THE EFFECT OF GUIDED QUESTION TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there is a significant
effect using guided question technique on students’ writing ability in descriptive
text. This research is a quasi experimental design. The population of this research
is the seventh grade students at SMPN 3 Kota Bengkulu. The sample in this
research are about 60 students divided into 2 classes, VII 2 consists of 30 students
as the experimental group and VII 3 that consist of 30 students as the control
group. The treatment is given only for the experimental group. The data are
collected by using two writing tests: pre-test and post-test. The result of the
research showed the mean score of experimental group (31.34) was higher than
mean score of control group (23.35). This indicated that the guided question
technique could give a significant positive effect to the students’ writing ability in
descriptive text.
Key words : The Effect, Writing, Descriptive Text, Guided Question