THE USE OF UNDERLINING STRATEGY OF IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMP KARTIKA WIRABUANA XX-2 MAKASSAR

Abstract

This study examines the Underlining strategy to improve students' reading achievement in reading. The purpose of this study was to determine students' reading achievement before and after learning by using the underlining strategy and to test whether there is a significant effect between underlining strategy on students' reading achievement and students' reading comprehension. The research design is experimental in the form of pre-test and post-test with a quantitative approach. The population in this study was class VII SMP Kartika Wirabuana XX-2 Makassar, which consisted of 2 classes with a total of 68 students. The sample in this research is 20 students. 10 students from class VII B and 10 students from class VII C. The instruments used in this study were tests and questionnaires. The instrument test is to measure the effectiveness of the Underlining strategy while the questionnaire instrument is to measure students' perceptions about the use of students' reading comprehension? The results showed that the average value of students' reading comprehension in the pre-test was 53.75 while in the post-test after implementing the underlining strategy it was 78.30. This shows that there is a significant increase before and after the implementation of the underlining strategy so that it is effective in increasing students' reading comprehension. The student's response to this use concerns a number of things including making students more active in learning to read English, better understanding the content of the material being taught, and making students more interested in learning. The conclusion of this study is that it is effective for use in improving students' reading comprehension.