Author (Penulis)

NURUL AIDA APRILITA WIDHAYANTI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0149

Abstract

STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 2 GROGOL KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC YEARS 2014/2015 NURUL AIDA APRILITA WIDHAYANTI 11.1.01.08.0149 FKIP/BAHASA INGGRIS ?YUNIK SUSANTI,S.Pd,M.Pd?^(1)), ?Drs.SUGIANTO,M.Pd?^(2)) UNIVERSITAS NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI ABSTRACT Reading skills as a part of receptive skills gives the first priority in the printed information is very dominant nowadays. Reading becomes important as there are some information are written in English. Furthermore, reading is not only eyes’ work but also mind’s job to understand the message in the text. So, in this research, the writer would like to describe and prove that the activity named the Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) can give better influence to help the students’ reading comprehension. This research is used quantitative approach and experimental in the form of pre-test, treatment and post-test design and the population of the research is the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Grogol Kediri. There are 135 students in 9 classes. While the sample taken is the class 8-A consisting 20 females and 17 males students. The research was done in 4 meetings and the technique of analizing the data used pre-test, treatment and post-test and than using the T-test formula to count the result of the test. The result of the research are 1) The students’ ability is still poor at the first time before the writer taught using the DRTA method in learning reading, 2) The students’ reading ability increases after the writer taught using the DRTA Method, 3) There is a significant effect of using the DRTA method to the students’ reading comprehension ability. Thus, the DRTA method can influence the students reading comprehension to the second grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Grogol Kediri academic year 2014/2015. Key word: reading, reading comprehension, the Directed Reading Thinking Activity

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PUBLISHED

2016-02-08

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

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