IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY THROUGH DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY (DRTA) STRATEGY AT SMKN 9 BANDAR LAMPUNG

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to improve the students’ learning activity and reading ability by using Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA). It was a kind of reading strategy that makes the students able to think actively while reading. In this research, the writer used Classroom Action Research as the design in collected the data. The research implementation of research was in two cycles. The sample of this research was in one class only with 29 students. To get the data of research, the writer used observation sheet and reading test. The test used in this research was multiple choice consisted of 20 questions, it aimed to get the score of students’ reading ability and used observation sheet for the students’ learning activity. The findings of this research showed Question Answer Relationship (QAR successful to improve students’ learning activity and reading ability. It can be seen from the average score of students’ learning activity and reading ability. The average score of students’ learning activity was increased from the first cycle 6.76 while in the second cycle 7.81, it was from less active to active criteria. Then, it was found that the average score in cycle 1 was 68.8 while in cycle 2 was 90.5. Therefore, the implementation of Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) was successful to be used in improving the students’ learning activity and reading ability at the tenth grade of SMKN 9 Bandar Lampung in academic year of 2022/2023.