THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE TO TEACH WRITING RECOUNT TEXT TO THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 JEPARA

Nisa, Alfi Khoirun. The Effectiveness of Herringbone Technique to Teach Writing
Recount Text to the Eight Grade Students of SMP Negeri 3 Jepara. Final Project,
English Study Program, Faculty of Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI
Semarang.
Supervisor I: Prof. Dr. Suwandi, M.Pd, Supervisor II: Faiza Hawa, S.Pd., M.Hum.
This study aims to 1) find out the students’ ability in writing recount texts taught
with the Herringbone Technique. 2) to find out the students’ ability in writing
recount text taught without using Herringbone Technique. 3) to find out whether
there is a significant difference in the ability to write recount texts between students
taught using Herringbone Technique and those taught without using Herringbone
Technique.
To learn English, there are four skills need to be acquired. The four English
language learning skills are listening, reading, speaking and writing. Writing is one
of these communication abilities. Writing proficiency is essential for students. The
main purpose of this study was to find out whether there was a significant difference
in the ability to write recount texts between students taught using the herringbone
technique and those taught without using the herringbone technique. This study
used the quantitative research method. A quasi-experimental design was applied in
carrying out this study. The population was 233 of 8th grader. The sample of this
research was 59 students. To collect the data, researcher used test. The test
considered to make a recount text based on their own experience. SPSS 27 version
applied to analyze the data. From the analysis, it was found that there is a difference
in scores between the experimental and control groups. The experimental group's
pre-test score was 61.48, and the post-test score was 80.00. There was an increase
after receiving the Herringbone Technique treatment. In addition, the control
group's score was 59.77, and the post-test was 69.03. The experimental group
scored higher. T-test using an Independent Sample Test with Asymp.Sig (2-tailed)
value of 0.001 <0.050, so Ha is accepted, and Ho is rejected. T-table test results are
df = 29+30-2=57. The researcher used the table of significant degree 5%, so the t-
table was -1.672/+1.672. The t-test value surpassed the corresponding t-table value
(8.047 > 1.672), and the p-value was 0.001, which is less than the significance level
of 0.050. The results showed the effective application of the herringbone technique
in writing recount text.. Students were able to improve their skills in writing recount
texts using the herringbone technique.
Keywords: writing skills, recount text, herringbone technique