IMPROVING STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT BY USING PREDICTION STRATEGY

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui i) apakah ada peningkatan secara signifikan pada pemahaman membaca siswa setelah diajarkan menggunakan prediction strategy, ii) respon siswa pada penggunaan prediction strategy dalam pembelajaran membaca. Data diperoleh dari pre-test, post-test, dan kuisioner. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan secara statistik pada kemampuan pemahaman membaca siswa dengan tingkat signifiikan (0.000.05). Hasil dari kuisioner menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas siswa merasa puas dan setuju bahwa prediction strategy dapat meningkatkan kemampuan membaca mereka. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan prediction strategy dalam membaca dapat membantu siswa meningkatkan kemampuan membaca mereka khususnya pada descriptive text.This research aimed to find out whether i) there was a statistically significant increase of students reading comprehension after the students were taught through prediction strategy, ii) the students response in the implementation of prediction strategy in reading. The data were obtained from the pre-test, the post-test, and questionnaires. The result showed that there was a statistically significant increase of students reading comprehension with the significant level (0.000.05). The results of questionnaire showed that the majority of the students felt satisfied and agreed that prediction strategy can improve their reading comprehension . This suggests that the use of prediction strategy in reading help the students improve their reading comprehension achievement, in term of descriptive texts.Keywords: Improve, Reading, Comprehension, Prediction, Strateg