Abstract:
The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not the use of Experience
Text Relationship (ETR) assisted with animation video is effective in teaching
reading comprehension. The study applied experimental research method. The
population of this research was the second grade students‟ of SMP Swasta Amir
Hamzah Medan in the academic year 2019/2020 which consisted of two classes,
namely VIII-1 and VIII-2. The researcher used total sampling technique and
divided class into two groups, experimental group with 23 students was taught
with ETR strategy assisted with animation video and control group with 22
students was taught with conventional method. The instrument of collecting the
data was multiple choices which consisted of 20 items. The result showed that the
ttest was higher than ttable (5.04>2.02). It means that Ha was accepted and there was
a significant effect of ETR Assisted with Animation Video on Reading
Comprehension to Junior High School Students‟.
