Abstrak

This research aims at revealing whether: (1) there is a significant difference between Peer Assisted Learning Strategy and Guided Writing Strategy to teach writing and (2) Peer Assisted Learning Strategy is more effective than Guided Writing Strategy to teach writing. This research was conducted using experimental research method. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 1 Teras in the academic year of 2014/2015. The samples are class XI IIS 3 as the experimental class which consists of 30 students, and class XI IIS 1 as the control class which consists of 30 students. The research instrument used to collect the data in this research is writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The computation of the test shows that t observation (t0) = (5.12) is higher than t table (58, 0.05) = (2.00172). Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in writing skill between the students taught using Peer Assisted Learning and the those taught using Guided Writing. The mean of experimental group is 78.3, while the mean of control group is 75.2. Therefore, it can be concluded that Peer Assisted Learning is more effective than Guided Writing to teach writing.

Keywords : peer assisted learning, guided writing, writing skill, teaching writing