THE EFFECT OF GAME BASED LEARNING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT GRADE X SMAN 1 AIR JOMAN ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine there was an effect of game based learning strategy on students‘ ability in writing recount text at x grade of SMA 1 Air Joman in 2023/2024 academic year. This research was quantitative research with a two-group research design, experimental group and control group. The population in this research was all students of X Grade consisting of 4 classes. The sample of this research was taken from 33 students of experimental class (X IPA 2) and 33 students of control class (X IPA 3). The instrument for collecting data was writing test. The post-test was obtained with the average results of the experimental group 74,84 and the control group 66,57. T-test results obtained tscore = 5,40> ttable = 2.65 (at 1% significant level) or 2.00 (at 5% significant level). It means that Ha is accepted, thus it is obtained that there is an effect of game based learning strategy on students‘ ability in writing recount text at x grade of SMA 1 Air Joman in 2023/2024 academic year.

Key word : Game Based Learning Strategy, Writing, Recount Text