Abstract:
This article based on the using of 4 Square Method in conducting the
research “Using 4 Square Method in Improving the Ability of the Second Year
Students of MTsN Andalan Pekanbaru in Writing Descriptive Text ”. The aim of
this research is to improve the ability of the second year students of MTsN
Andalan Pekanbaru in writing descriptive text. This research was also aim to find
out whether the use of 4 Square Method in teaching writing can improve the
students’ writing ability.
This study was a classroom action research. It is cycle process which
consists of four stages, namely planning, action, observation and reflection. The
result of post test 2 shows the average score of the students in writing descriptive
text was 75. The result showed that almost all of the students were in the
excellent and good level. It can be noticed that using 4 Square Method in
teaching writing can improve the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at
MTsN Andalan Pekanbaru.
