THE INFLUENCE OF VOCABULARY SELF-COLLECTION STRATEGY (VSS) TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE TENT GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 1 MENGGALA IN 2021/2022

Abstract

This research aimed to know the influence of vocabulary self-collection strategy (VSS) towards students’ reading comprehension and to improve students’ reading comprehension. By applying this strategy students were active and teaching learning process was effective. This strategy helped the students comprehend main idea, supporting idea, inference, reference and vocabularies of the text. In this research the writer used experimental method. The sample was taken by using random sampling technique. There were two classes for the sample. First class was experimental class and the second class was control class. It consisted of 70 students. The main technique in measuring students’ reading comprehension was multiple choices which consisted of 40 items test. Each item has five options a, b, c, d and e, and the score of each item was 2.5. Based on the data analysis and testing of hypothesis the writer got the result that  was accepted. It showed that the average score of students who were taught through Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) was higher than which was taught through Direct Method. It was got 60.69 > 43.91 and the end of the result, it showed that  was higher than  . in the calculation of two averages scores, it was obtained 6.55 > 1.67 < 2.39 and in the calculation of the difference of two averages score, it was obtained 6.55 > 2.00 < 2.66. Therefore, it can be concluded that Vocabulary Self-Collection Strategy (VSS) improves students’ reading comprehension and effective for teaching reading.