MONOPOLY GAME TOWARD STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL: ANY EFFECT?

Abstract

This research purposes to set the effect of Monopoly Game on students' writing skills at MTsN Tanjungpinang. A quasi-experimental design was used in this research, by involved experimental and control class in eighth-grade students of MTsN Tanjungpinang as samples. The both of class were given the pre-test at the first meeting of the study. After that, it was followed by the use of the Monopoly Game as a treatment in the experimental class. The experimental and the control class were given the post-test when the study has ended. Minitab 19 was used to find the average of the scores from collected scores in pre-test and post-test. Then, the research hypothesis was tested by using the two-sample t-test. The statistical test analysis used in this study proves that the use of Monopoly games has a significant effect on the writing skills of students in Tanjungpinang in 2021. Thus, it answers the hypothesis that Monopoly Game has a significant effect on students' writing skills at MtsN Tanjungpinang.