ENHANCING STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING ACHIEVEMENT ON RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE APPROACH OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 INDRALAYA
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- This study was intended to figure out how Language Experience Approach (LEA) improves students ability in reading comprehension and writing achievement. The objectives of this study were to find out wether or not there was significant difference in students’ reading comprehension and writing achievement in the form of recount text before and after being taught by using the Language Experience Approach, and whether or not there was significant difference between the students who were taught by using the Language Experience Approach and those who were not. The subject of this study were the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Indralaya which consist 64 students as a sample who were selected by using random sampling technique. The instrument for collecting the data were reading comprehension test and writing test which administered twice as pre-test and post-test. The pre-test was given to find out the basic ability of the students and the post-test was given to find out the improvement of the students. Paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test were applied to analyze the data. The finding showed that there was significant difference in students reading comprehension and writing achievement in the form of recount text before and after the implementation of LEA. The result of paired sample t-test of both experimental and control group showed that the t-obtained was higher than t-table and the p-value<0.05 (.000 <0.05) . Furthermore, this study also showed that there was significant difference between students who were taught by using LEA and those who were not. The result of independent sample t-test showed that the t-obtained was higher than the t-table (4.690 > 1.999) and the p-value<0.05 (.000<0.05). Therefore, the implementation of LEA in teaching and learning process was quite successful. It is showed that LEA is effective learning strategies to be taught in school.