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USING WHATSAPP GROUP TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT (A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 4 SATU ATAP SALE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022)
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Universitas PGRI Semarang
Author
PUSPITASARI, DIAH
Subject
L Education (General) 
Datestamp
2024-10-23 02:56:56 
Abstract :
Puspitasari, Diah. 2021. Using Whatsapp Group to Improve Students? Writing Skill in Descriptive Text ( A Pre-Experimental Study at the Seventh Grade of SMP Negeri 4 Satu Atap Sale Academic Year 2021/2022). Advisor I : Prof. Dr. Suwandi, M. Pd. Advisor II : Siti Musarokah, S.Pd. M. Hum. This research is pre-experimental research that aims to find out the extent of students' writing skills before and after being taught using Whatsapp groups. In addition, this study also finds out students' perceptions about the implementation of Whatsapp groups. The research methodology is a quantitative approach method. The sample of the study was 25 seventh-grade students from SMP N 4 Satu Atap Sale. The research instrument is a test, namely pre-test, and post-test. The average result of the pre-test before being given treatment was 61.68 while the result of the post-test after being given treatment was 79.63. The t-test result was 14.73, the t-table value (5%; df=24) was 2.064. Thus, the t value is higher than the critical value in the table (14.73 > 2.064). It can be concluded that there is a significant difference between students' writing skills before and after being taught using the Whatsapp group. On the other hand, the result of students' perception about the implementation of the Whatsapp group is most of the students agreed about the features and benefits resulting from the Whatsapp group. Keywords : descriptive text, whatsapp group, writing skill. 
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Universitas PGRI Semarang