THE INFLUENCE OF USING DRAW LABEL CAPTION (DLC) STRATEGY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMPN 2 TANJUNG BINTANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2019/2020

ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF USING DRAW LABEL CAPTION TOWARDS STUDENT’S WRITING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMPN 2 TANJUNG BINTANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2019/2020 By: DIANA PERTIWI In studying foreign language, writing is one of language skill that should be mastered by the students’. The objective of this research is to know the influence of using draw label caption strategy towards students’ writing ability in descriptive text. Draw label captiione strategy iis a strategy iine wriitiineg that use a three step neamely: draw, label aned captiione. Based on preliminary research it showed the students’ writing ability at the eight grade of SMPN 2 Tanjung Bintang were still low. The research methodology was used experimental method. The population of the research was the student’s at the second semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 2 Tanjung Bintang. The total of students grouped was 150.The sample was taken from two classes, VIII E as Control Class and VIII D as experimental class consisting of 60 students. The treatments were held in 3 meeting in which 2 x 40 minutes for each class. In collecting data, the researcher used the instrument of pre-test and post-test. Pre-test was conducted before the treatment and post-test after the treatment that was done on only to the experimental class while the control is taught of using lecturing strategy. The instrument was writing test. The researcher analyzed the data of independent sample t-test by using SPSS. From the data analysis computes by using SPSS, it was obtained that sig = 0.000 and α = 0.05. It means that Ha is accepted because sig < α= 0.05. In other words, it could be concluded that there was influence of using draw label caption strategy iii towards students’ writing ability in descriptive text at the second semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 2 Tanjung Bintang in the academic years of 2019/2020. Keywords: Draw Label Caption, Descriptive Text, Quasi Experimental Design, Writing Abilit