Improving Students' Ability to Write Descriptive Text By Using Numbered Heads Together (NHT)

  • Arrasul A
  • Umair M
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The purpose of this research is to determine whether using Numbered Heads Together (NHT) can improve students’ ability to write descriptive texts at SMPN 6 Toili Barat. This research uses quasi-experimental research that requires a post-test for both groups. The research population was eighth grade students of SMP 6 Toili Barat. The sample of this research was class VIII A as an experimental class and consisted of 26 students while class VIII B was a control class and consisted of 27 students. The test consisted of pre-test and post-test. Data were analyzed statistically. After being analyzed, the result of t-counted was 6,744 with a degree of freedom 51, and a significance level of 0,05, t-table was 1,675. Therefore, the t-test result is higher than the t-table. It means that the hypothesis of this research can be accepted. The result showed that there was a significant influence in using Numbered Heads Together to improve students’ writing abilities in descriptive text in eighth grade at SMPN 6 Toili Barat Keywords:Improving; Writing; Descriptive Text; NHT.

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Arrasul, A. R., & Umair, M. I. (2020). Improving Students’ Ability to Write Descriptive Text By Using Numbered Heads Together (NHT). BABASAL English Education Journal, 1(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.32529/beej.v1i1.538

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