THE EFFECT OF PROCESS AND PRODUCT APPROACHES ON THE STUDENTS’ COMPETENCY IN WRITING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXTS

Abstract

This study aims at finding the effect of process and product approaches to the eighth grade students of SMP Harapan 1 Denpasar on their  competency in writing different types of texts. This is an experimental study with post-test only comparison group design using 2 x 3 factorial design. The results of the study are: 1) there is a significant  difference of process and product approach on the students’ writing competency, 2) there is a significant difference on the students’ competency in writing narrative paragraph between process and product approach group, 3) there is a significant difference on the students’ competency in writing recount paragraph between process and product approach group, 4) there is a significant difference on the students’ competency in writing descriptive paragraph between   process and product approach group,5) there is an interaction between the writing approaches and types of texts.

Keywords : Process Approach, Product Approach, Types of Texts and Writing Competency.