The Effect of using Inductive Approach in Teaching Writing Recount Text of SMAN 10 Kota Bengkulu

Abstract

Writing skills takes attention in every levels of education but students in early stage have some problems in writing. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of using inductive approach in teaching writing recount text of SMAN 10 Kota Bengkulu. This research employed experimental design. The population was eleventh grade students of SMAN 10 Kota Bengkulu in 2016/2017 Academic Years. The students were divided into two groups, the experimental and the control groups; XI IPA 1 as experimental group and XI IPA 2 as control group. Each group was consisted of 20 students as sample of the research. The experimental group was received treatment by using Inductive Approach, while the control group was taught by using conventional technique. The pre-test was given to the two groups before giving the treatment. The mean score of the experimental group was higher than control group and the t-count was smaller than the t-table. It means that there was no significant between the two groups in writing ability before giving the treatment. After giving the treatment, post-test was given and the mean score of
experimental group was higher control group. The t-obtained was higher t-table. It means that there was a significant difference between the two groups. It can be concluded that Inductive Approach gave positive effect toward the students’ writing ability at eleventh grade students of SMAN 10 Kota Bengkulu in 2016/2017 Academic Years. Finally it is suggested to English teacher to implement this technique in teaching writing.
Key Words: writing ability, inductive approach.