THE EFFECT OF USING ‘RIDER’ STRATEGY ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 42 PEKANBARU IN COMPREHENDING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS
| Main Authors: | Gustia, Demi Reka, Purwanti, Indah Tri, Supriusman, Supriusman |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Jurnal Online Mahasiswa (JOM) Bidang Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://jom.unri.ac.id/index.php/JOMFKIP/article/view/28060 https://jom.unri.ac.id/index.php/JOMFKIP/article/view/28060/27036 |
Daftar Isi:
- Abstract: The research was aimed to determine the effect of using 'RIDER' strategy on the ability of the second year students of SMPN 42 Pekanbaru in comprehending descriptive texts. This pre-experimental research was conducted by using One-Group Pretest-Posttest design. Class VIII.2 was selected as the sample for this research by using cluster random sampling technique. A multiple choice test consisting of 40 items was the instrument of the research. The collected data were analyzed by using t-test. The results showed that the mean score of post-test was higher than pre-test (74.24>61.84). Then, it also showed that t-test was higher than t-table (4.086>2.062) at a significance level of 5%. Therefore, Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and Null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect of ‘RIDER’ Strategy on the ability of the second year students of SMPN 42 Pekanbaru in comprehending descriptive texts.Keywords: Reading, Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Text, ‘RIDER’ Strategy