ABSTRACT

Ida Parida (2024). “The Effect of Padlet Application towards Students’ Narrative Writing At the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Malingping Lebak Banten In Academic Year 2023/2024.”

This research paper aims tp know whether there is a significant efect of Padlet application towards students’ narrative writing at the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Malingping Lebak-Banten In Academic Year 2023/2024.  This research was conducted for five weeks at the class tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Malingping in the two semester of the academic year 2023/2024. The researcher paper used quantitative approach and quasi-experimental design. The technique in choosing the sampel is cluster random sampling; the researcher used XE 7 (36 students) as class experiment and XE 10 (36 students) as class control. The experimental group was taught narrative text in writing activity used Padlet application, whereas the control group was taught used Google classroom. At the first meeting of the research, the researcher gave a pre-test to both the experimental group and and the control group to measure the extent of students’ narrative writing. Then gave treatment for five meetings and the last meeting of the research, the researcher gave a post-test to find out the final results and to prove the significant effect after being given treatment using a Padlet application in the experimental group. In analyzing the data, the researcher used independent sample t-test by SPSS 29 for windows showed the value of t calculated> t- table was 25.100 in experimental class. And its significance value because less than 0.05 (P = 0.00 < 0.05 in experimental class). It can be concluded that the alternative hyphothesis (Ha) was accepted. Therefor, the researcher concluded that the Padlet application has a good effect on Students’ Narrative Writing. In addition, this Padlet application is not only effectively used in learning writing but could also be used as an online learning medium because this Padlet application has space to communicate freely between teachers and students as well as between other students.

Keywords : Narrative text, Padlet application, Writing