THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GOOGLE DOCS COLLABORATIVEWRITING ACTIVITY ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OFRECOUNT TEXT IN THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTSAT SMPN 1 SURUH TRENGGALEK

ABSTRACTWati, Endang Riana. Student Registered Number 17203163089.2020. TheEffectiveness of Google Docs Collaborative Writing Activity on Students’Writing Achievement of Recount Text in The Second Grade Students atSMPN 1 Suruh Trenggalek.Thesis.English Education Department.Facultyof Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) ofTulungagung.Dr. Hj. Ida Isnawati, M.Pd.Keywords : Writing Achievement, Effectiveness, Collaborative Writing,Google Docs, Recount TextWriting skill is known as productive skill in English Language. It is theproces to gather ideas and convey the language into a written form. Writing iscalled the most difficult among other skill in English Language skill. It is causedin writing there are many aspects that fulfilled, such as : content, organization,vocabulary, language use, mechanic, etc.. It is that make the students often makeerrors in learning writing skill. Beside that, in writing there are many steps thathave to be done by the students, starting from planning, drafting, editing(reflection and revising), and final versions. So, the teacher teaches the studentsshould use a good technique, especially in learning writing. Google Docs is one ofmedia to teach writing especially in collaborative writing. Colaborative writing inGoogle Docs is believed to contribute in improving students’ writingachievement. It is caused the students could discuss their idea and could train theircommunication skill between the group members. Beside that, collaborativewriting on Google Docs might help the students continue the process ofdiscussion outside the classroom. The students also can help each other to solvewriting problem, such as : content, organization, vocabulary, language use,mechanic, etc..The research problem of this research is “Is there any significantdifference for students’ writing achievement on recount text between the studentswho are taught by using Google Docs on collaborative writing activity and thosewho are taught by using group investigation?”. This research is aimed to find outthe significant difference for students’ writing achievement on recount text whoare taught by using Google Docs on collaborative writing activity and those whoare taught by using group investigation.The research method of this study is quasy-experimental to achieveresearch objective. This samples of this research were VIII-A class asexperimental class that consist of 26 students and VIII-C class as control class thatconsist of 26 students also. So, the total samples of two classes were 52 students.There were four meetings for each class including pre-test, twice treatments, andpost test. In calculating the data in this research, the researcher used SPSS 16.0version for windows.The result of this research showed there was a significance difference forstudents’ writing achievement on recount text who are taught by using GoogleDocs collaborative writing activity and who are taught by using groupinvestigation. It could be seen the from post test showed the result of mean scorein experimental class was 76.3462 and in control class was 72.1154. P-value(two-tailed) is 0.064 and divided to 2 because the researcher used one-tailed test0.064 / 2 = 0.032, the significance level is 0.05 (α = 5%). Because 0.032 smallerthan the significance level 0.05 (α =5%), the null hypothesis is rejected and thealternative hypothesis is accepted which say that the mean score of experimentalclass was higher than mean score in control class. So, the conclusion is GoogleDocs on collaborative writing was effective to teach writing recount text at SMPN1 Suruh Trenggalek.