THE EFFECT OF THINK-TALK-WRITE (TTW) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN RECOUNT TEXT OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMA SWASTA PELITA BULU CINA

The object of the study was to find out whether there was an effect of think-talk-write (ttw) strategy on students’ writing skill in recount text. The research design in this study was quasi-experimental design by using pre-test and post-test. This study was conducted with the tenth grade students of SMA Swasta Pelita Bulu Cina as the population of the study . The sample with 60 students as the sample of this study. The writer used X IPA-1 which consist of 30 students as the experimental class and X IPA-2 which consist of 30 students as the control class. The writer used test as the instrument of collecting data. The data collected from this study were analyze using t-test formula. The result of this study that was a positive effect of the result students’ writing skill in recount text after using think-talk-write (ttw) strategy. It can be seen from the data analysis, it was found that value of t-observed (to) was higher than t-table (tt). The result from calculating the data was t-observed (to= 16,48) and t-table (tt= 1.67), it means, to is higher than tt in significant level 5% so the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. In order words, using think-talk-write (ttw) strategy had effect on students’ writing skill in recount text of the tenth grade students of SMA Swasta Pelita Bulu Cina in academic year 2021/2022.