THE EFFECT OF USING SCAIT (SELECT, COMPLETE, ACCEPT, INFER, AND THINK) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF STATE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 18 PEKANBARU
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- Based on theresearcher’s preliminary observation and infomation from the English teacher at the eight grade of State Junior High School 18 Pekanbaru, it was found that some of the eight grade students had problems in reading comprehension, especially in narrative text. They could not reach the passing grade. The main focus of this research was to find outwhether there was a significant effect between using and without using SCAIT (Select, Complete, Accept, Infer, and Think) Strategy on students’ reading comprehensionin narrative textat State Junior High School 18 Pekanbaru. The writer formulated the problems that would be answered by using the quantitativeresearch.This research had two variablesUsingSCAIT (Select, Complete, Accept, Infer, and Think)Strategyas an independent variable and students’ reading comprehension as a dependent variable.The type of research was a Quasi-experimental research. The subject of this research was the eight grade at State Junior High School 18 Pekanbaru. The researcher took two classes: experimental and control class. There were 78 students as sample from 240 eight gradestudents at State Junior High School 18 Pekanbaru. In collecting the data, the researcher used multiple choice test. In analyzing the data, the researcher used an independent t-test formulaby usingSPSS 23 version.Based on the analysis of T-test Formula, Ha is accepted because the sig. value is 0.01<0.05.Then, the effect size was 0.13. The researcher concluded that there is significant effect of using SCAIT (Select, Complete, Accept, Infer, and Think) Strategy on students’ reading comprehension innarrative text at the Eight Grade of State Junior High School 18 Pekanbaru. Key words: Effect, SCAIT (Select, Complete, Accept, Infer and Think), Reading Comprehension.