THE INFLUENCE OF USING PARTNER READING STRATEGY TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 17 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2021/2022
Keywords:
Partner Reading Strategy, Reading ComprehensionAbstract
This research aimed to know the influence of Partner Reading strategy towards students’ reading comprehension. This research used Quasi-experimental design. The population was 306 students from 10 classes. The sample was taken by using Cluster Random Sampling technique. There were two classes for the sample. First class was experimental class (VIII.7) and the second class was the control class (VIII.8) with the total sample is 63 students. The instrument of the research was multiple choices which consisted of 40 questions test. In calculating the data analysis, the writer used t-test formula. Based on the data analysis, the writer got the result that Hα was accepted. It was obtained that ttest = 2.96, ttable for α = 0.05 was 1.67 and for α = 0.01 was 2.39 (2.96 > 1.67 < 2.39). It meant that there was influence of partner reading strategy towards students’ reading comprehension at the eighth grade of SMPN 17 Bandar Lampung in 2021/2022.
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