The Effectiveness Of Using Picture Media On Student’ Writing Descriptive Text Achievement For Tenth Grade Students Of Taruna Gajahmada Metro High School
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of using picture media in descriptive text writing for tenth grade students of Taruna Gajahmada Metro High School. Researchers have identified common problems that occur in the English language learning process, especially in descriptive text material. This is because the lack of ideas and the lack of use of visual media become obstacles for students in writing descriptive texts, so that students are less motivated and have difficulty visualizing the objects they want to describe. This type of research uses quantitative method with quasi-experimental design. The sample in this study consisted of X grade students of Taruna Gajahmada Metro High School which was divided into two classes, namely the control class and the experimental class. Data collection was done by test. Based on the results of the study, the use of picture media proved to be effective in teaching descriptive text. This is shown through the results of the Independent Samples t-Test, where the t value = -5.019, while the t table value at the 0.05 significance level with df = 42 is about ±2.018. Since the value of t-count > t-table, the null hypothesis (H₀) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, which means there is a significant difference between the control class and the experimental class. The analysis results also showed that the average post-test score of students in the experimental class was 84.55, while the control class was only 70.45. In addition, the Levene test results show the value of Sig. = 0.773 > 0.05, which means that the assumption of equal variance is met, and the analysis continues with the assumption of equal variance. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of picture media has a positive and significant impact in improving students' descriptive text writing ability. This finding supports the use of visual media as an effective learning strategy in teaching English, especially on descriptive text materials.