Reading occupies large portion in teaching-learning activities, especially for English department students. It is reasonable since all their learning materials are in English. However, their ability in reading comprehension is low. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a research to solve this problem. The purpose of this research was to find out whether Reciprocal Teaching strategy can solve and improve the students’ reading comprehension. Moreover, this research was also to find out what factors influence the improvement of the students’ reading comprehension. This research is action research. The participants of the research were the third semester students of 2018-2019 academic year which consisted of 13 students. The instruments used to collect the data were from observation checklists, field notes, interviews, and reading tests. After analyzing the data, it was found that reciprocal teaching strategy was able to improve the students’ reading comprehension ability. It could be seen from the improvement of their mean score in reading comprehension at the end of the cycle 1. The factors that influenced the improvement of their reading ability involved materials, teacher’s knowledge, students’ interaction, and assessment activities. To sum up, the implementation of reciprocal teaching strategy was able to provide positive results on their reading comprehension.

Published by Universitas Islam Riau
Journal Name JOURNAL OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC
Contact Phone-
Contact Name Sitti Hadijah
Contact Email j-smich@journal.uir.ac.id
Location Kota pekanbaru, Riau INDONESIA
Website jshmic| http://journal.uir.ac.id/index.php/jshmic|
ISSN ISSN : 23562404, EISSN : 24511446, DOI : -,
Core Subject Education,
Meta Subject Education, Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media,
Meta DescJournal of English for Academic (J-SHMIC) is English Study Program Journal of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at Islamic University of Riau. It publishes manuscripts in printed and online versions within the fields of English Language Teaching and learning, Applied Linguistics, and Literature. The journal is issued twice a year in February and August.
PenulisMaspufah, Maspufah
Publisher ArticleProgram Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FKIP UIR
Subtitle Article J-SHMIC : Journal of English for Academic Vol 6 No 1 (2019): J-SHMIC (Journal of English for Academic)
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.25299/jshmic.201…
DOI Number DOI: 10.25299/jshmic.2019.vol6(1).2639
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