THE USE OF PEER CONFERENCE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' WRITING SKILL AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMA LPP UMI MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research aims to determine whether students' writing skills using the Peer Conference strategy can improve students' writing skills in learning writing, especially recount text. This research was conducted on the first-grade student of SMA LPP UMI Makassar. The design of this study was a pre-experimental study with pre-test and post-test. In this research the sampling technique used a total sampling technique. The results of the pre-test showed that the writing ability of the first grade before using the Peer Conference strategy was still low. After using the Peer Conference strategy, the students' average post-test scores increased significantly. Based on the result of this study, the researcher concluded that the use of the Peer Conference strategy can improve students' writing skills in learning writing in the first-grade student of SMA LPP UMI Makassar.

Keywords: Peer Conference Strategy, Students Writing Skills, Recount Text.