THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING THE PINTEREST MEDIA IN TEACHING WRITTEN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 3 JEPARA

Nadya Putri Amalia. 2023. The Effectiveness of Using the Pinterest Media in
Teaching Written Descriptive Text for Seventh Grade Students at SMP N 3 Jepara.
Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education,
University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Dias Andris S., M.Pd., Advisor II:
Drs. M. Wahyu Widiyanto, M.Pd.
Keywords: Descriptive Text, Pinterest Media, SMP N 3 Jepara
Students and teachers both have challenges during the learning process, particularly
when it comes to writing. Most students struggle with coming up with ideas,
organizing them, and writing paragraphs. Pinterest media is an appropriate medium
for students in order to enhance their writing since Pinterest photos media displays
individual preferences. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness
of using Pinterest media on students' ability to write descriptive text and to
determine the significant difference between students' writing ability in writing
descriptive text before and after being taught using the Pinterest pictures media
model at SMP N 3 Jepara seventh-grade students. Data is collected via pre-test,
post-test, and questionnaires.
Because this study focused on a single group as the main data and it was related to
number, it used a pre-experimental quantitative design. This study's sample size is
VII H, which has 24 students. Students must complete the writing through pre-test
and post-test. The results of each test were then analyzed using SPSS statistic 22.
The result demonstrated significant differences by hypothesis testing value of 0.000
< 0.05, implying that the alternative hypothesis was accepted, stating that "There is
a significant influence of using Pinterest media on student's ability in writing
descriptive text at VII H students of SMP N 3 Jepara."