The Effect of Accrostic Technique on Students’ Achievement in Writing Poem

Abstract

This study deals with the effect of using accrostic technique on the students’ achievement in writing poem. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of using accrostic technique on students’ achievement in writing poem. The study applied the experimental research focusing on one group pre-test posttest design. The population of this research was the tenth grade of SMA

Muhammadiyah 12 Binjai at academic year 2017/2018. Consiting of 28 students.

They were totally taken as the sample of this research. The instrument of

collecting data was written test administrated to the students. The data were

analyzed by using t-test formula. After analyzing the data, it was found that tobserved (5.27 ) greater than t-table (2.4) with the significant level α = 0.05 and

the degree of freedom (df) = 26. The finding showed that the hypothesis of the

study was accepted. It means that using Accrostic Technique was significantly

effective to the students’ achievement in writing poem