Improving The Students’ Reading Comprehension Through Gist Strategy At Eighth Grade Of Mts. Al-Jam’iyatul Washliyah Tembung

This research aims at finding out the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension through gist strategy. The subject of this research is eighth graders of MTs. Al-Jam’iyatul Washliyah Tembung. It consists of 43 students as informants. This research uses a classroom action research. Two kinds of data are collected: quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data is gathered by using a reading comprehension test. And qualitative data is collected by using observation, interview, and photograph. The quantitative data is analyzed by using t-test, while the qualitative data is analyzed by using Miles and Huberman technique: data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing and verification. The trustworthiness of the study is established through triangulation. The results of this research shows that: The Students’ Reading Comprehension Can be Improved through Gist Strategy