The Implementation of Rap Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti apakah ada peningkatan signifikan pada keterampilan pemahaman membaca siswa setelah penerapan strategi RAP. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 33 siswa tingkat pertama SMA. Tes membaca digunakan sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Repeated Measure t-test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada kemampuan membaca siswa dengan tinggat signifikansi 0.05. Hal ini menandakan bahwa strategi RAP dapat diterapkan untuk meningkatkan keterampilan pemahaman membaca siswa.

The objectives of the research were to find out whether there was a statistically significant difference of the students’ reading comprehension achievement the students were taught through RAP strategy. The approach of the research was quantitative. The subjects were 33 students of the first grade of SMA. The reading tests were used as the research instrument. The data were analyzed by using Repeated Measure t-test. The result showed that there was a statically significant difference of students’ reading comprehension with the significant level 0.05. This suggests that RAP strategy facilitates the students to improve their achievement in reading comprehension.

 Keywords: reading, reading comprehension, RAP strategy