The Background of the Study

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B. The Problem of the Study

Based on the background of the study, the research problem of this study is formulated as : “Is there any significant effect of using indirect feedback strategy on the student’s achievement in writing descriptive text?”

C. The Objective of the Study

Related to the problem of the study, the objective of this study is to investigate the effect of applying indirect feedback strategy on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.

D. The Scope of the Study

Based on the background above, this study is limited to the effectiveness on using indirect feedback strategy in teaching writing on grade X at SMA Negeri 3 Medan. This study wil be conducted to investigate the significant improvement of the application of indirect feedback strategy on the the students’ achievement of grade X students in SMA Negeri 3 Medan in writing descriptive tex 5

E. The Significance of the Study

As this study concerns the use of indirect feedback to affect the stu dents’ achievement in writing, the findings of this study are expected to be useful as: 1. Theoretically, the findings will add up more horizon in theories of second language acquisition. In addition, the findings can be references for further research. 2. Practically, the findings can be useful for teachers in improving method of teaching. The findings also can be useful for students in improving their writing skills. 45

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

A. Conclusion

Based on the data analysis, it is concluded that applying indirect feedback strategy significantly affects the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It can be seen from the data which had obtained in the post-test of experimental group were: the total score was 2062 and the mean score was was 68.73, while the data in control group were: the total score was 1797 and the mean score was 59.9. 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 4.34 was higher than t-table 2.000, it means that the alternative hypothesis � � is acceptable.

B. Suggestions

This study showed that writing by using indirect feedback strategy could improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. In relation above, some suggestions are offered as the following: 1. Since Indirect Feedback Strategy is significantly effective, it is suggested that English teacher should use the strategy in their attempt to better the students’ writing ability. 46 2. The students are suggested to learn about error codes in Indirect Feedback Strategy as the guidance to make better writing. 3. Further researches are suggested to identify the weakness of the current research and make improvement of applying indirect feedback strategy.