The Effectiveness of Scaffolding Reading Eexperience (SRE) in Teaching Receptive Skill

The objective of this research was to get empirical evidence of the effectiveness of scaffolding reading experience towards students’ reading comprehension achievement. The method that used in this research was quasi-experimental method. The samples are 60 students (30 Students for experimental class and 30 students for controlled class). Both of classes were given different treatment. Experimental class was taught by using scaffolding reading experience and the con-trolled class was taught without scaffolding reading experience. The sampling that was used in this research was purposive sampling. This research was conducted through the following procedure: giving pre-test, applying treatment and giving post-test. The result of this research was that the students’ pre-test means score (y) of experimental class was 63 while the students’ post-test means score (y) was 75. In contrast, the students’ pre-test means score (y) of controlled class was 55 and the students’ post-test mean score (y) was 63. The significant effect was shown by the students’ post-test mean score (y) of experimental class which was treated by scaffolding reading experience was greater than the post-test means score (y) of controlled class which was not treated by using scaffolding reading experience. The data analyzed by statistic formula of T-test found that on significance level 5% t count was 3.861 while t table was 2.04 or t count > t table. Hence, the H0 (null hypothesis) rejected and the Ha (alternative hypothesis) was accepted. In additional, the application of scaffolding reading experience is effective towards the students’ reading comprehension achievement. Keywords: Scaffolding reading experience, reading comprehension, narrative text