Abstract:
The objective of this research was to find out the effect of using Listen Read Discuss
Strategy on the Students‟ Achievement in Listening Comprehension. This research
was conducted at SMP Swasta F.Tandean, Jalan Dr.Sutomo No.28-A, Tebing Tinggi.
The population of this research was the VIIth grade students of the academic year
2017/2018. Purposive sampling technique was applied, and the VII-3 class was
chosen as the sample. The sample taught by using Listen Read Discuss strategy.
Experimenal group pretes-posttest research design was applied in this study.
Descriptive quantitative method used to be describe the finding. In order to obtain the
data, completing test consist of 25 items were administrated to the students. The
result showed that applaying Listen Read Discuss (LRD) in mastering Listening
Comprehension which was proven from the calculated of t-test. It was found that tobserved was higher than t-table (21.38 > 1.701) α 0.05, at df = 28. It means that the
alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected.
The effect of Listen Read Discuss (LRD) ont the students‟ achievement in mastering
Listening Comprehension was 94.00% and 6.00% from the other factors.