The EFFECT OF AIR (AUDITORY, INTELLECTUALLY, REPETITION) MODEL ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 8 PADANGSIDIMPUAN

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to find out : 1) The application of AIR (Auditory, Intellectually, Repetition) model on students’ reading comprehension. 2) The students’ reading comprehension of recount text before and after using AIR (Auditory, Intellectually, Repetition) model. 3) Whether there is any significant effect of AIR (Auditory, Intellectually, Repetition) model on students’ reading comprehension of recount text. This research use experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population are 83 with 21 sample take by purposive sampling. The instrument of the research are observation sheet and test. The average score before treatment is 36.19 and after treatment is 75.04. The result data shows that t_test is higher than t_table (t_test > t_table = 4.64 >2.09). It means there was significant effect of using AIR (Auditory, Intellectually, Repetition) model on students’ reading comprehension of recount text at the tenth grade of SMA Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan.