THE EFFECT OF CONCEPT-ORIENTED READING INSTRUCTION (CORI) STRATEGY TOWARD STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION (A Quasi Experiment Study At Grade Eight SMPN4 Kota Bengkulu)

Main Authors: KALSUM, UMI, Bambang, Suwarno, I Wayan, Dharmayana
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Archive
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2017
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Online Access: http://repository.unib.ac.id/16462/1/UMI%20KALSUM%20OK.pdf
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  • The purpose of this study is to find the effect of CORI (Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction) strategy on students’ reading comprehension. This reseach was focused on whether CORI strategy affected (1) students’ whole reading comprehension, (2) Students’ reading comprehension on the aspects of finding general information, finding specific Information, learning from text, and integrating information. This research employed a quasi experimental design. The subjects comprised 48 students of grade VIII of SMPN 4 Kota Bengkulu, divided into two classes, the experiment and control class. The instruments were a reading test and a questionnaire. The result showed that CORI strategy was effective to improve (1) Students’ whole reading comprehension, (2)Students’ reading for finding general information, reading for finding specific information, and reading to integrating information. However it was not effective for reading to learn from text. It can be concluded that the use of CORI strategy was generally effective improve students’ reading comprehension except for the aspect of learning from text. In addition, the students also had positive attitudes toward the use of CORI strategy. It is recommended to conduct an experiment for another school level.