This experimental study aimed to investigate if there was any significant difference in writing ability between the students who were taught by Crawford series Teaching technique and those who were taught by using individual writing technique. Two classes of the first grade students of SMAN 5 Palembang were selected randomly as the sample of the study; experimental and control groups. Each group consisted of 28 students. The instrument used in this study was a set of pre and post-tests. This study used t-test to see the difference achievement between experimental and control groups in terms of writing descriptive paragraph. The result showed that the students in EG achieved better performance in writing descriptive paragraph. P-value got from T-test was 0.02; it was less than the level of significance (0.05). Furthermore, the mean score of the post-test of the EG increased 13.35 points compared to the pre-test, while there was a progress of 6.67 points in the CG. The result also showed a great improvement in the five aspects of writing (content and mechanical, organization, vocabulary, and grammar. In conclusion, students" achievement in writing descriptive paragraph improved significantly through Crawford Series Teaching technique.

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This thesis was concerned with the Reading Habits In The Digital Age: Changes Trend and Behavior in Alpha Generation. The problem of this research was how could trends and behaviors in alpha generation change reading habits. The purpose of this study is to identify whether the alpha generation has the habit of reading in the digital age. The objective of this research was generation alpha especially students of Junior High School 11 Palembang, Seventh-grade. Based on the data taken from the students choose the answer based on their honest opinion. There were (13%) Fully Agree and (50%) Agree of 30 students were agree on reading habits and the use of technology for reading habits. And (4%) Highly Disagree and (33%) Disagree about reading habits and the use of technology so here the comparison was quite comparable to the reading habits of students using technology in this digital age. It could be can be concluded that the alpha generation has a habit of reading using technology that is included in the digital age such as using a handphone or laptop and reading habits have reading behavior in students.

The aim of this study was to find out whether or not study was to find out whether using the learning cell method in teaching narrative text was effective or not to improve the students’ reading comprehension achievement of the tenth-grade students of Karya Ibu Senior High School of Palembang. Thi study applied pre-experiment method. The population of this study was all of the tenth grade students of Karya Ibu Senior High School of Palembang, in the Academic Year 2020/2021 with total number 120 students and 30 students were taken as sampl. In collecting the data, a written test of narrative texts was used, and the data were analyzed by using KR-21 The result of this study showed the students’ mean score in the post-test and pre-test of the test, the matched ttest calculation showed that the value of t-obtained was 21.12. The value of t-table was 1.699. It could be concluded that the value of t-obtained (21.12) was higher than the value of t-table. Then the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It means that teaching narrative texts through Learning Cell method to promote the students’ reading comprehension achivement of the tenth grade students of Karya Ibu of Palembang was effective. Keywords: Teaching, Narrative Text, Learning Cell method.

The problem of the study was there any significant difference between the Tenth Grade students of SMA Dharma Bhakti Palembang who were taught trough Mixidea Online Debating Strategy and those who were not. Therefore, the objective of the study was to find out whether or not there is any significant different scores between Tenth Grade students of SMA Dharma Bhakti Palembang who are taught through Mixidea Online Debating Strategy and those who are not. Quasi Experimental research design was applied in this study. The population of this study was 68 of Tenth Grade students of SMA Dharma Bhakti Palembang. The sample was selected by using purposive sampling method non-random sampling. Oral test was used as technique in collecting the data and they were analyzed by using independent sample t-test. From this study, the writer found out that Mixidea Online Debating Strategy was effective to be taught to the Tenth Grade Students of Dharma Bhakti Palembang. It could be seen from the result of t-obtain (22.585) was higher that t-table (4.290) where 34 students based on the table stated. Besides the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hypothesis was accepted.