Abstract:
This study deals with improving student’s achievement in reading
comprehension of narrative text by using Tea Party Strategy. This study was
conducted by using classroom action research. The population of the research was
class VIII-2 MTsN Bahorok. It was conducted in one class which consisting of 30
students. This research was conducted in two cycles and each cycles consisted of
three meeting. The research designs are quantitative and qualitative. The instrument
of research are multiple choice which consisting 20 items. Based on the multiple
choice test scores, the student’s score keep improving in every test. In the pre-test the
mean score was 43.66. In the first cycle test the mean score was 69.00 and in the
second cycle test the mean score was 94.00. The improvement also can bee seen from
the presentage of students’ achievement in reading comprehension. In pre-test only 3
students got 70 points (10%). In first competence test 22 students got 70 points
(73.33%). It means there was an improvement about 63.33 %. In the second
competence test 30 students got 70 points (100%). The improvement was 26.67%.
There was also improvement of students’ behaviour and participation in the class. In
first cycle, some students could not pay attention and focus on teacher’s presentation.
Neverthless, in the second cycle, they were able to focus and participated on
the teacher’s command. The students looked interesting and focused when answering
the questions. It could be concluded that Tea Party strategy could improve students’
achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text.
