THE EFFECT OF USING COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY READING ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1 KAMPAR AIRTIRIS

Abstrak / Ringkasan

Based on the researcher’s preliminary observation and information from
the English teacher at SMP N 1 Kampar Airtiris, it was found that some of the
eight grade students had problems in reading comprehension, especially in
narrative text. They could not reach the passing grade (KKM). The main focus of
this research was to find out whether there is a significant effect of using and
without using Collaborative Strategy Reading on students’ reading comprehension
at SMP N 1 Kampar Airtiris. The researcher formulated the problems that would
be answered by using the quantitative research. This research had two variables
using Collaborative Strategy Reading as an independent variable and students’
reading comprehension as a dependent variable. The type of research was a Quasiexperimental
research.
The
subject
of
this
research
was
the
Eight
Grade
at
SMP
N

1

Kampar Airtiris. The researcher took two classes: experimental and control
class. There were 52 students as sample from 285 Eight Grade at SMP N 1
Kampar Airtiris. In collecting the data, the researcher used multiple choice tests.
In analyzing the data, the researcher used an independent t-test formula by using
SPSS 16 version. Based on the analysis of T-test Formula, Ha is accepted because
the sig. value is 0.001<0.05. The research can be concluded that there is a
significant effect of using Collaborative Strategy Reading on reading
comprehension of narrative text at the Eight Grade students of SMP N 1 Kampar
Airtiris..


Key words: Effect, Collaborative Strategy Reading, Reading comprehension.

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