The effect of probable passage strategy on students’ reading comprehension at grade X SMA Negeri 1 Panyabungan Selatan

In this research, the researcher found that students’ mark in reading comprehension was unsatisfied. The students’ problem in reading comprehension were: 1) The students were still low in vocabulary, 2) The students got bored in reading and 3) The students were less motivation in reading comprehension. Beside the students’ problem, teacher’s strategy also became a problem in learning reading comprehension. The teacher still used the conventional strategy in teaching reading comprehension. The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of Probable Passage on Students’ Reading Comprehension at Grade X SMA Negeri 1 Panyabungan Selatan. The approach used in this research was experimental research where the researcher chose two classes as the sample. They were X MIA-2 as experimental class that consisted of 21 students and X MIA-1 as control class that consisted of 22 students. In this research, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test in multiple choose test. Meanwhile, the data were derived from interview, pre-test, and post-test. To analyze the data, the researcher used parametric test with t-test formula. After the data have been analyzed, the researcher found that the mean score of control was 73.2. The mean score of experimental class using Probable Passage was 79.74. The effect of Probable Passage on students’ reading comprehension was 8.175 > 1.6828 with t0 is higher than tt. It means Ha was accepted and H0 was rejected. So, there was a significant effect of Probable Passage strategy on students’ reading comprehension at grade X SMA Negeri 1 Panyabungan Selata