Nurtilek Kadyrov, 2201416179 (2020) Improving Students’ Ability in Discussion and Comprehension through PACA (Predicting and Confirming Activity) Reading Strategy among the Eighth Grade Students of SMP IT Al Fikri Semarang. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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This research is aimed to find out to know the students’ ability in discussion and comprehension before taught by using PACA reading strategy for the eighth grade students of SMP IT Al Fikri Semarang, to know the students’ ability in discussion and comprehension after taught by using PACA reading strategy for the eighth grade students of SMP IT Al Fikri Semarang and to describe the significance difference between teaching reading using PACA reading strategy and without PACA reading strategy for the eighth grade students of SMP IT Al Fikri Semarang. The design of the research is quasi experiment research. The population in this research are the eighth Grade Students At SMP IT Al Fikri in the academic year 2019/2020. The sample of the research is VII A as experiment class, and VII B as controll class. The sampling of the research is purposive sampling. The method of data analysis using t test. The result of the study are: 1) The eighth grade students of SMP IT Al Fikri Semarang taught without using PACA reading strategy got the mean score of pre-test was 60,8 and the mean score of the post test is 65.5. Based on the level of achievement, it belongs to the interval 60-69. The criterion of the interval was inadequate/ unsatisfactory. 2) The eight grade students of SMP IT Al Fikri taught with using PACA reading strategy in discussion and comprehension of reading texts got the mean score of pre-test was 67.1 and 72.9 for the mean score of the post test. The result of the t-value of the t-test is higher than the value of t-table (t0 2.199 > tt 1,71). Thus, it can be said that there is significant difference between the students who are taught by PACA reading strategy and those who are taught without using PACA reading strategy. Suggestion for this research is that the teacher needs to improve the way of teaching. PACA reading strategy activities can also become one way to make students more active.

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