Improving students’ reading comprehension by using read ask put (RAP) strategy on narrative text at grade x SMA Negeri 3 Panyabungan

Syiah, Kholidah (2019) Improving students’ reading comprehension by using read ask put (RAP) strategy on narrative text at grade x SMA Negeri 3 Panyabungan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research talked about Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension By Using Read Ask Put (RAP) Strategy on Narrative Text at Grade X SMA Negeri 3 Panyabungan. The students’ problem were students The mean score of the students’ achievement in reading English is low and it is influenced by several problems. Students have a difficulty in understanding English word, phrase, and sentence, in English. The students have difficulty in finding the main idea of the text they read. students are easily bored to read the text because is not interesting and make them difficult to understand the content of the reading material. The purpose of this research is to describe the improvement of students’ reading comprehension and to identify the factors which influence students’ reading comprehension through Read Ask Put (RAP) Strategy. This research categorized into action research that consisted of two cycles. This research used model proposed by Kemmis and Mc. Taggart designed were consisted four steps, there were; plan, action, observe, and reflect. The participants of this research were consisted 23 students at grade X SMA Negeri 3 Panyabungan. The instruments of collecting the data were test, observation, and interview. To analyze the data, the researcher used quantitative and qualitative analysis. Based on the research result, showed the improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using Read Ask Put (RAP) Strategy. The students mean score in Cycle 1 was 65 (43.47%) and the students mean score in Cycle 2 was 78.26 (78.26%). It could be concluded that the mean score the Cycle 2 was higher that previous Cycle. Based on observation sheet stated that the students got improvement and the students were more active and interested in learning reading process. Related to the interview result, it could be known that students’ reading comprehension had improved. It asserted that Read Ask Put ( RAP) strategy improved the students’ reading comprehension at grade X SMA Negeri 3 Panyabungan

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