THE USE OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT: A CASE OF THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 KRAGAN REMBANG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

Armytasari, Isrinda Krisna. 2021. The Use of Clustering Technique to
Improve Students’ Writing Skill in Descriptive Text: A Case of The
Seventh Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Kragan Rembang in
Academic Year 2021/2022. Final Project, English Study Program,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI
Semarang. Advisor 1: Dr. Ngasbun Egar, S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor 2:
Sri Wahyuni, S.Pd., M.Pd.
This research focuses on improving writing skills in descriptive text
using clustering technique. Writing skill is one of the skills that is quite
complicated to learn because it requires extra thought to produce words,
phrases, sentences, and even paragraphs in a text. Many students still
find difficult to explore and develop their idea, students write content
not related with the topic, and students write ideas and sentences are not
organized well. The sample was students of the seventh-grade of SMP
Negeri 1 Kragan Rembang with total was 64 students. The researcher
uses experimental research. There were two groups namely
experimental group consist 32 students and control group consist of 32
students. Instrument of the research was writing test. The researcher
conducted pre-test and post-test sessions. Data collection was done by
using quantitative method. Based on data analysis from the
experimental group showed that the mean of pre-test was 58.84 while
post-test was 72.84. In the control group showed that the mean of pre-
test was 60.59 while post-test was 68.13. In the T-test showed that the
sig. (2-tailed) of experiment and control group were 0.000 <0.05. It
means that there is a significance difference in the result of students'
learning scores between experiment and control group. The result of
this research showed that clustering technique can improve students’
writing skill in descriptive text. Clustering technique is a good and easy
technique to help develop and organize ideas in writing.
Keywords: Writing Skill, Descriptive Text, Clustering Technique