THE EFFECT OF PICTURE SERIES AND STUDENTS LEARNING MOTIVATION ON WRITING COMPETENCY

The purposes of this research are of three folds: first, to closely look into whether there are significant differences in writing achievement; second, the learning motivation of students in writing; third, significant differences in writing achievement between the students with high-learning motivation taught using Picture series technique and those taught by using the conventional technique; and the significant differences in writing achievement between the students with low-learning motivation taught using Picture Series technique and those taught by using conventional technique. This research uses writing achievement test to assess the students’ score in writing. The writing achievement test was administered at the end of teaching learning process to obtain information on the effect of the treatment upon the students’ writing achievement. In this research, it was discovered that there was significant effect of picture series on writing competency as well as the effect of writing competency on high and low learning motivation students who were taught by using guided writing strategy and the conventional strategy.