Group grid and roundtable for teaching writing of descriptive text

• Main Authors: Silvia Urunami, Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati, Abdurrachman Faridi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Negeri Semarang 2017-12-01
• Series: ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching
• Subjects: writing; quasi-experimental research; group grid and round table
• Online Access: https://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/elt/article/view/20699

This paper is based on a research aiming to describe the effectiveness of Group Grid and Round Table technique in teaching writing descriptive text. By using a quasi-experimental design, the research involves the tenth grade students of SMA Taruna Nusantara Magelang in the academic year of 2016/2017. In this case, the experimental group is X IA 12 and the control group is X IA 10. The result shows that the mean score of the experimental group increases from 69.15 to 79.34 after several treatments applying the strategy. The t-test computation reveals that there is a significant difference between the two groups. It is proven by the tvalue (2.844) which is higher than the ttable (1.998). In addition, a questionnaire is administered to know the effect of implementing the technique to the students. The analysis shows that 59.37% of the students agree that the implementation of the strategy assists their comprehension and 31.25% of them even strongly agree towards the statement. Therefore, Group Grid and Round Table technique is proven an effective strategy in teaching writing descriptive text.