The Effect of Using Listen Read Discuss (LRD) Strategy on The Students’ Achievement in Listening Comprehension

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.