Abstract:
This study discussed the effect of using Roundtable Technique in Writing
Hortatory Exposition Text at Second Grade MAS Amaliyah Sunggal. The purpose
of this study was to determine how much influence the use of Roundtable
Technique in Writing Hortatory Exposition Text. This research was conducted at
MAS Amaliyah Sunggal, Jln Tani Asli, Gg Asal, Tanjung Gusta Village, Deli
Serdang, North Sumatra in the academic year 2019/2020. The population in this
study were students of class XI consisting of four classes, XI IPA-1, XI IPA 2, XI
IPA 3 and XI IPS 1 with a total of 120 students. This study used Random
Sampling to obtain the data, so that each class is randomly selected 10 people.
then 40 students were divided into 2 classes, namely the experimental class and
the control class. the learning experiment class using the Roundtable Technique in
the teaching and learning process and supported by giving an Illustration Picture
as a learning media, while the control class only uses conventional methods in
teaching and learning activities in the classroom. Researchers gave pre-test,results of this study concluded that there was a significant influence using
Roundtable Technique in writing Hortatory Exposition Text
treatment and post-test for both groups. After collecting the data using the Tobserve
formula, the results show that the t-observe is 4,47 and the t-table is
1,684. The facts showed that the t-observe is higher than the t-test. (The null
hypothesis or Ho is rejected and the alternative hypothesis or Ha is accepted). The
