IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH ADVANCE ORGANIZER STRATEGY

This study deals with the improvement of the students achievement in reading comprehension through advance organizer strategy. The objectives of this research were to improve the students achievement in reading comprehension by using advance organizer strategy, and to apply the stages in advance organizer in improving the students achievement in reading comprehension The subject of the study was grade XI IPA 2 Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Binjai consisting of 33 students. The data of this study were obtained by using test, observation sheets and interview. Since this research is a classroom action research, four steps of application were conducted, namely: planning, action, observation and reflection. This research was conducted in two cycles because in the pre test (without treatment), the average of the students score was 59.24. In the first cycle test, it was 74.30. It is lower than the minimum passing grade, and if is viewed from the observation sheets, the situation of the learning process has not met the criteria of the success. So the writer continued to the second cycle. There was a significant progress on the students achievement in reading comprehension in the second cycle, and the average of the students in the second cycle was 82.94. And the students were more active and enthusiastic in following the lesson. So it can be concluded that the teaching reading comprehension through advance organizer strategy can improve the students achievement in reading comprehensionquantitatively and qualitatively.