The Effect of Environmental Observation Strategy to Teach Writing Skills For The Eight Grade of SMP N 1 Wungu

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to invetigate whether the students sho are taught by using Environmental Observation Strategy have better writing skills than the students who are taught by using conventional teaching. The population in this research is eight grade students at SMP N 1 Wungu. The samples in this reseacrh are students of classes VIII A and VIII C. The data was collected using writing test. The researcher used SPSS version 25 and Independent Sample T-test to analyze  the student’s scores. The results showed that the use of Environmental Observation Stratgey had an effect on students’ writing ability. The writing scores after the treatment in the experimental class proved to be higher. The average score was 72.63 in the experimental class and 65.78 in the control class. This shows that there is a significant difference in the writing skills ability of students taught by using Environmental Observation Strategy with students taught by using conventional teaching. Based on the explanation above, the use Environmental Observation Strategy has a significant effect in writing skills.