Journal of English Education and Linguistics: JEELi
Abstract
The research is focused on studnts’ reading comprehension in descriptive text at grade X of SMA Swasta Daerah Kisaran in 2021/2022 academic year.The purpose of this research is to find out whether the Fix-up Strategy there is any effect on students' reading comprehension in descriptive text. The research used a total sampling technique in taking the sample, and the sample are students of X IPA and X IPS at SMA Swasta Daerah Kisaran in 2021/2022 Academic Year. In this research, quantitative research is used. The technique of collecting data in this research are pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The instrument of collecting data is a multiple choice test. The results showed that the mean of the pre-test for the control group is 36, 36 and 44, 00 for the experimental group. The mean of the post-test is 49, 09 for the control group and 77, 50 for the experimental group. The Fix-up Strategy is an effective way to improve students' reading comprehension. The independent sample t-test formula is used to analyze the data
