THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING LISTEN – READ – DISCUSSION (LRD) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN RECOUNT TEXT AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 1 CIRUAS

Pembimbing: Dr. Masrupi, M.Pd dan  Ledy Nurlely M.Pd 

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The objective of the research is to find out the effectiveness of using Listen-Read-Discussion (LRD) strategy toward students‟ reading comprehension in recount text at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Ciruas. This research used quantitative approach through quasi experimental as research design. The populations of the research were all of eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ciruas. The samples of the research were 60 students, 30 students in VIII A as the experimental class and 30 students in VIII I as the control class. The instrument of the research was reading comprehension test. The test form was multiple choice that consisted 20 items. The result of T-test showed that tcount was higher than ttable or 4.81 ≥ 2.00. Therefore, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Hα) was accepted. It can be concluded that Listen-Read-Discussion (LRD) strategy is effective toward students‟ reading comprehension in recount text at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Ciruas.

Keywords: Listen-Read-Discussion (LRD), Reading Comprehension, Recount Text