The effectiveness of using clustering technique in writing expository essays of the fourth semester english department students of palangka raya state Islamic college

Sabarun, Sabarun (2013) The effectiveness of using clustering technique in writing expository essays of the fourth semester english department students of palangka raya state Islamic college. Working Paper. STAIN Palangka Raya, Palangka Raya. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The study is aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using clustering technique in writing expository essays. The aim of the study is to prove whether there is a significant difference between writing using clustering technique and writing without using it on the students’ writing achievement or not. The study belonged to experimental study by applying counterbalance procedure to collect the data. The study was conducted at the fourth semester English department students of Palangka Raya State Islamic College of 2012/ 2013 academic year. The number of the sample was 13 students. This study was restricted to two focuses: using clustering technique and without using clustering technique to write composition. Using clustering technique to write essay was one of the pre writing strategies in writing process. To answer the research problem, the t test for correlated samples was applied. The research findings showed that, it was found that the t value was 10.554. It was also found that the df (Degree of freedom) of the distribution observed was 13-1= 12. Based on the Table of t value, if df was 12, the 5% of significant level of t value was at 1.782 and the 1% of significant level of t value was at 2.179. It could be seen that the empiric t value at 10.554 was greater than the t value theoretic. Therefore, t table (5%=1.782) < t value (10.554) > t table ((1%= 2.179). It meant that the t value empiric at 10.554 was greater than t theoretic at the 5% and 1% of significant level. Based on the results, it could be concluded that at the 5% and 1% of significant level, there was a very significant difference on students’ writing score between the students who wrote an essay using clustering (Mean= 5.27) and those who wrote without using clustering technique (Mean= 3.75). This meant that Ha stating that there was a significant difference between writing using clustering technique and writing without using it on the students’ writing achievement was accepted. On the contrary, Ho stating that there was no significant difference between writing using clustering technique and writing without using it on the students’ writing achievement was rejected. It meant that using clustering gave facilitative effect on the students’ essay writing performance. To sum up, the means differed significantly at 1% and 5% significant level.

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