Abstract:
This study was aimed at finding out the effect of applying Scaffolding Technique
on the students‟ writing achievement by using movie posters. This study used the
experimental quantitative design. The samples of this research were the eighth
grade students of SMPN 1 Aek Songsongan. There were class VIII-1 as the
experimental class and VIII-2 as control class. Each class consisted of 30 students.
The experimental class were taught by applying scaffolding technique by using
movie posters while control class were taught without applying scaffolding
technique by using movie posters. The instrument of collecting the data was
writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The calculation showed that tobserved
(5.2252)
was
greater
than
t-table
(0.2960)
at
the
level
of
significance
(α)
0.05
with
degree of
freedom (df) 28.
It
meant
that
applying
Scaffolding
Technique
by
using movie posters had significantly affected the students‟ writing
achievement in writing descriptive text.
