Implementing Reciprocal Teaching Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text at Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru

  • Ardiya Ardiya
Keywords: Reading comprehension, Reciprocal teaching strategy, Narrative text

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to find out whether Reciprocal teaching strategy can improve
students’ comprehension of narrative text and to find out what factors that influence the
improvement of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text by implementing Reciprocal
teaching strategy. The research was a classroom action research which was conducted in two
cycles consisting of eight meetings. The research was done from March 17th to April 11th, 2012.
There were thirty eight students of Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru, and
one collaborator treated as participants of this research. The data of the research were taken
from reading tests, observation, field notes and interviews. The data were analyzed by
quantitative and qualitative technique. The study revealed that the implementing of four steps
of Reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying and summarizing) can help the
students in comprehending the narrative text. Students’ score increased after they applied four
ways and they were able to master all indicators of reading comprehension of narrative text
consisting of theme, orientation, complication, and resolution as well as draw conclusion. The
factors that influenced the change of students’ reading comprehension of narrative text were the
participation of students, classroom setting and reading materials used in the process of this
research. The researcher concludes that Reciprocal teaching can better improve students’
reading comprehension of narrative text at the Grade XI Science one of SMA Handayani
Pekanbaru.

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Published
2018-02-20
How to Cite
Ardiya, A. (2018). Implementing Reciprocal Teaching Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text at Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru. Lectura : Jurnal Pendidikan, 9(1), 76-85. https://doi.org/10.31849/lectura.v9i1.925
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