@thesis{thesis, author={Elfiza Rona and Murni Dewi and RASMAWATI RIZA}, title ={THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING SPINNING WHEEL ON STUDENT’S WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMP N 11 TANJUNGPINANG}, year={2022}, url={http://repositori.umrah.ac.id/4032/}, abstract={Riza Rasmawati. 2022. The Effectiveness of Using Spinning Wheel on Student?s Writing Descriptive Text at SMP N 11 Tanjungpinang. Skripsi, English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji. Advisors: (I) Assist. Prof. Dewi Murni, S.S., M.Hum., (II) Assist. Prof. Rona Elfiza, S.Pd., M.Pd. Kata Kunci: Writing, Descriptive Text, Spinning Wheel This study aimed to find the effectiveness of Spinning Wheel media in teaching writing descriptive text to seventh-grade students at SMP N 11 Tanjungpinang. This study used a quasi-experimental design. The participants of this study were seventhgrade students at SMP N 11 Tanjungpinang. They were VII.1 class, and VII.2 class, which VII.1 was the experimental class and VII.2 was the control class. To know the effect of treatments, pre-test and post-test were done. The test was in the form of a writing test. The test data were analyzed using the mean and T-test statistical analysis. The mean score of the experimental class was 53.1429 for the pre-test and 65.4048 for the post-test. Meanwhile, the control class's mean scores for the pre-test and post-test were 52.7619 and 60.7143. However, the mean score of the experimental course was higher than that of the control class. Furthermore, the T-test result was a sig. (2-tailed) 0.088 lower than the level significance of 0.05. Based on the mean score and T-test calculation, there was a significant effect after the treatments in the experimental class. In conclusion, the hypothesis is accepted that the Spinning Wheel media is effective for teaching writing descriptive text to seventh grade students at SMP Negeri 11 Tanjungpinang.} }