The Effect of Teaching Strategies and Students’ Interest on Reading Comprehension of Recount Text of Eighth Grade Students of MTs Qur’an Kisaran

The study was conducted to find out whether or not
there was any significant difference in reading comprehension
achievement of the eighth grade of MTs Qur’an Kisaran who
were taught through REAP strategy and LRD strategy and those
who were not. The population of the study was the eighth grade
of MTs Qur’an Kisaran in the school year 2019/2020. The total
number of the students was 66 students. The sample was 76
students that were taken by using purposive sampling technique.
Thirty five students were in the experimental group and thirty
four students were in the control group. In doing this research,
the writer did the experimental research by using quasi
experimental design. The instrument for collecting the data was a
reading test that was given as a pre-test and a post-test. The
result of the test that was analyzed by using the independent
sample t-test analysis showed that the t-obtained value was at the
significance level. It means that there was a significant difference
in the reading comprehension achievement between the students
who were taught through REAP strategy and those who were
not.