IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION USING EXPERIENCE-TEXT-RELATIONSHIP (ETR) METHOD

This article discusses the implementation of experience-text-relationship (ETR) method in a classroom action research to improve the students’ reading comprehension. ETR method is implemented in two cycles of planning, action, observation, and reflection.. Cycle 1 consists of four meetings and cycle 2 consists of three meetings. The data in this research are collected by means of observation, questionnaire, interview, document analysis, and tests. The data are then analyzed following the steps of assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretation, and reporting the outcome except for the tests results that are analysed by comparing the mean scores. The results of the research showed that experience-text-relationship (ETR) method improves both students’ reading comprehension and the class situation.Keywords: reading comprehension, experience-text-relationship metho