THE EFFECT OF USING REAP (READ, ENCODE, ANNOTATE PONDER) METHOD ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION TEXT OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMK SWASTA HARAPAN STABAT

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out whether there was a significant effect ofusing REAP (Read, Encode, Annotate, Ponder) on students’ reading comprehension inanalitycal exposition text of the eleventh grade of SMK Swasta Harapan. In this research, theresearcher took 80 students as the sample. As the experimental class, the researcher used classXI.1 ADP which consisted of 40 students and for the control class, the researcher used classXI.4 ADP that consist of 40 students. The, the researcher gave pre-test and post-test to bothclasses.The researcher then statistically analyzed the data by using t-test. After analyzing thedata, the researcher concluded that teaching analytical exposition text using REAP method waseffective. As the fact, the result of t-test was 2,86 with df = 78. Because there was not df 78 inthe t-table, so the researcher decided to use df 60 since it is closer to 78 than df 120. The tableat df 60 showed that the value of t-table (t!"#) was 2,00 for 5% and 2,66 for 1%. Theoritically,the Alternative Hypothesis (H") was accepted if the value of t-test was greater than the valueof t-table (t!$%!) > (t!"#). The finding showed that t-test was greater than t-table (2,86 > 2,00and 2,66). The researcher meant the hypothesis (H") was accepted. It was stated that “There isa significant effect of using REAP method on students’ reading comprehension in analyticalexposition text of the eleventh grade students of SMK Swasta Harapan Stabat” was accepted.