IMPROVING STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This research is aimed to find out whether or not the implementation of Collaborative Strategic
Reading (CSR) improves students' reading comprehension. CSR is reading strategy that employs
four strategies namely Preview, Click and Clunk, Get the Gist and Wrap Up during students’
learning activities. A class of accounting class in STIE Triatma Mulya is participated as the
participant of the study. The required data were collected through the use of questionnaire,
observation checklist, and reading test. The data from the questionnaire indicated that students had
positive attitude toward the implementation of CSR. They feel that CSR improves their motivation
in learning English and CSR brings more fun to the process of learning. Moreover, it was found
from observation data that the students were actively participated during CSR implementation and
they were motivated when comprehending a text by means CSR strategy. Finally, the study proved
that CSR improved students’ reading comprehension. Students’ mean score of reading test in the
beginning of the study was 50.6 meanwhile, after applying CSR as reading strategy, their mean
scores improved to 67,80.2 and 88.7
Keywords: Collaborative Strategic Reading, Reading Comprehension, Action Research.
ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah penerapan Collaborative Strategic Reading
(CSR) meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa. CSR adalah sebuah strategi yang
menggunakan empat langkah yaitu Preview, Click dan Clunk, Get the Gist dan Wrap Up selama
kegiatan pembelajaran . Sebuah kelas akuntansi di STIE Triatma Mulya berpartisipasi sebagai
peserta penelitian. Data yang diperlukan dikumpulkan melalui penggunaan kuesioner,observasi,
dan tes membaca. Data dari kuesioner menunjukkan bahwa siswa memiliki sikap positif terhadap
pelaksanaan CSR. Mereka merasa bahwa CSR meningkatkan motivasi mereka dalam belajar dan
membawa lebih banyak kesenangan pada proses belajar. Selain itu, ditemukan dari data observasi
bahwa siswa secara aktif berpartisipasi selama pelaksanaan CSR dan mereka termotivasi ketika
memahami teks dengan cara strategi CSR. Akhirnya, penelitian membuktikan CSR yang
meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa. Nilai rata-rata siswa yang membaca sebesar 50.6 di
awal penelitian sementara itu, setelah menerapkan CSR sebagai strategi membaca, skor rata-rata
mereka ditingkatkan menjadi 67,80.2 dan 88.7
Kata kunci: Collaborative Strategic Reading, Pemahaman Membaca, Penelitian Tindakan Kelas.