IMPROVING STUDENTS WRITING SKILL IN TEXT PROCEDURE BY USING PICTURE SEQUENCES AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMAN 4 PALOPO

This research aimed to find out the use of picture sequence effective in improving students‟ writing skill in text procedure of tenth grade at SMAN 4 Palopo. This research question is “the use of picture sequence effective in improving the students‟ writing skill in text procedure of tenth grade at SMAN 4 Palopo?”. Based on the description the research objectives is “to find out whether or not the use of picture sequence effective in improving students‟ writing skill in text procedure of tenth grade at SMAN 4 Palopo”. This research applied a pre�experimental method. The population of this research was the tenth-grade students
at SMAN 4 Palopo. There were 13 students in the sample, which was done by purposive sampling. This research, collected data through Pre-test and Post-test. The Pre-test and Post-test was analyze by used five criteria aspect of writing of writing and compute used SPSS 26. Furthermore, the result of this research is the paired sample test on the data obtained by the researcher t0 (count) = 4.703 and df (degree of freedom) =12 can be observed. The significance level is equal to zero (p0.05). The alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted, whereas the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. The findings showed that using a picture sequence to
improve students' writing skills in procedure text in the tenth grade of SMAN 4 Palopo is effective. The implications of this research is contributes to the development of language learning theory by reinforcing that visual media like picture sequences can enhance students' understanding and creativity in writing,
and it serves as a reference for further research in different contexts and levels