Abstract:
This research dealt with The Effect of Using Round Club Model in Writing News
Item Text at Second Grade of SMA AL-HIDAYAH Medan. The objective of the
research was to find out the effect of using Round Club Model in writing news
item text. This research was conducted at SMA AL-HIDAYAH, Jl. Letda Sudjono
Gg. Perguruan No. 4 Bandar Selamat, Medan Tembung, Sumatera Utara of
2018/2019 academic year. The population of this research was the XI grade
students consisting of three classes, XI IPA-1, XI IPS 1 and XI IPS 2 with total
students 92. By using Purposive Sampling Technique it was chosen 2 classes; XI
IPS-1 (26) and XI IPS-2 (26), with 52 students. XI IPS-2 class was Experimental
class taught by using Round Club Model and XI IPS-1 class was Control class
taught by using Lecturing Method. Written Test were administrated to the
students. The researcher gave a pre-test, treatment and post-test to both groups.
Having collected the data by using T-test formula, the result showed that t-test
was 5,97 and t-table was 2,02. The fact showed that t-test was higher than t-table.
(The null hypothesis or Ho was rejected and the alternative hypothesis or Ha was
accepted). The result of this research concluded that there was a significant effect
of using Round Club Model in writing News Item Text
