IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH LISTEN-READ-DISCUSS (LRD) STRATEGY AT ELEVEN GRADE OF MAN DHARMASRAYA

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the significant differences in improving students' reading comprehension by using the Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) strategy. This research was conducted on class XI IPK students at MAN Dharmasraya. In this study, the researcher only took one class as a sample. The sample consisted of 28 students of class XI IPK and was selected using a saturated sample technique. The material taught by research uses biography texts. This study used a quantitative method with a pre-experimental approach. Research used data collection techniques Pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The data collection instrument was a written test in the form of 10 multiple choices and 5 essays with total of 15 questions. The pre-experimental group was given pre-test and post-test. The final average value obtained from the experimental group was analyzed using the T-test formula with a significant level of α = 0.05. The results of the research conducted show that there is a significant effect of using the Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) strategy in students' reading lessons. The results of research conducted by researcher indicate that there is a significant influence by using the Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) strategy in students' reading lessons. From the results of the data, obtained the average score of the pre-test (1798) and post-test (2313). t-observe (3.315) and t-table (1.705). It supported by the t-test value that was higher than t-table value (3.35>1.705). Therefore, the alternative  hypothesis shows that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. This means that there is a significant effect of using the Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) strategy in improving reading comprehension in class XI IPK MAN Dharmasraya.