THE INFLUENCE OF USING PREDICT, ORGANIZE, REHEARSE, PRACTICE, EVALUATE (PORPE) METHOD TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION A True Experimental Study at the Tenth Grade of SMAN 1 Ciruas

Pembimbing: Dr. Yudi Juniardi, M.Pd., dan Rosmania Rima, M.Pd., 

The objective of the research is to find out the influence of using Predict, Organize, Rehearse, Practice, Evaluate (PORPE) method towards students reading comprehension. In this research, the researcher conducted quantitative method in collecting the data with true experimental design. The populations of this research were the students of tenth grade in SMAN 1 Ciruas, and the samples were the students of X IPS 4 as experimental class and X IPS 2 as control class. The classes were chosen by cluster random sampling from ten classes. In collecting the data, the researcher conducted pre-test and post-test consisting of 20 multiple choice items. In analyzing the data, the researcher use T-test. The result of the calculation showed that in the significance degree of 5% is tcount (23.93) is higher than ttable (2.00). It means the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is any influence of using PORPE method toward students reading comprehension. Furthermore, PORPE can be an alternative method for teaching English especially in reading skill.

Keywords: PORPE Method, Reading Comprehension.

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