IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY BY USING PLAN AND WRITE STRATEGY AT SECOND GRADE OF SMKN 10 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The objective of this research is aimed to know whether or not of PLAN and WRITE strategy can improve students’ writing ability at SMKN 10 Makassar. This researcher used pre-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research was the second grade of SMKN 10 Makassar. The total sample was 20 students. The result of the data refers to  the mean score of  post-test was greater than the pre-test (75.40>63.15) and the t-test value was greater than the t-table value (15.17> 2.093 ) at the level of significant (p) 0.05 and degree freedom (df)=19. It can be proved by the result of the five components in writing, where the post-test result was higher than the pre-test. So it can be concluded that the score of the five components of writing on post-test (Content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanic) which was greater than the score of the five components of writing on pre-test