know the effectiveness of clustering technique at tenth grade of SMA PGRI 56 Ciputat. This research is also included in quantitative research because the
researcher used some numerical data which analyzed statistically. Her finding shows that most of students who learned writing through clustering technique got
higher score than the students who learned without it.
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The third previous study is done by Sari Nur’aini a student in State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. In her study The Effectiveness of Using
Clustering Technique towards Students’ Descriptive Writing, she used quasi- experimental research which gave pre-test and post-test to the students in order to
know the significance results of the experimental and controlled class. The result of this study is the use of clustering technique gives the positive effect to students’
descriptive writing.
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E. Thinking Framework
Based on the theoretical framework above, especially the previous study, although their researches are different from the researcher
’s – that will help
students in their writing recount text
– but clustering technique still can be one of
the effective techniques in teaching writing. Based on the researcher ’s experience,
clustering technique is not a new technique in teaching writing, but it has never been taught during English class in junior and senior high schools. Clustering
technique can helps the students to make their first draft for the easy steps and no much material to teach recount text.
Clustering technique can help the students for not being afraid to express all their ideas into writing, because in clustering technique there is no right or wrong,
the thing that they have to do is just write. Then if their ideas are not related to the topic, they might be omitted. In addition, sometimes students are afraid to write
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Ismatul Maula, The Effectiveness of Clustering Technique in Teaching Writing of Narrative at Tenth Grade of SMA PGRI 56 Ciputat, Skripsi SI Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan
Keguruan Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta, 2009, p. Ixiii –Ixiv, Unpublished.
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Sari Nur’aini, The Effectiveness of Using Clustering Technique Towards Students’ Descriptive Writing at the Second Grade Students at MTs. Nurul Hidayah for Academic Year
2013-2014, Skripsi SI Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan Universitas Islam Negeri Jakarta, 2014, p. 42, Unpublished.
what comes into their mind because they are afraid of making mistakes and it can affect their scores in writing recount text. It can be concluded that the researcher
chooses clustering technique to help them have more courage and confidence in writing recount text.
F. Theoretical Hypothesis
The researcher needs to propose hypothesis of the research. There are two kinds of hypothesis, they are:
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Null Hypothesis H :
The null hypothesis stated that there is no significant difference between students’ achievement in writing recount text using clustering technique and
without using clustering technique. It means that clustering technique is not effective to be used in teaching writing recount text if the null hypothesis is
accepted.
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Alternative Hypothesis H
1
: The alternative hypothesis stated that there is significant difference between
students’ achievement in writing recount text using clustering technique and without using clustering technique. It means that clustering technique is
effective to be used in teaching writing recount text if the alternative hypothesis is accepted.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
This research used quantitative method. It called quantitative method because it is related to the calculation and analysis of numerical data. The researcher used
quasi-experimental research design to identify the effectiveness of using clustering technique on students’ writing recount text. Here, the researcher gave
pre-test and post-test in two classes; experimental and controlled class. Pre-test was used to get the beginning score from the experimental and controlled class
before treatment. Post-test was used to measure the score after treatment. Then the result was compared after and before the treatment to get the effectiveness of
clustering technique. There was a different treatment between experimental and controlled class. In
experimental class, the researcher gave a treatment by using clustering technique for training students in writing recount text, whereas the students in controlled
class were taught without using clustering technique.
B. Place and Time of the Research
This research was conducted in the first grade of the first semester at SMA Al- Hasra Depok which is located on Jl. Raya Parung km 24, Bojongsari, Depok.
This research was carried out only for a month in August 2015. This research was held in six meetings each class; pre-test, treatment in four times, and post-test.
C. The Population and Sampling Technique of the Research
1.
Research Population
The population of the study consisted of all Tenth Grade students of the first year in SMA Al-Hasra Depok. There were four classes, X.1, X.2, X.3, and X.4 in
SMA Al-Hasra Depok. The total of the tenth grade students was about 120 students.
