THE EFFECT OF USING SWELL METHOD ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT

The aim of study is to discover the effect of using SWELL method in Writing Analytical Exposition Text. Experimental research design is used as the research method. This research took place at SMA N 1 Tarutung. There were 2 each classes chosen as the sample with 32 students in each class. Class was taken groups namely experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using SWELL method and control group was taught by using Direct Learning. The instruments used to collect the data were the writing test, which were classified into pre-test and post-test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result show that the t-test was higher than t-table (3,641 >2,00) at the level of significant 0,05 with degree of freedom (df) 62. It means that hypothesis alternative (Ha)is accepted which shows that SWELL significantly improve the students achievements in writing Analytical Exposition text.