The Implementation of Shoe Partner Strategy Toward Achievement in Reading Comprehension Text at Eleventh of SMK TI Muhammadiyah 9 Medan 2016/2017 Academic Years

Abstract

This study deals with the implementation of Shoe Partner strategy toward achievement in reading comprehension.This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class XI. It conducted in one class which consisted of 38 students. This research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The the finding of the pre-test of the mean score was 44.60. In the first cycle test the mean score was 67.69 and in the second cycle test the mean score was 78.15. The improvement also can bee seen from the presentage of students’ achievement in reading comprehension. In pre-test only 0 students got 70 points (0%). In first competence test 22 students got 70 points (57.89%). It means there was an improvement about 57.89%. In the second competence test 38 students got 70 points (100%). The improvement was 42.11%. There was also improvement of students’ behaviour and participation in the class. In first cycle, some students unable 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.Itwas concluded that Shoe Partnerstrategy improvingstudents’ achievement in reading comprehension.