The Use Of Pwim In Teaching Writing Descriptive Text At Smkn 2 Banjarmasin

Abstract

Using Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) is chosen as a selection way for one of the English skills in Indonesia nowadays; writing, which is lectured by the tenth learners’ English teacher at SMK Negeri 2 Banjarmasin. The purpose of the research was to investigate the divergence on learners’ writing skills between were applied by Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) and conventional model on the text of descriptive. This research implemented a calculable method with a non-randomized design. Hence, the research’s people were tenth-grade learners of SMK Negeri 2 Banjarmasin for taking samples were involved 55 learners of Social Worker X-A and X-C through the recommendation of English teacher. The writing test was aimed at the tool of data collection. As the result, this research findings showed the signify point of pre-test was 57.13 and the post-test was 68.51. Moreover, the output of t-test 5.58 is higher rather than the t value of 1.67. It proved that Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) in descriptive text successfully gave a strong effect on English learners’ writing skills. As the solution, it made an impression for the English teacher for applying Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) in their teaching writing descriptive text than a conventional model.