THE EFFECT OF USING DRAW- LABEL-CAPTION STRATEGY TOWARD STUDENTS’ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH DAR-EL HIKMAH BOARDING SCHOOL PEKANBARU

The main focus of this research was to find out whether or not there was significant effect between students’ ability in writing descriptive texttaught by using Draw-Label-Caption strategy and by using conventional methodof the first grade students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Dar-El Hikmah Boarding School Pekanbaru. In this research, the type of the research was a quasi experimental research. The writer used nonrandomized control pre-test and post-test design. The writer used two classes as sample that consisted of 60 students. The first class was experimental class and the second class was as control class. Experimental class was taught by using Draw-Label-Captionstrategy and control class was taught by using conventional method. The technique of collecting data was test. The technique of data analysis used Independent Sample T-testformula in order to find out the difference of students’ mean score between experimental class and control class by using software SPSS 17 version. Based on the data analysis, the writer concludes that there is significant effect betweenstudents’ ability in writing descriptive text taught by using Draw Label-Caption strategy and students’ ability in writing descriptive text taught by using conventional method with consideration t0= 13.007is higher than Ttable either in significant 5% = 2.00 or in significant 1% = 2.65. We can read 2.002.65. It means H a is accepted and H 0 is rejected. So, it can be concluded that there is a significant effect between students’ ability in writing descriptive text taught by using Draw-Label-Caption strategy and students’ ability in writing descriptive text taught by using conventional method. In other words, there is a significant effect of using Draw-Label-Caption strategy toward students’ ability in writing descriptive text of the first grade students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Dar-El Hikmah Boarding School Pekanbaru