IMPROVING THE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH LISTEN-READ-DISCUSS (LRD) STRATEGY AT MA ZAINUL HASAN 04 PROBOLINGGO

Abstract: Reading comprehension is one of four language skills that must be mastered by the students. In order to be able to interpret and absorb information from reading material, the students should have good ability in comprehending the reading. It is required in any subject, because each lesson is inseparable from the act of reading. In the fact, there are still many problems found in the teaching learning process of reading comprehension. Based on the preliminary study in the grade X of MA Zainul Hasan Probolinggo, there are some students’ problems in reading comprehension as follows: Firstly, they just read a text without understanding the meaning of the content. Secondly, they do not watch when the teacher explains the material in front of the class. Thirdly, they still have poor vocabularies, so it is very hard for them to understand the text. Fourthly, they make a noise in the class and they do not make notes when the teacher writes down on the whiteboard. Fifthly, they are less active in teaching learning process. Therefore, their mean score of achievement is less than 75 that is minimum mastery criterion (KKM/Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimum). To overcome the problems, Classroom Action Research (CAR) was conducted by using Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) strategy to improve students’ reading comprehension. After cycle I was done, there were 18 of 20 students (90%) who achieved above KKM and their mean score was 79.45, so that, the next cycle was not needed. Besides that, the class condition also improves such as: (1) the students were more active indicated by giving more questions, opinions and answering the teacher’s questions, (2) the students were more enjoyable and paid attention in teaching learning process, (3) the students were more more enthusiastic in reading comprehension learning process. Thus, the LRD strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension of the grade X in MA Zainul Hasan Probolinggo in academic year of 2018/2019.Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Listen-Read-Discuss (LRD) Strategy, MA ZainulHasan