The Implementation of Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) Strategy to Improve Students Reading Comprehension

Uun Yukanah, Ag. Bambang Setiyadi, Ujang Suparman

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti i) apakah ada peningkatan signifikan pada keterampilan pemahaman membaca siswa sebelum dan setelah penerapan strategi TSTS dan ii) respon siswa terhadap penggunaan strategi TSTS. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 33 siswa tingkat kedua SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Bandar Lampung. Tes membaca dan kuesioner digunakan sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Paired Sample t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada kemampuan membaca siswa dengan tinggat signifikansi 0.05. Hasil dari kuesioner menunjukkan bahwa siswa memberikan respon yang positif tentang penggunaan strategi TSTS. Hal ini menandakan bahwa strategi TSTS dapat diterapkan untuk meningkatkan keterampilan pemahaman membaca siswa.

The objectives of this research were to find out i) whether there was a statistically significant difference of students reading comprehension achievement before and after the students were taught through TSTS strategy and ii) the students responses of the implementation of TSTS strategy. The approach of the research was quantitative and qualitative. The subjects were 33 students of the second grade of SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Bandar Lampung. The reading tests and questionnaire were used as the research instrument. The data were analyzed by using Paired Sample t-test. The result showed that there was a statically significant difference of students reading comprehension with the significant level 0.05. Furthermore, the students positively responded the implementation of TSTS strategy. This suggests that TSTS strategy facilitates the students to improve their achievement in reading comprehension.

Keywords: reading, reading comprehension, two stay two stray (TSTS) strategy


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