MELT Journal e-ISSN: 2714-8858 | p-ISSN: 2528-0287
Vol. 7 No. 1 June 2022 Hal.95-105 95
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.22303/melt.7.1.2022.95-105
The Effect Of Gallery Walk Strategy On Students' Ability In
Writing Procedure Text
Rani Safitri
a,1
, Enni Maisaroh
b,2
Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas Ilmu dan Kependidikan,Universitas Potensi Utama
safitri.Rani1999@gmail.com
1
, eni.antbee@yahoo..com
2
ABSTRACT
The purposes of researcher was about figuring out if there was an effect in improving the students' ability on
writing procedure text by using the Gallery Walk. The research problem was whether there is effect in
Gallery Walk on students’ ability in learning writing procedure text. The aim of the research was to find out
the effectiveness of the Gallery Walk in the students' writing ability on procedure text. In this research, the
researcher used the pre-experimental design method in one group pre-test and post-test design. There were
two variables research namely the independent variable (Gallery Walk Strategy) and dependent variable
(students' ability in writing procedure text). The researcher collected the data on the written test (pre-test
and post-test). Each written test was a type of questions in the multiple choice form. Each test consisted of 30
items. These data would be calculated into the total and mean score. It would be analyzed the validity,
reliability, homogenity, normality and T-test by using SPSS. Based on the findings and discussion of the
study, the research showed that the use of gallery walk had an effect in students' ability on procedure text. It
could be seen by the mean of pre-test which was Mean Score 63,73 and post-test was 85,43. The value of to
(t-count) = 0,716 and (t-table) = 0,266. It meant that the value of t-count was higher than t-table. It could be
stated that the gallery walk was effective in students' writing ability on procedure text.
Keywords : writing, Procedure text, Gallery walk Strategy
Article Info :
Submitted: 14 March 2022 Reviewed: 29 March 2022 Accepted: 12 April 2022
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1. INTRODUCTION
Writing is the fourth foundation in English. Writing is a communication activity conveyed
through writing from thought. Writing also is not only prepared physically but writing must be also
prepared the ideas that you want to write.
Writing is important because it is a basic skill that has been taught from entering school.
Writing is important because by writing we can develop what is in us through writing. Not only
that, writing also benefits people who will read it and writing means communication different from
speaking communication by mouth communication, writing has a more focused and complete
delivery because writing is done with the heart.
Writing is an activity to make an information about something in the form of written. With this
skill, students will have to procedure language by themselves based on their knowledge and
vocabulary. It means that students write a text based on what they know and with how many
vocabularies provide to deliver. It is known that there are many genres of writing. According to
Gerot and Wignell (1995: 192-219), there are some genres as we know which are Spoof text,
Recount text, Reports text, Analytical Exposition text, News Item text, Anecdote text, Narrative
text, Procedure text, Description text, Hortatory Exposition text, Explanation text, Discussion text,
and Reviews text. The main concern of the research is procedure text.
Procedure text is text that presents the steps to do something. Procedure text is text designed to
describe how something is achieved through a series of actions or steps. So it can be concluded that
the procedure text is a type of text that aims to describe an order or instruction on how something is