TEACHING NARRATIVE READING COMPREHENSION BY USING PROBABLE PASSAGE STRATEGY TO THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MAN 1 PALEMBANG
Abstract: The objective of the
study was to find out whether or not there was a significant difference in
reading comprehension achievement between the tenthgrade students of MAN 1
Palembang who were taught by using Probable Passage and those who were not. The
population of the study was the tenth grade students of MAN 1 Palembang in the
academic year of 2014/2015. In this study, the writer used quasi experimental
design. The sample of the study was taken from purposive sampling. The writer
selected X IPS 2 as the control group and X IPS 1as the experimental group. It
consisted of 74 students, 37 students for each ofcontrol and experimental
group. This study was conducted for about almost twomonths. There were twelve
meetings which spent 70 minutes (2x35 minutes) ineach meeting. The instrument
used in collecting the data was multiple choices reading comprehension test.
The test was administered twice, as the pre-test andpost-test for both control
and experimental group. The results of the test were analyzed by using
independent sample t-test. From the result of independentsample t-test, it was
found that there was a significant difference from students’ posttest
experimental and control group, since the p-output was lower than 0.05and
t-value was higher than t-table (1.66). It means that teaching narrative
reading comprehension by using Probable Passage had a significant effect on the
students’ reading comprehension achievement.
Penulis: HARIANA AMALIA
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150177
