4.7 The Advantages of Using Study Tour Method in Teaching
Writing Descriptive Text
During conducting the research, the writer found that the students in the experimental group really looked excited with the use of study tour as a method in
teaching writing descriptive text. They followed the teaching and learning process enthusiastically. It can be seen from the students‘ participation in the learning
process. They asked the material that they did not understand and they were very happy and active in following the learning process. It did not happen to the
control group that was taught without using study tour method using pictures of Kalianget Resort in teaching writing descriptive text. Consequently, it affected
the achievement. The improvement of the students in the control group was not as high as in
the experimental group.
4.7.1 Advantages
Involving the teacher in the process of choosing method in teaching writing, especially in writing descriptive text, could be an excellent consideration. There
are some advantages using study tour as one of methods in the teaching writing descriptive text. The advantages of study tour method are:
1 Study tour method is a method that can make the students enjoy the learning
process, 2
The students can see and observe the object which will be described directly,
3 The students can get fresh ideas to develop their writing,
4 Study tour gives more information to the students because they can ask the
person who is in charge of Kalianget Resort, and 5
The students can get the real experience.
4.7.2 Disadvantages
We all know that every teaching and learning process has advantages and
disadvantages. The use of study tour method also has disadvantages that may give problems to the teacher.
The disadvantages of study tour method are: 1
It needs additional money. Although the cost to visit Kalianget Resort is cheap enough, but the money spent for the transportation and some snacks
make the cost of this method is not really cheap. It is different if it is happened in the real teaching and learning process because teachers can use
t he school‘s agenda in doing this method.
2 It spends much time, so the learning process needs extra time. Study tour
method can be done in the last hour of teaching and learning process KBM or out of the teaching and learning process. If it is done in the first hour, it
can disturb other subjects. 3
Study tour is an outdoor activity. Therefore, teacher needs extra energy to control hisher students‘ activities. If it is necessary, the teacher should
invite one or two partners to help himher in controlling the students.
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
In this chapter, the writer presents conclusions and suggestions from the research. She hopes
that it will give much contribution to improve the students‘ skill in writing descriptive text.
5.1 Conclusions
Based on the data analysis in chapter four, the writer could draw two main conclusions as the answers of the statement of problem in chapter one. The
problem i s ―How effective is study tour method used to increase students‘ skill in
writing descriptive? ‖
It could be drawn by looking at the test of significance. The computation explained in the previous chapter shows that the t-test value, for the degree of
freedom is 50 and the α is 5 level significance, is 2.46 and it is higher than t- table 2.18. It is concluded that the mean scores of the control and experimental
groups are 1.58 and 3.31. It means that the method used in the experimental group is more effective than the one used in the control group. Therefore, the H
o
is rejected and H
1
is accepted. Besides that, the effectiveness of study tour method to increase students‘
skill in writing descriptive text can be seen from the results of the experimental group‘s scores. The results can be compared with those of the control group‘s
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