Abstract:
The objective of this research was to find out the significant effect of using Text
Rendering strategy on the students‟ achievement in Reading Comprehension. The
population of this research was 120 students of SMK PAB 3 Medan Estate
academic year 2016/2017. The Researcher was taken the sample by of sample was
60 then was divided in two groups. Class Ak1 which consist of 30 students as
Experimental group taught by using Text Rendering strategy and class Pk1 which
consist of 30 students as control group taught by using Traditional method. The
research design was Experimental research. The instrument used in this research
was Essay test with 10 questions. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula.
The result showed that = 9:74 was higher than = 2:04. The level of
significance was 0:05 for two t-test (9:74>2:04). Based on the result of the
analysis, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It means that by using Text
Rendering Strategy given significant effect in increasing the students‟
achievement in reading. The effect of using Text Rendering Strategy on the
students‟ achievement in reading comprehension was higher than those students‟
thought without strategy for 0,01. So, the finding of the study indicated that
students‟ achievement in teaching narrative text by using Text Rendering Strategy
was more significant.
