Abstract:
This research was intended to investigate The Effect of COW Strategy on the
students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The objective of this research was
to find the significant n writing descriptive text. This research was conducted at SMP
Nurul hasanah Tembung of academic year 2016/2017 Jalan Amal Bakti Pasar VII
Tembung that consisted of two classes: they were VIII-1 and VIII-2. Total sampling
technique was applied in this research. The sample was divided into two groups:
VIII-1 as experimental class taught by applying COW Strategy and VIII-2 as control
class taught without applying COW Strategy. The study was conducted by using an
experimental research design. Each group was given a pre-test, treatment and postest.
The
finding
showed
that
the
students’
achievement
in
writing
descriptive
text
by
applying
COW strategy was more significant than those without applying COW
strategy. Based on this research, it was revealed that the percentage of effect of
applying COW strategy was 69% and 31% was influenced by the other factors
