THE EFFECT OF REALIA MEDIA ON THE ABILITY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH IN ELEVEN-GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA GAJAH MADA MEDAN

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of realia media on students' writing abilities. The purpose of this research is to see whether Media Realia impacts students' ability to write descriptive paragraphs. This investigation was carried out using experimental quantitative research. The research subject was Gajah Mada High School in Medan. The author applies Media realia to the XI IPS-1 experimental class which consists of 30 students and the control class uses the conventional XI IPS-2 method which consists of 30 students. There are 60 students in this study, divided into two classes. The writer chose two classrooms as samples to investigate the effect of Media Realia in improving writing skills. Data is collected by giving tests to determine whether students understand the content or not. Both the experimental class and the control class were given two tests, namely: pre-test and post-test. The average value of the pre-test in the experimental class was 70.9 and the post-test was 85.5. The average value of the pre-test in the control class was 70.1 and the post-test was 75.9. It was found that the average value of the experimental class was greater than the control class. The t count > t table results in a significance level of p = 0.05 (6.02 > 2.048). The null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, while the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. It is suggested that English teachers use Media Realia as an effective teaching method to help eleventh-grade senior high school students improve their writing skills.