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ABSTRACT Fadhilah Nur Fajri. 2314.105. The Effect of Blended Learning Strategy towards Students’ Writing Skill on Descriptive Text at the Tenth Grade of SMKN 2 Bukittinggi. Academic year 2019/2020. A Thesis, IAIN Bukittinggi This research aims to find the problem of students who have difficulty in writing because they are unable to develop the ideas and make writing more sustainable. The research was carried out in SMKN 2 Bukittinggi and the researcher used Blended Learning Strategy on students' ability in writing Descriptive Text because most of the students SMKN 2 Bukittinggi still has difficulty in writing. This research is an experimental research. The population of this study was the tenth grade students at SMKN 2 BUKITTINGGI. For class X Pemasaran 1, they were treated as an experimental class taught by used Blended Learning Strategy. While class X Pemasaran 2 is treated as a control class that is taught used techniques commonly used by teachers. Researchers used purposive sampling techniques to determine the sample of this study. The researchers used a normality test used the Lillifors test and used a homogeneity∝ test used the F-test to analyze the data. Whereas to test the hypothesis, the researcher used the z-test and consulted the results with a table of degrees and (α ) = 0.05 for the hypothesis From the result and the calculation of the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental class, it was found that the z-obtained/Zo (6,97) was higher than the z-table (1.997) with the degree of freedom (df) = 36+36-2 = 70 and level of significance (α= 0.05/2= 0.025. So that, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted which means that there was significant effect of Blended Learning Strategy on students’ writing skill. Then, the calculation of post-test both classes: experimental and control classes was obtained the z-obtained (9,02) which was higher than the t-table (1.997) with the degree of freedom (df) = 36+36-2 = 70 and level of significance (α= 0.05/2= 0.025). So that, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted which means that there is significant difference between used blended learning strategy and used conventional one. Then, the z-obtained in post-test both classes was obtained z-obtained (9,02) which was higher than z-table (1.997) with degree of freedom (df) = 36+36-2 = 70 and level of significance (α) 0.05. So that, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted which means that the students who are taught by used blended learning strategy is better than the students who are taught by used conventional technique. So, it can be concluded that the entire hypothesis is accepted. It is proved that used dialogue journal on students’ writing skill can help the students in their writing skill.