Abstract:
Fadillah Effendi. 1302050175. “The Effect of Applying Pick, List, Evaluate.
Activate, Supply, and End (PLEASE) strategy on the Students’ achievement in
Writing Descriptive Text” : Skripsi. English Program of Teacher Training and
Education, University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Medan 2017.
This research was intended to investigate The Effect of Applying Pick, List,
Evaluate. Activate, Supply, and End (PLEASE) strategy on the Students’
achievement in Writing Descriptive Text. The objective of this research was to
find out the significant effect of applying PLEASE strategy on the students
achievement on writing descriptive text. This research was conducted at SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH 1 Medan of academic year 2016/2017 Jalan Demak No.3,
Sei Rengas Permata, Medan Area, Kota Medan. The population of this study was
the seventh grade students, that consisted of five classes; they were VII-T1, VII T2, VII-T3, VII-T4, VII-T5. Purposive sampling technique was applied in this
research, so the sample were VII-T1 and VII-T3. The sample was divided into
two groups : VII-T1 as experimental class taught by applying PLEASE strategy
and VII-T3 as control class taught without applying PLEASE strategy. The study
was conducted by using an experimental research design. Each group was given a
pre-test, treatment, and post-test. This data were acquired by administrating an
written test which was given in pre-test and post-test. After analyzing the data by
using t test formula, it was obtained that t was higher than t (7.12 > 2.00)
with α = 5% and the degree of freedom (df) 58. The finding showed that the
students achievement in writing descriptive text by applying PLEASE strategy
was more significant than those without applying PLEASE strategy. Based on this
research, it was revealed that the percentage of the effect of applying PLEASE
strategy was 64% and 36% was influenced by other factors.
