THE EFFECT OF APPLYING INSERT STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

The objective of the research was to find the effect of applying INSERT strategy  on the students’ achievement in reading narrative text. This research was conducted at SMK Tarbiyah Islamiyah, jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, Hamparan Perak, Sumatera Utara of 2017/2018 academic year. The population of this research was the X grade students consisted of 6 classes, X-1 up to X-6 with total students 189. By using cluster random sampling, 2 classes were chosen; X-3 (30) and X-5 (30), with total 60 students. X-3 class was experimental class taught by INSERT strategy and class X-5 class was control class taught by lecturing method. Multiple choice test with 20 items were administered to the students. The researcher gave a pre-test, treatment and post-test to both groups. Having collected the data by using t-test formula, the result showed that t-test was 12.21 and t-table was 2.002. The fact showed that t-test was greater than t-table (The null hypothesis or Ho was rejected and the alternative hypothesis Ha was accepted). The finding of this research concluded that there was a significant effect of applying INSERT strategy on the student’s achievement in reading comprehension.

Keywords: INSERT Strategy, Achievement, Narrative Text