THE EFFECT OF USING LRD (LISTEN, READ, DISCUSS) STRATEGY TOWARD READINGCOMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 9 TAPUNG KAMPAR REGENCY

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Based on the researcher’s observation, itwas found thatthe students
could not comprehend the meaning of texts in their text book at the school. This
problem was caused by some factors. For example,some studentscould not
understand about the content of reading text and identify the detailed
information of the text.So, the researcherwas interested in carrying out the
research about this problem.
The research was administered at State Junior High School 9 Tapung
Kampar Regency. The subject of the research was the second year students of
State Junior High School 9 Tapung, and the object of this research was the effect
of using LRD (Listen, Read, Discuss) strategy. The design of this research was
quasi- experimental design. The type of quasi experimental design of this research
is nonequivalent control group design.
The population of this research was all of the second year students. The
total number of population was 40 students; class VIII A consisted of 20 students
as experimental group and class VIII B consisted of 20 students as control group.
Because the population was not too big, so the technique used in taking the
sample was total sampling technique. To analyze the data, the researcher adopted
T-test formula by using SPSS 16.0.
After analyzing the data, the researcher found that there is significant
effect of using LRD (Listen, Read, Discuss) strategy on reading comprehension at
the second year students of State Junior High School 9 Tapung, where
Tcalculatedshows 3.781 at significant level of 5%, T
table
shows 2.02, and at level of
1%, T
table shows 2.72. Thus, Null Hypothesis (H
o
) is Rejected, and Alternative
Hypothesis (Ha
) is Accepted, which shows 2.02 < 3.781 > 2.72.

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