Abstract
The research aims at finding out whether or not the PACA and VIP strategies can enhance reading comprehension at the second-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Nosu. This research used pre-experimental method. The second-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Nosu in 2018/2019 academic year were the research pupaltions. The sample was 20 students. It used purposive sampling in one class. It is found that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test of the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of combination PACA and VIP strategies in English language teaching can enhance the students’ reading comprehension.
Highlights
English is critical in our life which is used as an international language in communication
Independent variable is the use of PACA and VIP strategy and dependent variable is the students’ reading comprehension ability
It can be seen that there were two students who got 20 scores and they were classified as very poor category, there were 4 students got 25, and they could be classified as very poor, 3 students got 30 score was classified as poor, 4 students got 35 scores were classified as very poor, 5 students got 40 scores were classified as very poor, 2 students got 45 scores were classified as very poor category
Summary
English is critical in our life which is used as an international language in communication. In Indonesia, English is a foreign language which is a compulsory subject that is taught from junior high school and senior high school for six years. It seems that the development of English language teaching in Indonesia touches the recent English curriculum objectives. There are four main skills in English namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. Reading and listening are receptive skills while speaking, and writing is productive skills. Harmer (2007) states that speaking and writing involves language production and often referred to as productive skills. On the other hand, reading and listening involve receiving a message and often referred to as receptive skills
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