Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to find out the use of Book Bits
Strategy can improve students' reading comprehension skills. This
research was conducted in Class VIII-1 SMP Negeri 8 Makassar
consisting of 35 students as the sample of the research. The results of this
study are expected to be useful for students in improving the ability of
reading comprehension, and can help teachers to be more creative.
This research used pre-experimental research method with one
group pre-test and post-test design. The researcher did pre-test,
treatments and post-test. The data was gained by analyzing the students’
pre-test and post-test result.
The research findings indicated that Using Book Bits Strategy can
improve students’ reading comprehension. It was proved by the mean
score of pre-test was 60 is classified as fairly good score then improved to
be 80 in post-test is classified as very good. The improvement percentage
was 33,333%. Therefore there was significant improvement of the
students’ reading comprehension. It can be seen from the value of t-test
(23.46) was greater than t-table (2.030) at the level of significances. It
means that this is a significant difference between the result of the
students’ pre-test and post-test. Therefore, hypothesis HO was rejected
and H1 was accepted
