Abstract:
The objective of this study was to investigate the significant effect of applying
Read Cover Remember Retell (RCRR) strategy on students’ achievement in
reading comprehension. This study applied the experimental research referring to
true-experimental research design. It was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 47
Sunggal with the population was the ninth grade students at academic year
2019/2020. The ninth grade consist of four classes amounting to 150 students. The
sample of the study was taken by using simple random sampling technique
namely class IX-1 as the axperimental class and IX-2 as control one. The
instrument used of collecting data was reading test in form multiple choice test
about narrative text, and it was analized by using t-test formula. After calculating
the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group, it was found that in
this study was higher than the t-table. It had been seen from
> (6.25 > 2.035) with the level significant 0.05 and DF = 33. From
the result above, it showed that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and
null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. It means that applying of Read Cover
Remember Retell (RCRR) Strategy affect on students’ achievement in reading
comprehension especially in narrative text.
