THE EFFECT OF RAP (READ, ASK, PARAPHRASE) STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN READING ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT

Abstract

This study focused on finding out the effect of applying RAP (Read, Ask,
Paraphrase) Strategy on students’ reading comprehension in reading analytical
exposition text. This study was conducted in experimental design. The population
of this research was the second year of students in SMA Swasta Katolik Budi
Murni 2 Medan. There were seventy students of the second year senior high
school students as the sample of the research. This study was conducted with two
randomized groups namely Experimental Group and Control Group. The
experimental group was taught by applying RAP Strategy, while the control group
was taught by applying conventional strategy. The instrument of collecting the
data was multiple choice tests which consisted of 25 items. The data were
analyzed by using t-test formula. The calculation shown that t-observed (5.36)
was higher than t-table (1.994) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree
of freedom (df) 68. It means that there was a significant effect of applying RAP
Strategy on students’ reading comprehension in reading analytical exposition text.