The Effect of Applying Summarization Strategy on the Students’ Reading Achievement in Identifying Main Idea of Narrative Text at SMK Taman Siswa Medan

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of applying summarization strategy to the students’ reading achievement in identifying main idea. This research applied experimental research. Population of this research was the second year students of Senior High School in SMK TAMAN SISWA Medan at Jl. Sabarudin No. 08 Sei Renggas Permata Medan Kota in the academic year 2019/2020 with the total population was 145 students. This research used experimental research design namely One group pre-test and post-test. The sample consisted of 30 students in class XI-AP1. The experimental group was taught by applying summarization strategy. The instrument of collecting data was multiple choice which consisted of 20 items. The experimental group was given pre-test and post-test. After the data had been collected, there were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of analysis showed that the t-observe (tₒ = 7,0) was higher than t-table with the level of significant 𝜶 = 0.05. The last hyphothesis showed that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. It means that there was a significant effect of applying summarization strategy to the students’ reading achievement in identifying main idea.