This research discussed the effectiveness of Our Live Game in the teaching writing of recount text of eighth grade students of MTs NU 01 Cepiring Kendal in the academic year of 2015/2016. The background of the research was based on the phenomenon students’ difficulties in writing paragraph coherently. The objective of the research was to find out the effectiveness of our live game in the teaching writing of recount text at the eighth grade students of MTs NU 01 Cepiring in the academic year of 2015/2016.
In this research, researcher used true experimental design; pre-test – post-test control group. Population of the research was eighth grade students of MTs NU 01 Cepiring Kendal in the academic year of 2015/2016. This was an experimental research. It was conducted into two group; experimental group (VIII A) and control group (VIII D) which was choosen by cluster random sampling technique. Experimental group was taught recount text by using Our Live Game while control group was taught without Our Live Game. Instrument of the research were written test and documentation. There were pre-test and post test to collect data. From the result of analysis of normality test and homogenity test, it was known that both groups were normal distribution and have same variant. Another formula that was used to analyze the data was t-test. It was used to determine whether there was a difference between average score of experimental group and control group or not. Based on the data obtained, it showed that pre-test average score of experimental group was 67.8 and control group was 66.7. Meanwhile, the post test average of experimental group was 72.3 and control group was 66.3. Furthermore, it was obtained that tcount was 3.175 and ttable 1.995 for α = 5%. Because ttable was lower than tcount (1.995 < 3.175) so Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted that there was a difference of the post test average score between experimental group and control group.
Based on the result of analysis, the writer can conclude that Our Live Game is effective in the teaching writing of recount text at the eleventh grade students of MTs NU 01 Cepiring in the academic year of 2015/2016.