THE EFFECT OF GUIDED WRITING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT

This study was conducted in order to know the effect of applying Guided Writing
Strategy on students’ Achievement in Writing Recount Text. It was an
experimental research. The population of the research was VIII grade of SMP
Negeri 2 Nainggolan in the academic year 2015/2016. Two classes were chosen as
the sample and were divided into two groups, experimental group (28 students,
class VIII.1) and control group (28 students, class VIII.2). The experimental group
was taught by applying Guided Writing Strategy, while the control group was
taught by Lecturing Method. The instrument used to collect the data was writing
essay test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. Based on the result of
the data analysis 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 significantly = 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 54, t-observed value
2.095>t-table value > 2.004. The findings Indicated that applying Guided Writing
Strategy significantly affected the students’ achievement in writing recount text.