THE EFFECT OF APPLYING TASK BASED LEARNING (TBL) APPROACH ON THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

The goal of this study was to find out the effect of applying Task Based Learning Approach on students’ ability in teaching descriptive paragraph. The population of this research consisted of 32 students for experimental and 32 students for control group the study found that using Task Based Learning (TBL) Approach on students’ ability in teaching descriptive paragraph was better than using Explanation Method as the Conventional Method. Had been analyzed, the data showed a significant difference in writing achievement between the students who were taught by Task Based Learning (TBL). The mean difference was 1.25, while the value of ttest = 2.77. It means that the ttest = 2.77 was higher than ttable = 1.66980 with df 62 at the level of significance 0.05. It means that the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Students’ ability in teaching descriptive paragraph using Task Based Learning (TBL) was more significance than those using explanation method.