Prasetyo, Agus (2019) Improving reading comprehension ability by using Guide Reading And Summarizing Procedure (GRASP) Strategy Among The Eighth Graders Of SMPN 1 Batanghari in the academic year 2019/ 2020. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to improve the student reading comprehension after using GRASP strategy at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Batanghari. This research was classroom action research type, and it was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four steps that were planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.

The data collection method in this research was test, observation, documentation, and field note. The observation used to know the activity of students who active on teaching learning process in the class. The problems that faced the students on observation there were the students did not have enough vocabulary, the students did not have the ability to structure the sentence, the students were not able to determine the main ideas and supporting ideas, the students have not good motivation to improve their English ability especially in reading comprehension, and the students have not good in reading comprehension ability.

Regarding to the research result which was taken from observation and test, it could be inferred that there was significant improvement from cycle I to Cycle II. The average score of Post-test I was 64 with percentage of students’ successfulness 57%. Next to cycle II the average score was 73 with percentage of students successful 75%. It indicated that indicator of success has been achieved at least 70% students was completed the Minimum Mastery Criteria (MMC) at least 70. It means that by using GRASP Strategy could help improve students reading comprehension ability at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Batanghari.

Key Words: reading comprehension, GRASP strategy.

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