The Effect of POW+TREE Strategy by Using Learning Video towards Students’ Writing Ability in Pekanbaru, Indonesia

Based on curriculum 2013, in learning English subject, the students are expected to develop and produce write simple text types, analytical exposition text. The POW+TREE strategy is the astrategy that teacher used in the classroom by combining which is available the learning video in teaching writing. The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of the strategy by using learning video towards students‟ writing ability. The method of this research used was true experimental which are two classes, as a control class, XI science 2 and the other is as an experimental class, the XI science 1 of SMA SERIRAMA YLPI PEKANBARU. They were tested both of pre and posttest by giving the written test that analyzed by using SPSS. The result of this research showed that there was a significant effect of that strategy by using video towards students‟ writing ability. The students score by using the strategy with learning video was higher than that strategy without using video.