Mardiana, Ana (2018) The Use of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension Ability at The Tenth Graders of SMK PGRI 1 Punggur In The Academic Year 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is toshow thatDirected Reading –Thinking Activity (DR-TA) can improve the learning process and the reading comprehension abilities. There are many studentswho still find difficultiesin comprehend the text in reading. So, the writer tries to attest that Directed Reading-Thinking Activity can be one of the teaching strategy to improve the students‟ narrative reading comprehension Abilities.In this research, the researcher conducts classroom action research (CAR) which is done in two cycles. Each cycle consist of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subjects of this research is 25 students in X class of SMK PGRI 1 Punggur In collecting data, the researcher comparestest (pre-test, post test 1 and post test 2), observation and documentation. The research is conducted collaboratively with an English teacher of SMK PGRI 1 Punggur.

The result of the research shows that the use of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity can improve the students reading comprehension abilities and also students‟ learning activities. It provesby the result of the students readingscore. The students who got score 75or more is 5students (20%) at pre test,6 students (24%) at cycle I, and 20students (80%) at cycle II.At post test I is 65 and post test II is 77 it improved 14,28 point.It achievesthe indicator ofsuccess where 80% of students got score 75or more.Furthermore, the use of directed reading-thinking activityimprovesstudents‟ activities in readingclass. It provesby the result of observation sheet on students‟ activities. In cycle I,there is 63% ofstudents are active in readingclass.in cycle II, there is 81% of the students are active.Considering the result of the data above, it can be concluded that the use of directed reading-thinking activity can improve the reading comprehension abilities andtheirlearning activities of the tenth graders of SMK PGRI 1 Punggur.

(keyword: reading comprehension abilities,directed reading-thinking activity (dr-ta), classroom action reseacrh)

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