Penggunaan Strategi Story Mapping untuk Meningkatkan Reading Comprehension Siswa Kelas VIII MTsN Sungai Pandan Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara

Abstract

This study classroom action research was designed to improve the students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts by using story mapping strategy. It was conducted in order to find a strategy of teaching and learning especially, in the teaching reading.
This study was conducted in two cycles by following the procedure of planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The subjects were 31 students of MTsN Sungai Pandan, South Kalimantan. The data were collected by using observation checklist, questionnaire, and reading comprehension test. The subjects of this study were 31 students of the eighth grader at MTsN Sungai Pandan in the 2011/2012 academic year.
The findings showed that the collaborative strategic reading strategy can improve the students’ reading comprehension in narrative texts in terms of determining the topic of the text, and finding the organization of the story. The improvement can be seen from the increase of students’ score from preliminary study to Cycle 2. The percentage of students’ score had improved greatly in the preliminary study from 35,5% of 31 students to 61.2% in Cycle 1 and 77.4% in Cycle 2. The result indicated higher than predetermined criteria of success that was 70% of 31 students who got 65 or greater.