Abstract:
This study deals with applying Inside Outside Circle Assisted by animal
picture on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was
conducted by using quantitative research. The population of the research was 50
students’ in class VIII SMP SWASTA HASANUDDIN Medan at Jl. Amaluhur.
Academic year 2017/2018. It was conducted in two classes which divided into
two groups, namely experimental group consisting of 25 students and control
group which consisting 25 students. The research design was experimental
method. The instrument of research was test including pre-test and post-test.
Based on the written test, the students’ score of experimental group keep
improving in every test. In the pre-test the mean score of experimental group was
64.36 and in the post-test the mean score was 82.96. Mean while, in pre-test
students’ score of control group was 60.68 and in the post-test, the students’ score
of control group was 68.88. Thus, the t-test in the experimental group was 24.19
and the t table was 1.713. Because the t-test value was higher than the t-table
(24.19>1.713), Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. In other word “there is a
significant effect of applying Inside Outside Circle Assisted by Animal Picture
can effect students’ achievement in writing Descriptive Paragraph”. Besides that,
it was also found some difficulties that students got the problem to write the
spelling of the word and grammar.
