A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON TEACHING WRITING THROUGH GUIDED WRITING AND INTERACTIVE WRITING

Moris Virgiawan, Martono, Kristiandi
English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty
Sebelas Maret University
E-mail: Morisv75@gmail.com

Abstract
This article presents the result of the research study aimed at finding out: (1) whether there is any difference in writing achievement between the students taught using Guided Writing and those taught using Interactive Writing; and (2) whether the students taught using Interactive Writing have higher writing achievement than those taught using Guided Writing. The research method used in this study is a quasi-experimental research design. This research was conducted at SMA N 3 Boyolali in the academic year of 2016/2017. The population of the research is the eleventh grade of SMA N 3 Boyolali. The samples are class XI IPA 3 as the experimental class which consists of 30 students and class XI IPA 4 as the control class which consists of 30 students. The research instrument used to collect the data in this study is test. The data were analysed by using t-test formula. The computation of the t-test shows that t observation (to) = 2.1028 is higher than t table (58, 0.05) = 2.0017. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in writing achievement between students taught using Guided Writing and those taught using Interactive Writing. The mean score of the experimental group improved from 67.56 to 76.55, while the mean of the score of control group improved from 67.26 to 73.25. The improvement of the experimental group is higher than the control group. It can be concluded that the students taught using Interactive Writing have higher writing achievement than those taught using Guided Writing.
Key words: guided writing, interactive writing, writing skill.