The Influence Of Fresh Techniques On Students' Expository Writing At Smkn 1 Pekalongan Lampung Timur

Abstract

The objective of this research is to know the effectiveness of FRESH  (Fact, Reason, Elaboration, Shift) technique on Students‟ Writing Expository text at the eight grade students of SMKN 1 Pekalongan Lampung Timur. The research used quantitave method with true experimental design by applying pre-test and post-test. In this research the writer used two classes as experimental and control class. The sample in this study is class XI A (experimental class) and class XI B (control class). Each of the class is occupied by 42 students. The data was collected by giving pre-test and post-test as the instruments. The data was analyze by using t-test, the analysis of the data reveals that the average score of experimental class post-test was 73.86 and the average score of control class post-test was 65.02 with the average differences between two classes at 8.84. The t-test calculation showed to 3,657 > 2.00 (tt). Since to was higher than tt score obtained from the result of that calculation, then the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted while the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. In conclusion, it can be said that FRESH (Fact, Reason, Elaboration, Shift) is an effective technique to improve students‟ writing Expository text