The research objective of this research aimed to determine the effectiveness of using Project Based Learning (PJBL) toward students’ ability to write descriptive text at 7th-grade students of SMPN 26 Kota Tangerang. This research was taken with quasi-experimental as the research design. The sample of this research was seventh grade students of SMPN 26 Kota Tangerang. There were VII E as an experimental class and VII H as a control class which consisted of 36 students each class. This research used quantitative approach. The design that a researcher used in this research was quasi-experimental study by proposed pre-test and post-test. The result of this research found that it is effective to used project-based learning (PJBL) toward students’ ability in writing descriptive text at 7th grade students of SMPN 26 Kota Tangerang. It can be proven through the hypothesis testing by compared with . Based on the calculated value was 8,83 and the degree of freedom value 70 with the level significance 0,05 (5%) was 1,99. The result showed ≥ =≥ 1,99. Therefore, project-based learning is effective to improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text.
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