The effect of using speed-reading strategy in reading recount text ability at grade VIII of MTS Negeri 1 Binanga

Harahap, Ahmad Tahir (2020) The effect of using speed-reading strategy in reading recount text ability at grade VIII of MTS Negeri 1 Binanga. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research focused on the effect of using speed reading strategy in reading recount text ability at grade VIII students‟ of MTs Negeri Binanga. In this research, the researcher found that students‟ mark in reading recount text ability was unsatisfied. The students‟ problem in reading recount text were: 1) students did not have background knowledge relate the text which they read, 2) students interest in reading still low, 3) students had limited vocabularies and also students passive in teaching learning process. Beside the students‟ problem, teacher‟s strategy also became a problem in learning reading recount text. The teacher still used the conventional strategy in teaching reading recount text. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of using Speed Reading Strategy in Reading Recount Text Ability at Grade VIII Students‟ of MTs Negeri Binanga. The method used in this research was experimental research where the researcher chose two classes as the sample. They were VIII-1 as experimental class that consisted of 22 students and VIII-2 as control class that consisted of 22 students. To collect the data, the researcher used test for measuring the students‟ reading recount text ability by gave pre-test and post-test in choose correct answer by crossing a, b, c, or d form. To analyze the data, the researcher used t-test formula. After the data have been analyzed, the researcher found that there was the difference of mean score after using Speed Reading Strategy. Mean score of experimental class before using Speed Reading Strategy was 54.9 and mean score after using Speed Reading Strategy was 81.3. The effect of using Speed Reading Strategy in reading recount text ability was 4.343 with tcount is higher than ttable 4.343 > 1.681). It means Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected. So, there was a significant effect of using Speed Reading Strategy in Reading recount Text Ability at Grade VIII Students‟ of MTs Negeri Binanga.

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