The implementation of Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy to improve the eleventh-grade students’ reading comprehension at SMAN 1 PenawarAji

Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out whether there was an improvement in students' reading comprehension after they were taught by using Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) Strategy.The sample of this research was 30 students ineleventh grade of IPS 3 in SMA Negeri 1 Penawar Aji in academic year 2019/2020. The data were obtained after conducting the pretest and posttest.The result of this research shows that there is a significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension. It can be seen in the mean score of pretest which was 63.4 that improved to 71.2 in posttest and the t-value is 22.015 with df 19 meanwhile in t-table of 19 is 2.0930. It means that t-value is higher than t-table (22.015 > 2.0930). The significant value was 0.00, which was lower than 0.05. It indicated that H1 is accepted, and that there was a significant improvement in students’ reading comprehension after they were taught using Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy. It can be concluded that Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy could be used as an alternative technique to improve students’ reading comprehension. Keywords: listen-read-discuss, Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy, reading comprehension.