Abstract:
This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of using wordless
picture book strategy on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It
was an experimental research. The subject was students of eight grade SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH 07 Medan. Two classes were taken by total sampling which
divided into two groups. 32 students in VIII-1 as Experimental group and 32
students in VIII-2 as Control group. The instrument used in this research is
writing text. The analysis were showed that the scores of the students in the
experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the students in the
control group at the level of significance µ = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df)
63, t-test > t-table 7.67 > 2.00. it means wordless picture book strategy has a
significant effect on the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.
