STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON USING LRD (LISTEN-READ-DISCUSS) STRATEGY IN STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION AT 8th GRADE OF SMPN 2 KINALI
Nadya Putri J, 2318045, “Students’ Perception on Use LRD (Listen-Read-Discuss) Strategy in Students Reading Comprehension at 8th Grade of SMPN 2 Kinali.” A thesis, English Education Department, State Islamic University Sjech M. Djambek Bukittinggi, 2023. This research was done due to several problems found in eighth grade students at SMPN 2 Kinali related to students’ reading comprehension. The problems of this research were, There were different perceptions of students about the used LRD (Listen-Read-Discuss) strategy of in students reading comprehension, some of the students had difficult to remember what they read, some students had difficult to understand the text given by the teacher, due to lack of vocabulary. The used of the LRD (Listen-Read-Discuss) strategy in students' reading comprehension has become a part of learning English, where this strategy helps students more easily understand the content of a text that students study in class. The purpose of this research was to find out how students perceive the use of the LRD (Listen-Read-Discuss) strategy in reading knowledge of eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Kinali. This research used descriptive quantitative method. The population is eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Kinali with a total of 177 students. The sample used one class, namely class VIII.1 consisted of 30 students. The researcher used a purposive sampling technique because it was a decision between the researcher and the English teacher where she did the research. The research instrument used a questionnaire consisting of 20 items. Researchers validated the instrument through three experts. In analyzing the data, researchers used quantitative descriptive analysis. Based on the research results, the total percentage of data analysis is 59.8% for the Listen-Read-Discuss indicator and 61.5% for the students reading comprehension indicator. The average of these two percentages is 59.8% enough and 61.5% positive. Thus, the results of the study show that overall students support the use of the LRD (Listen-Read-Discuss) strategy in students' reading comprehension.