THE INFLUENCE OF APPLYING CONTROLLED COMPOSITION ON IMPROVING THE WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMUN 2 SIDOARJO IN THE 1999 / 2000 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

Improving the student's writing ability was very important for writing was considered as one of the most difficult skills. One of the ways that could be done was applying controlled composition as suitable writing teaching method. The research problem to be investigated did the second year students of SMUN 2 Sidoarjo in the 1999 / 2000 academic year who were taught by applying controlled composition have better writing achievement than who were not?. While the objective of the research was to prove whether or not the second year students of SMUN 2 Sidoarjo in the 1999 / 2000 academic year who were taught by applying controlled composition had better writing achievement than who were not There were four data collecting methods used : test, interview, observation and documentation. The collected secondary data were analyzed qualitatively by describing the results of interview, observation and documentation, and the primary data were analyzed statistically by using t-test with significant level of 5 %. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found that statistical value oft-test was 3.20, while critical value of t-table with the degree of freedom 92 was 1.671. So, it could be concluded that the second year students of SMUN 2 Sidoarjo in the 1999 / 2000 academic year who were taught by applying controlled composition had better writing achievement than who were not While the degree of relative effectiveness was 6.88 %. Therefore, it is suggested that the English teacher apply controlled composition method to reduce the number of errors that the students make in their composition.