The Effect of Fix Up Strategy to Reading Descriptive Text

Abstract

This research intended to find out the effect of fix up strategy reading descriptive text ability at the eight grade students SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi Mandailing Natal. This research had three purposes: The first is to find out students’ reading descriptive text ability at the eight grade students SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi Mandailing Natal before learning by using Fix Up startegy. The next is to find out  the students’ reading descriptive text ability at the eight grade students SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi Mandailing Natal after learning by using Fix Up startegy. The last is to find out whether there was significant effect of Fix Up Strategy to students’ reading descriptive text ability students SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi Mandailing Natal or not. This research used experimental quantitative method with pre-test post- test conrol group design.  The data were collected through  reading descriptive test by using multiple choice test and analyzed by using T-test formula to testing hyphotesis. The result of this research showed that the ability the students in reading descriptive text before learning using Fix Up Strategy is lower than after learning using Fix Up Strategy. For the significant it showed by the result T-test. It showed  that t_count > t_table . Therefore, alternative hypothesis (Ha) of this research was accepted, null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. It can be concluded that there was significant effect of Fix Up Strategy to reading descriptive text ability of The Eight Grade Students SMP Negeri 1 Lembah Sorik Marapi