Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: December | Volume: 8 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 94-99
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20211213
The Utilization of Modified Listen-Read-Discuss Strategy to Teach Reading Comprehension
Widaty Prayoga Ningrahayu
Master’s Degree of English Education, University of Lampung, Indonesia.
ABSTRACT
This research was quantitative research and considered as true experimental. The objectives of the research were to find out whether modified Listen-Read-Discuss technique can be used to improve students’ reading comprehension better than original LRD or not and the reading aspect that improved the most after the students received the treatments. The sample of this research was 35 students in control class and 34 students in experimental class. The data of this research was collected through reading test. After the data were collected, the researcher used independent t test to analyze the data. From the analysis, it was found that the original and modified LRD were able to improve reading comprehension significantly and modified LRD technique enabled the students to improve their reading better than original one. The last finding of this research was determining reference the most improved reading aspect in experimental class while finding specific information was the most improved aspect in control class. In short, modified LRD technique can enhance students’ reading comprehension better than original one since it added outlining strategy which arranged information based on concept.
Keywords: Listen-Read-Discuss, Modified Listen-Read-Discuss, Reading Comprehension..
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