IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH READ, COVER, REMEMBER, RETELL (RCRR) STRATEGY AT SMP GLOBAL PRIMA NATIONAL PLUS SCHOOL MEDAN
Jurnal Pedagogi FKIP UNIVA Medan, Vol. 5, No. 3, Desember 2018, ISSN: 2406-7873
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This study dealt with the implementation of RCRR (Read, Cover, Remember, Retell) Strategy to improve students‟ ability in reading narrative text. It aimed 1) to enlarge the students‟ knowledge about RCRR (Read, Cover, Remember, Retell) strategy in improving the students‟ ability in reading narrative text 2) to give experience of learning, to motivate, and to increase the students‟ability in reading narrative text through RCRR (Read, Cover, Remember, Retell) strategy 3) to give an alternative strategy on creating enjoyable and comfortable atmosphere. This study was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR). Qualitative and quantitative design were applied to this research. The subject of this research was all students in VII-A Vivaldi that consisted of 27 students. There were two kinds of data collected in this research, namely qualitative and quantitative data. The quantitative data were taken from the students score in reading narrative text, while the qualitative data obtained from the observation of the students activity in learning process. Those data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The research findings showed that there was an improvement of the students‟ score after applying RCRR (Read, Cover, Remember, Retell) strategy; In Preliminary data, the students‟ average score was 63,14 (no one get score more than ≥80). In Cycle I, the students‟ average score was 74,62 (14 students got score more than ≥80), and in Cycle II, the students‟ average score was 84,81 (24 students got score more than ≥80). There was improvement from Cycle I at 51,85% to Cycle II at 88,89%. It was also found that the students‟ activities in learning process increased; the average percentage of the students‟ activities in learning process was 57,63% in Cycle I and 81,94% in Cycle II. So the conclusion of this research was proved that RCRR (Read, Cover, Remember, Retell) strategy improved the students‟ ability in reading narrative text.
Kata Kunci: RCRR (Read, Cover, Remember, Retell) strategy, reading skill, narrative text.
