IMPROVING STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH RETELLING STORIES STRATEGY AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMK PERSADA BANDAR LAMPUNG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
Keywords:
Retelling Stories Strategy, Reading Comprehension, Narrative TextAbstract
The aim of this research was to improve students’ Reading comprehension through retelling stories strategy at the eleventh grade of SMK Persada Bandar Lampung in academic year 2021/2022. The subject of this research consisted of 27 students. This research was conducted in two cycles by using classroom action research at XI TKJ. This research focused to improve students’ reading comprehension and students’ learning activities. The data was collected through observation sheet and tests. The result showed cycle II was higher than cycle I. The improvement of the mean score from cycle 1 and cycle II was 20.96. There also an improvement in students’ learning activities. It was shown from the mean score of students’ learning activites in cycle I was 32 meanwhile in cycle II was 39.04, and so the improvement between both of the cycles was 7.04 points. The result of analyzing data, it could be said that Retelling Stories Strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension and students’ learning activities.
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