THE IMPLEMENTATION OF “SMALL MOMENT” WRITING STRATEGY TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY AT THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NASIONAL MAKASSAR

Abstract

The objective of this research is aimed to know whether the implementation of small moment strategy can increase students’ writing ability at the second grade students of SMA Nasioanal Makassar. This research employed a pre-experimental method with one class pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research was the second grade of SMA Nasional Makassar. The total sample was 20 students and it used purposive sampling. The result of the data showed that to  the mean score of  post-test was greater than the pre-test (78.5>59.5) and the t-test value was greater than the t-table value (13.46> 1.729) at the level of significant 0.05. It was also proven by the result of the five components of writing, where the post-test result was higher than the pre-test. Therefore, it can be concluded that the score of the five components of writing on post-test was greather than the score of the five components of writing on pre-test. So it can be concluded that small moment strategy increases the students’ writing ability at the second grade students of SMA Nasioanal Makassar.