DEVELOPING ENGLISH READING MATERIALS FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs AL-HAMID BANJARMASIN

This study is to investigate the students’ perception on reading strategies for increasing reading comprehension. Descriptive quantitative were employed in this study. Data collected from questionnaire were analyzed by using descriptive quantitative analysis method. Related to students’ perception on reading strategies for increase reading comprehension, it was found that students have positive attitude toward reading strategies since they were aware that reading strategies can help them in reading comprehension. The fact shows that although high and low achievers used similar reading strategies but the result is different in their reading scores. It depends on how effective students use their strategies