Question Technique to Improve Students’ Descriptive Text. Walisongo State Islamic University.
  6. Genta. (2017) : The Effect of Guided Questions Technique in Sudents’ Writing Abilty on Recount Text at Eighth Grade of SMP N 30 Padang. UIN Imam Bonjol Padang.
  7. Hammer, Jeremy. (2003). The practice of English Language Teaching, England: Longman.
  8. Hariyanto. (2018). The Influence of Using Guided Questions Technique Towards Students’ Procedure Text Writing Ability. English Education, Lampung University, Indonesia. IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME) , vol. 8, no. 4, 2018, pp. 77-82.
  9. Imanisa, Sahaja Talenta. (2017). Improving Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text through Guided Question Technique at the second grade of SMPN Negeri 23 Bandar Lampung. University of lampung.
  10. Langan, John. (2005). College Writing Skill. New york: The McGraw Hill Companies,Inc.
  11. Meyers, Alan. (2005). Gateways to Academic Writing. New York: Longman.
  12. Nunan, David. (2003). Practical English Language Teaching. Singapore: Mc Graw-Hill Company.
  13. Ontario. (2005). A Guide to Effective Instruction in Writing. Toronto: Ontario Education.
  14. Rivers, W. M. (1964). Teaching foreign language skill. Chicago: The University of Chicago.
  15. Tarigan, H. G. (2008). Menulis Sebagai Suatu Keterampilan Berbahasa. Bandung: Angkasa Bandung.
  16. Taylor, G. (2009). A student’s writing guide: how to plan and write sucessful essays. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  17. Traver, R. (1998). What is a good guiding question? Educational Leadership, 55 (6), 70-73.
  18. Wardiman, et, al., (2008). English in Focus for Grade VII Junior High School (SMP/MTS ), Jakarta: Pusat Perbukuan Depdiknas.
  19. Wulandari, (2015). Improving Students’ Ability In Writing Descriptive Paragraph Through Guiding Questions Technique At The Second Grade Of Smpn 1 Gadingrejo Pringsewu. University of Lampung.