Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to know and to find out The Effect of Applying
Social Interactive Writing For English Language Learners (SWELL) Method on
the Students’ Achievement in Writing Narrative Paragraph. The population of
this study was the student of the X IPA of SMA Muhammadiyah 02 Medan at
academic year 2017-2018. There total number of population were 30, consisted of
two classes. The sample were 30, and according to Arikunto, if the sample less
than 100 then the sample same as the population, and then the sample was divided
into two group, namely experimental group and control group. The experimental
group was taught by using SWELL Method and control group was taught without
SWELL Method. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data
was analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis shows that tobserved
value
is
higher
than
t-table
(8.82
>
2.04)
at
level
of
significant
0.05
with
the
degree
of
freedom
28.
It
means
that
the
alternative
hypothesis
(Ha)
is
accepted
and
null hypothesis is rejected. Based on the finding of this study, it was found
that there is a significant effect of SWELL Method on students’ achievement in
writing narrative paragraph. Hence, the writer suggested that the English teacher
might consider using SWELL Method as an alternative method in teaching
writing.
