The Effectiveness of Using Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) Technique in Teaching Reading Comprehension Recount Text at The Eighth Grade Students of SMP AL-HUDA KEBUMEN in The Academic Year of 2016/2017

Abstract

Reading is one of four language skills that are very important in learning English. If their reading skill is poor they are likely to fail in their study or at least they will have difficulties in making progress. If the teacher could take an appropriate technique in teaching reading, it would help the students to read in effective way. One of technique that can be used of teaching reading comprehension is Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR). The objective of the study is to describe the effectiveness of using Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) technique in teaching reading comprehension recount text at the eighth grade students of SMP AL-HUDA KEBUMEN. In order to achieve the objective of this study, the writer will design an experimental research because the researcher giving treatment to the experimental class. The population is the eighth grade students of SMP ALHUDA KEBUMEN in the academic year of 2016/2017. In this research, the researcher used purposive sampling in taking the sample because of the limitation of time. In this research, the researcher took 56 students of VIII E and VIII F as sample; they are experimental group and control group. The researcher used pretest and post-test, the researcher taught reading comprehension recount text by using CSR as a treatment to the experimental group. Statistically, the researcher analyzed the data by using t-test computation. The result of the study shows that the students’ progress of experimental group in reading comprehension is really good. It can be seen from the mean score of experimental group and control group. The mean score of experimental group is 78.91. Meanwhile, the mean of control group is 73.19. It shows that the t-value is higher than t-table (2.28>2.00) with probability (p) lower than α (0.05), it is 0.000 < 0.05. With 0.95 or 95% of significance level, Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Therefore, the use of CSR in teaching reading comprehension recount text at the eighth grade students of SMP AL-HUDA KEBUMEN in the academic year of 2016/2017 is effective.