Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Through Predict, Organize, Rehearse, Practice and Evaluate (PORPE) Strategy Second Grade Student at SMA Negeri 1 Silangkitang
Abstract
This study is aimed at finding out the impacts of the use of PORPE strategy in improving the reading comprehension among eight grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Silangkitang. The subject of this research was eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Silangkitang. It consisted of one class with 30 students as respondents. This research was conducted by using classroom action research. The technique of analyzing data was applied in this research were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were taken from observation sheet, interview, and documentation. The quantitative data were taken from tests. The tests were given to the students in the form of pre-test, post-test I and post-test II. The result of data analysis showed that there was an improvement on the students’ improvement in reading comprehension from each cycle. It was showed from the mean of pre-test which was 42,5, after PORPE Strategy was applied in the first cycle, there was an improvement of the result of the students’ mean which was 66,8 and for the second cycle after reflection on the first cycle there was an improvement of students’ mean which was 76,76. Moreover In the pre-test, there were 13,33 % (4 of 30 students) who got score ≥ 68. In the post-test I, there were 43.33%% (13 of 30 students) who got score ≥ 68. In the post-test II, there were 90% (25 of 30 students) who got score ≥ 68. Therefore, the total percentage of the improvement from the pre-test to post-test II was about 90%.
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