The Influence of Using Flashcard Media in Writing Descriptive Text at The Seventh Class Students

This action research was aimed to improve the students’ writing descriptive text at the seventh class students of SMP Negeri 8 Langsa through the implementation of using flashcard media. Based on preliminary observation, most students have difficulty in making grammatically correct sentences, and find it difficult to find ideas and use the right vocabulary. Total population of 261 students. However, the researcher only chose class 1 B which consisted of 16 students as a sample using purposive sampling. This research is a classroom action research which consists of two cycles. In which each cycle consists of four steps, namely planning, action, observation, and reflection. Before the researcher did the cycle, the pre-cycle was first conducted to measure the students' writing ability in a conventional way. Observation and testing are two methods that researchers employ to obtain data. The process of learning is throught observation student activities in the classroom. The test is used to measure students’ ability in writing descriptive text. The researcher combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to investigate the data. The results of the data show that the significance of the students’ outcomes average scores from the pre-cycle test (55,31) cycle 1 (66,56) and cycle II (74,18) meaning that the treatment in the study can help students achieve results. It can improve the writing of descriptive texts. Using flashcard media can increase student enthusiasm in learning activities. This can be seen from the results of observations, The use of media flashcards can improve student’s motivation, and interest in learning, and enthusiasthic