ACKNOWLEDGENMENT

In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful, the lord of universe,

because of Him, the writer could finish this thesis. Secondly, peace and salutation always be

given to our Prophet Muhammad SAW who has guided us from the darkness to the lightness.

However, this success would not be achieved without those supports, guidance,

advice, help and encouragement from individual and institution, and I realize that an

appropriate moment for me to deepest gratitude for:

a. My Parents, that have supported me morally and financially, so that I am able to

finish make this thesis.

b. My beloved husband and my children, thanks for the support, advices, love and

patience.

c. The principal, teacher and all students of SMP N 40 Pekanbaru for allowing me to

conduct the investigation at their institution and for giving their contribution.

Finally the writer realizes that this is still far from being perfect. Therefore,

constructive critics and suggestion from the reader will be appreciated; the writer hopes that

this thesis can be useful for the development of Education.

Pekanbaru, November 2016

Writer

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i

TABLE OF CONTENTS.. ii

LIST OF TABLE...vi

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background...1

1.2 Setting of the Problem..3

1.3 Limitation of the Problem....4

1.4 Formulation of the Problem.4

1.5 Objective of the Research5

1.6 The Needs of the Research..5

1.8 Defenition of Key Terms.5

CHAPTER II. THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

2.1 The Nature of Writing.7

2.1.1 Aspect of Writing9

2.2 Descriptive Text. .10

2.3 GIST (Generating Interaction between Schema and Text)..11

CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design..15

3.2 Location and Time of the Research....16

3.3 Population and Sample of the Research..16

3.3.1 Population..16

3.3.2 Sample...17

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3.5 Review Project of the Instrument18

3.6 Data Analysis....22

CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

4.1 The Description of Data...24

4.2 Data Presentations of the Students Score Before being Taught by

Using GIST Strategy...24

4.3 Data Presentations of the Students Score After being Taught by

Using GIST Strategy..27

CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5.1 Conclusion........32

5.2 Suggestion33

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIXES

LAMPIRAN HASIL KERJA PTK

LAMPIRAN SEMINAR PTK

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Table 3.1 : Scoring rubric 30

Table 3.2 : The Students Scores in Try Out....30

Table 3.3 : Content Validity.32

Table 3.4 : Reliability Testing...33

Table 4.1 : The Students Scores in Pre Test36

Table 4.2 : Table of Criteria Students Score...37

Table 4.3 : Descriptive Statistic of Pre Test.37

Table 4.4 : Frequency of Pre Test.38

Table 4.5 : The Students Score in Post Test39

Table 4.6 : Descriptive Statistic Post Test40

Table 4.7 : Frequency of Post Test41

Table 4.8 : Paired Sample Test..42

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