The Effect of Using the Draw Label Caption Strategy in Teaching Short Functional Text

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out the significant effect of using the draw label caption strategy in teaching short functional text to VIII grade students of SMP Swasta PAB 2 Helvetia of academic years 2016/2017, on Jalan Veteran Pasar IV Helvetia, Kecamatan Labuhan Deli, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. This research used the experimental research. The population of this research was 299 students of VIII1 , VIII2 , VIII3 , VIII4 , VIII5 , VIII6 , and VIII7 . The sample was taken two classes of applied cluster random sampling strategy. The total of sample was 82 students. The sample was divided into two groups namely experimental group that consist of 41 students and control group that consist 41 students. The experimental group was taught by using the draw label caption strategy, while the control group was taught by using lecture strategy. The instrument in collecting the data was using by pretest and post-test. And the instrument in collecting the data was using written test about advertisement and poster and scoring the students’ answer sheet based on five indicators; content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanism. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The result showed that to = 31.71 was higher than tt = 1.667. The level of significance was 0.05 for two ttest (31.71 > 1.667). Based on the result of the analysis, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. So, it proved that the Draw Label Caption Strategy significantly affected the students’ in short functional text.