The Effect of Using Slideshow of Serial of Single Pictures on the Descriptive Writing Achievement on The Eight Grade Students at SMPN 1 Mayang 2014/2015 Academic Year.

Abstract

This research was a quasi-experimental research with post-test only design, to investigate whether or not there was a significant effect of using slideshow of serial of single pictures on the eighth grade students’ descriptive writing achievement. The respondents were chosen randomly from the homogenous population and the data collection method used was purposive method. The research respondents were the students of VIII A of SMPN 1 Mayang who were assigned as the experimental group. They were taught using slideshow of serial of single pictures as a media. Meanwhile, the students of class VIII B of SMPN 1 Mayang were who assigned as the control group were taught using single pictures as a media. The primary data which were the students' descriptive writing test scores, and the secondary data which consisted of interview result and document data were analyzed using independent sample t- test. The result of the data analysis proved that the media had a significant effect on the eighth grade students’ descriptive paragraph writing achievement. It was verified by the value of the significant column of Lavene’s test which was 0.021. Since it was lower than 0.05, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. To conclude that there was a significant effect of using slideshow of serial of single pictures on the eighth grade students’ descriptive writing achievement at SMPN 1 Mayang, Jemberin the 2014/2015 academic year.