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.
