| dc.description.abstract | This research was intended to know whether there was a significant effect of using Pictures in Series on writing
achievement on the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Pakusari in the 2013/2014 academic year . The respondents
were two classes: experimental and control class gained by the cluster random sampling. The experimental class was
taught writing by using pictures in series while the control class was taught writing by using Question-Answer method.
The data collection methods were writing test, interview and documentation. The writing test was scored by using
analytical scoring method. Then, the quantitative data in this research were analyzed statistically using t-test formula.
Based on the calculation of t-test formula, t-value was 3.8184>1.9949.It showed that t-value was higher than the value of
t-table of 5% significant level (confidence interval 95% and Df 69). It means that the result of this research indicated that
there was a significant effect on the students’ writing achievement taught by Pictures in Series. It suggested to English
teachers of SMP Negeri 1 Pakusari to use pictures in series as an alternative to teach writing subject | en_US |
