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E. The Significance of Study
The findings of the study were expected to be useful for: 1.
The English teachers: to improve their ability to conduct a better and an interesting technique in teaching writing, especially in teaching hortatory
exposition text. 2.
The students: to improve their ability in writing hortatory exposition text. 3.
Other researchers: as a useful reference to do further research in improving students’ academic achievement, especially in learning English.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusion
Based on the data analysis, it is concluded that applying Roundtable technique significantly affects the students’ writing achievement in writing
hortatory exposition text. It is seen from the data which had obtained in the post- test of experimental group were: the total score was 2408 and the mean score was
75.25, while the data in control group were: the total score was 2080 and the mean score was 65.00. Thus, the students’ score in experimental group was
higher than the students’ score in control group. The calculation of the data in the testing hypothesis showed that t-observed 3.993 was higher than t-table 2.000
at the significant level of 0.05, it means that the alternative hypothesis H
a
is acceptable and null hypothesis Ho is rejected.
B. Suggestions
Based on the finding of this research, some suggestions are offered as the following:
1. The English teachers should apply Roundtable techniques. Because it
helps the teacher to be more creative in teaching writing hortatory exposition text.
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2. And also it is suggested to the students to apply Roundtable Technique in
order to improve their creativity in writing a text especially in writing hortatory exposition text.
3. It is also expected to the readers who are interested in dealing with this
study so that they have a good understanding to support their study.
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