THE EFFECT OF APPLYING POEW MODEL ASSISTED BY QUARTET CARD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

Abstract

Mariono, Novi. 1502050054. “The Effect of Applying POEW Model Assisted by Quartet Card on Students’ Achievement in Writing Recount Text”. Skripsi. English Education Program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. Medan 2019. This research was applied through experimental research in which aimed to investigate the effect of applying POEW model assisted by Quartet Card on students’ achievement in writing recount text. This research was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 01 Medan academic year 2019/20120, on Jalan Demak No. 3, Sei Rengas Pertama, Medan Area. There were seven classes of garde VIII in this school with total number 270 students and there were 2 classes were taken as the sample. They were 30 students from class VIII-T1 as experimental group which taught by applying POEW model assisted by Quartet Card and 30 students from class VIII-T2 as control group which taught by using Lecturing Method. The Instrument for collecting data was an essay test where students were asked to write a text based on the picture which use in pre-test and post-test. The material of test was taken from student’s worksheet book for grade VIII junior high school. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. Then, the result shown that tobserve (4.67) was higher than ttable (2.01) with the degree of freedom (df=58). It means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. In conclusion, the students’ writing achievement in writing recount text was significantly affected through applying POEW model assisted by Quartet Card.