IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS THROUGH LISTEN READ DISCUSS (LRD) STRATEGY OF ELEVENTH GRADE AT SMA NEGERI 1 JUWANA

Mayliana, Della Putri. 2023. Improving the Students' Reading Ability in
Descriptive Texts through Listen Read Discuss (LRD) Strategy of Eleventh Grade
at SMA Negeri 1 Juwana. Final Project, English Education Study Program,
Faculty of Language and Arts Education, University of PGRI Semarang. Advisor
I : Jafar Sodiq, S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor II : Dra. Maria Yosephin W.L., M.Pd.
Key words : descriptive text, listen-read- discuss, reading, reading ability
The aims of this research were to find out significant difference in students‟
reading ability descriptive text those taught using and without using listen-read-
discuss strategy. This research uses experimental and control class. The
population of this study were eleventh grade students from SMA Negeri 1
Juwana. The samples of this study were class XI MIPA 2 as the experimental
class and class XI MIPA 1 as control class. This research uses quantitative
research with a quasi-experimental design. Descriptive text elaborates extensively
on individuals or objects and helps students in capturing the text easily. This study
used descriptive text to test students' reading ability by giving 25 multiple choice
questions within 40 minutes. Based on Wilcoxon SPSS data, it was found that the
LRD strategy increased the scores of 35 students in the experimental class and the
score of 1 student remained the same. Whereas in the control class LRD increased
34 students with 2 students who had the same score. Asymp.Sig(2 tailed) is 0.01
which is less than 0.05 which means the data is normal based on the Wilcoxon
test. Research on the use of LRD to improve students' ability in descriptive text
did find significant differences between the experimental class and the control
class. The N-gain score test in this study was 63.14 which can be categorized that
the use of the Listen-Read-Discuss strategy is effective enough for eleventh
graders at SMA Negeri 1 Juwana.