A Comparing Between Free Writing And Clustering Technique To Increase Students' Writing In Descriptive Text (An Experimental Study At SMKN 3 Karang Baru)

The aim of this study was to investigate ithesignificant difference between the use of Free Writing and Clustering Technique in increasing the learners’ Descriptive Text writing ability of the Tenth Grade at SMK N 3 Karang Baru. The method used in this study was a quantitative method and the research design was a quasi�experiment. The population of this research was the tenth grade students of SMK N 3 Karang Baru. The sample of this research was the Students of X-1 class as the experimental class, whereas Students of X-2 as the control class. Each class consisted of 30 students. The sample technique of this study was Purposive sampling. The instrument used in this research was a written test on the pre-test and post-test. First data from experiment class and second data from control class. Based on the result of the research, the researcher found that there was a significant difference between the use of Free Writing Technique and Clustering Technique in increasing the learners’ descriptive text writing ability. The result of students’ score through Clustering Technique is higher than the students’ score who were taught through Free Writing Technique. It could be seen by the mean score of posttest in experimental class was 71 and in control class was 70.6. According to hypothetical test, sig.(2-tailed) of posttest is 0.000<0.05, it means that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. It means that there was a significant difference between the use of Free Writing Technique and Clustering Technique in increasing the learners’ descriptive text writing ability.