Abstract:
The objective of the study was to investigate the significant effect of Somatic
Auditory Visual Intellectual (SAVI) on the students’ achievment in writing news
item. English teacher can apply circuit learning strategy in teaching writing
because by using it students more effective in writing and more easy to inform
their ideas. The research had been conducted at SMA UISU SWATA MEDAN
Jalan H. BahrumJamil SH Gang UISU No.2 Teladan Barat, Medan in academic
year 2016/2017. The population of the study were the students of grade XII in the
academic year 2016/2017, which consisted of 2 classes. Both classes were directly
as the sample of research taken by applying Cluster Random Sampling. The
sample was divided into two groups. The experimental group (XII IPA) was
taught by applying SAVI method that consisted of 23 students, while the control
group (XII IPS) was taught by applying conventional method (discussion method)
that consisted of 23 students.Each class was given a pre-test, treatment, and posttest. The instrument of this research was written test. The data were analyzed by
using t-test formula. Then, the result showed that tobserve(1.13) was higher than
ttable(1.10) with the degree of freedom (df-46) for two-tailed test (1.13 > 1.10). It
meant that the null hyppthesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hyphothesis (Ha)
was accepted. In conclussion, the students’ achievement in writing news item by
using Somatic Auditory Visual Intellectual (SAVI) was more significant than
using discussing method.
