The Effect of Estafette Writing Method Assisted by Interactive CD on Students’ Achievement in Writing Explanatory Paragraph

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of applying estafette writing method assisted by interactive cd on students’ achievement in writing explanatory paragraph. the study the study applied the experimental method. The population of this study was tenth year students of 2016/2017 Senior High School (X TB and X AP 1, and X AP 2) at SMK PARIWISATA IMELDA MEDAN which consisted of 85 students. The sample were divided into two groups, the first group was the experimental that consisted of 33 students treated by using estafette writing method assisted by interactive cd and the second group was the control consisted 24 students treated by using conventional method. The data were acquired by administrating a writing test of a explanatory paragraph. After analyzing, the result of the students’ achievement in writing explanatory paragraph using estafette writing method assisted by interactive cd was higher than those taught by using conventional method. The resulT of the data was tobserved>ttable or 3.34>2.00 It means that the alternative hypothesis is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected.