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Abstract

The aim of this study was to know the effectiveness of  Content-Based Instruction approach in teaching writing skills. Pre-test and post-test are used in this study to get the data. The samples of this study consisted of 39 students, they are  Class VIII H as an experimental group and class VIII I as a control group. The data were analyzed by statistical analysis. Then, The statistical calculation showed the value of T-obs was 14.206, while the value of T-table was 2.021, meaning that T-obs is higher than T-table. In conclusion, therefore, it means that the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted while the Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It means that the implementation of Content-Based Instruction is effective to teach writing skills for Junior High School Students.


 


 


 


 


 

Keywords

Content Based Instruction Writing Skill

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Author Biography

Linda Wulandari, Universitas Wiralodra Indramayu

English Education Departement

How to Cite
Larasaty, G., & Wulandari, L. (2020). The Effectiveness of Content-Based Instruction to Teach Writing Skill for Junior High School Students . English Focus: Journal of English Language Education, 2(2), 92-106. https://doi.org/10.24905/efj.v2i2.52

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