ABSTRAK The research is an experimental research. The aims of this research are 1) tofind out the difference in writing achievement between the students taught by usinground table method and the students taught by using direct instruction, 2) to findout whether round table method is more effective than direct instruction to teachwriting for the student.The research was conducted in SMP N 2 Ambal in the academic year of2015/2016. It is located in Ds. Sinungrejo, Ambal, Kebumen. To select the sample,the researcher used cluster random sampling. The total number of sample was 60students consisting of two classes. Each class consists of 30 students. One class isthe experimental group taught using round table technique and the other class is thecontrol group taught using direct instruction. The data were collected throughwriting test. In analyzing the data, the researcher used: 1) descriptive statisticswhich used to find mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of the writing score,2) normality test to find out whether the data of score in both groups are normallydistribution or not, 3) and homogeneity test to find out whether the variances ofsores in control and experimental groups are homogenous or not.Based on the result of the research, some conclusions can be drawn asfollows 1) there is a significant difference in writing achievement between thestudents taught using Round Table and the students taught using Direct Instructiongroup with the t-value or to= 3.5615. 2) Round table technique is more effective tobe applied in teaching writing than direct instruction method to the eight gradestudents of SMP N 2 Ambal in the academic year of 2015/2016. This is due to themean score of the experimental group (72) which is higher than the control group’s(63.8).The result of the research implies that the use of round table technique anddirect instruction method give a significant difference in students’ writing skill. Thestudents taught using round table technique have a higher scores than those taughtusing direct instruction methodKeywords: experimental research, direct instruction, round table, writing skill.