THE EFFECT OF USING STORY PYRAMID TECHNIQUE ON SUMMARY WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF NARRATIVE TEXT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMPN 4 JEMBER

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate whether or not there is a significant effect of using Story Pyramid Technique on summary writing achievement of narrative text of the eighth grade students at SMPN 4 Jember. The research design applied in this research was pre-experimental design: statistic-group comparison. In this research, there were two groups; the experimental group was taught by using Story Pyramid Technique and the control group was taught by using Question-Answer Relationship Technique. The research respondents were 64 eighth grade students of SMPN 4 Jember in the 2013/2014 Academic Year. The research data were collected from the students’ English scores in middle semester, interview, and documentation. The results of summary writing test were analyzed by using independent sample t-test formula. Based on the calculation, the mean score of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group (80.662>68.309). The result of the t-test analysis with significant level of 5% was higher than that of t-table (5.698>1.997). This means that the null hypothesis was rejected, thus the alternative hypothesis stating that the use of Story Pyramid Technique on summary writing achievement of narrative text on the eighth grade students at SMPN 4 Jember was accepted. It indicated that there was a significant effect of using Story Pyramid Technique on summary writing achievement of narrative text of the eighth grade students at SMPN 4 Jember.