Prokheti, Silvi (2017) Applying Focused Cloze Strategy to Increase Students' Reading Comprehension Skill at The Eighth Grade of MTs. Maʼarif Nu 5 Sekampung East Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to use of a strategy. Strategy is one way that is used by the teacher to apply a method in teaching and learning process in order to make the students understand about the materials. So, as a teacher should be able to help the students to comprehend the material by providing the appropriate strategy in teaching and learning process. Therefore, to increase the students reading comprehension, the researcher provided an efficient and effective strategy, that is focused cloze strategy. Focused Cloze is reading comprehension strategy in which words are omitted from a text, students are given a series of sentence with word missing. In fact, the teacher has not used yet the effective strategy in reading lesson, it caused the students' reading comprehension is low. This condition which is the researcher found at the eighth grade of students at MTs. Ma'arif NU 5 Sekampung.

In this case, the researcher conducted Classroom Action Research (CAR). In this research, the researcher conducted the research in two cycles. Each cycle existed the other has relationship. They are including planning, action, observation, and reflection. The subject of this research was 25 at the eighth grade of students at MTs. Ma'arif NU 5 Sekampung. In collecting data, the researcher used the test, observation, and documentation. The tests consist of test 1, test 2, test 3, test 4, test 5 and test 6. The purposes of test are to know how far the students' reading comprehension skills before and after being given the treatment.

The result of test showed that there was improvement from the test 1 until test 6. The average score of test 1 is 62,4, test 2 is 68,4, test 3 is 72, Test 4 is 77,2, Test 5 is 79,6 and Test 6 is 83,6. So, there is progress of the average's score from the tests. The progress occurred from average in cycle I to the average in cycle II, there is increase for about 11,8 points. It is clear that by applying focused cloze strategy of teaching and learning process, the students will be able to increase their reading comprehension skills.

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