Enhancing the Eighth Grade Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using REAP (Read, Encode, Annotate, Ponder) Strategy

Abstract

The aim of this research was to enhance the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement by using REAP (Read, Encode, Annotate, Ponder) Strategy. The research design used was CAR (classroom action research) with the cycle model. The research participants were chosen by using purposive method. The data of this research was taken from interview, documentation, reading test and observation. The result of this research showed some improvements of the students’ reading comprehension achievement in each cycle. It was found from the students’ reading comprehension score, the students got score at least 75 reached 76.92% in Cycle 1 and 82.05% in Cycle 2. It indicated that the use of REAP strategy could enhance the students’ reading comprehension achievement.