Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to investigate how Cubing strategy improves
students’ writing skill which is focused on writing descriptive text. The method
used in this research is tests by using true experimental design typed of pretestposttest design. Besides, quantitative approach is apllied. Random sampling and
random assignment are used to determine the control and the experimental group.
In addition, there are pre-test, treatment or teaching and post-test in both of the
groups. It was conducted at the eight grade students of SMP Baitul Azis Medan.
Students’ mean scores of pre-test in the Control Group are 52.14 and 61.42 for
post-test, meanwhile, students’ mean scores of pre-test in the Experimental Group
are 55.71 and 82.32 for the post-test. Thus, the t-test in the Experimental Group is
8.81 and the t-table is 2.048 which is used 0.05 as the significant level of this
research. Because the t-test value is higher than the t-table (8.81>2.048), Ha is
accepted and Ho is rejected. Based on the result of this research, it can be
concluded that Cubing strategy can improve students’writing skill in descriptive
text. Indeed, it is recommended for teachers to apply this technique in teaching
English, especially in teaching writing.
