Abstract:
This research dealt with The Effect of Applying INSERT Strategy on the Students’
Achievement in Reading Comprehension especially narrative text. The objective
of the research was to find the effect of applying INSERT Strategy on the
students’ achievement in reading narrative text. This research was conducted at
SMK TARBIYAH ISLAMIYAH, Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan, Hamparan Perak,
Sumatera Utara of 2017/2018 academic year. The population of this research was
the X grade students consistine of 6 clases, X-1 up to X-6 with total students 189.
By using Cluster Random Sampling it was choosen 2 clases; X-3 (30) and X-5
(30), with 60 students. X-3 class was Experimental class taught by INSERT
Strategy and class X-5 class was Control class taught by Lectering Method.
Multiple choice test with 20 items were administered to the students. The
researcher gave a pre-test, treatment and post-test to both groups. Having
collected the data by using T-test formula, the result showed that t-test was 12.21
and t-table was 2.002. The fact showed that t-test was greather than t-table. (The
null hypothesis or Ho was rejected and the alternative hypothesis Ha was
accepted). The result of this research concluded that there was a significant effect
of applying INSERT Strategy on the students’ achievement in reading
comprehension.
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