The Effect Using Facebook as a Medium for Discussion to Improve Students’ Writing of Recount Text of the First Year Students at SMAN 5 Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia

Ismail, Syofianis and Meika, Meika (2016) The Effect Using Facebook as a Medium for Discussion to Improve Students’ Writing of Recount Text of the First Year Students at SMAN 5 Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia. In: 4th SEA-DR 2016.

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Abstract

The purpose of the research is to find out the students’ ability in writing, especially writing recount text by using Facebook as a medium of discussion. In the classroom students set up their Cellphone to write and discuss a recount text. The research question is “Is there any significant effect on students writing recount text by using face book as medium for discussion on students writing recount text to improve the students of SMAN 5 Pekanbaru?” On the preliminary study the writer found the students’ writing ability was low. Hence, writer was interested in trying to solve the students’ problem by implementing Facebook as a medium of discussion. The design of this research was an experimental research. It was quasi experimental of research. The researcher took one class as the sample of that consisted of 25 students. Cluster random sampling technique was used by the writer to take the sample. The technique of data collection was test. The researcher found the result of T was 12, 64. Then, compared to T-table from df = 24 that shows 12, 64 at significant level of 5 % it shows 2,06 and at level of 1 % it shows 2,79. It can be said that 2,06<12,64>2,79. It means that Tc > Tt. Ha is accepted. In other words, there is significant effect of using Facebook as a medium for discussion of writing recount text of the first year students of SMAN 5 Pekanbaru.

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