THE USE OF BOOK BITS STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 8 MAKASSAR

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