Abstract
In teaching reading, teaching strategy and reading motivation influences students’ reading comprehension. Strategy which was used in this quasi experimental research is Listen Read Discuss. It can be used as a variation of teaching strategy in teaching reading comprehension of descriptive text. The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of using Listen Read Discuss and students’ reading motivation on students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. This research was an experimental research with factorial design two by two. It was conducted at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru. Population of this research was second grade students with the total population was 137. The sample was taken by cluster random sampling; the total number of sample was 52 (26 students in II.1 class and 26 students in II.2 class). The results of this research are, first, the students who were taught by using Listen Read Discuss had better result on reading comprehension of descriptive text than the students who were taught by using small group discussion. Second, the students with higher reading motivation who were taught by Listen Read Discuss had better reading comprehension of descriptive text than those who are taught by using small group discussion. Third, students with lower reading motivation who are taught by Listen Read Discuss had better reading comprehension of descriptive text than those who are taught by using small group discussion. Fourth, there was no interaction between both techniques and students’ reading motivation on students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. In conclusion, Listen Read Discuss can be used as a teaching strategy in teaching reading comprehension of descriptive text at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru. For further researcher, they are suggested to do more research dealing with this strategy on other skills and others kinds of text.
Highlights
In order to accomplish students’ needs toward reading, school based curriculum (SBC) provides reading one of the skills in mastering English that must be taught and learned in SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru
It means that there was no interaction between two strategies (LRD and Conventional) and the students’ motivation toward students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text
Based on the results of data analysis and the research findings that were conducted to the second grade students of SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru, several conclusions can be drawn: 1. Listen Read Discuss Strategy gives a significant effect on students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text compared to Small Group Discussion strategy as the conventional strategy
Summary
In order to accomplish students’ needs toward reading, school based curriculum (SBC) provides reading one of the skills in mastering English that must be taught and learned in SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru. The teachers often asked the students to answer the questions related to text and the difficult words by discussing in the group and the last discussed them together In this strategy, the students perform a learning task through small group interactions. The teachers ask them to read the text, make a list the difficult word, giving the meaning, after that translating the whole of the text to the students, and asking to do the exercise. This strategy seems to be monotonous and makes the students feel bored
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