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SKRIPSI THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SURVEY, CONNECT, READ, OUTLINE, LOOK BACK (SCROL) STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT FOR THE EIGHTH GRADERS OF SMPN 12 MAGELANG
Reading is an essential language skill for acquiring any language, including English. It is important for students to develop their reading comprehension since it benefits them in all areas of life. Nevertheless, many students encounter problems with reading comprehension, and the teaching strategy employed by teachers often lack engagement. This results in students having low motivation for reading and limited vocabulary knowledge, which in turn impacts their reading comprehension. Teachers can enhance the learning and teaching experience by using the SCROL strategy. This strategy focuses on learning in groups to foster idea exchange through engaging discussion. The aims of this research were to determine if there is a significant difference in students' recount text reading comprehension between those taught using the SCROL strategy and those taught using the lecturing strategy and to find out whether the SCROL strategy is effective in enhancing students’ recount text reading comprehension. This study adopted a quantitative approach employed a quasiexperimental research design that used pretest-posttest control group design. The population were eighth-grade students at SMPN 12 Magelang. The technique of purposive sampling was employed to choose the two groups; one served as the experimental group, and the other as the control group. The sample included two groups, with 8B as the experimental group and 8A as the control group. Each group comprised 31 students. The writer utilized a test as an instrument and administered it both as a pre-test and a post-test. The study employed a multiple-choice test consisting of 20 items to gather data. Once the data was collected, it was analyzed with the SPSS version 27 software. The result of independent t-test shows a significance value (2-tailed) of 0.000. This implies that there is a significant difference in students' reading comprehension of recount text between those taught using the SCROL strategy and those taught using the lecturing strategy, as indicated by the significance value (0.000) which is lower than α (0.05). In addition, the N-gain score for the SCROL strategy was found to be 0.7327, which is more than 0.7 classified as highly effective. The results indicate that the SCROL strategy is an effective learning strategy for enhancing students' comprehension of recount text. Teachers are encouraged to implement the SCROL strategy to boost students' reading comprehension throughout the teaching-learning process.
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