Abstract:
This study dealt with The Implementation of Read, Ask, Paraphrase (RAP)
Strategy in Improving the Students‟ Achievement in Reading Comprehension.
This study was conducted at SMA AL-FATTAH Medan of 2017/2018 academic
year, which located on Jl. Cemara No.172, Pulo Brayan Darat II Medan Timur in
eleventh grade. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique.
The number of sample were 29 students. The method of research applied
classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the student‟s reaction
during the implementation of Read, Ask, Paraphrase (RAP) Strategy in reading
comprehension and to figure out the improvement of the student‟s achievement in
reading comprehension by applying Read, Ask, Paraphrase (RAP) Strategy. The
instruments of this research were observation sheet and a reading comprehension
test which consisted of 10 multiple choices. The researcher conducted two cycles
in this research, there were two meetings in cycle 1 and two meeting in cycle 2.
This research used quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data showed
that the mean score, in the Pre-test, the mean score was 51.38. In the first cycle
test, the mean of students‟ score was 65.17, and the second cycle test, the mean
score was 89.31; the students who got score more than 75 in cycle 1 was 12
student and the percentage was 41,38%, the students who got score more than 75
in cycle 2 was 29 students and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got
from observation sheet in every cycle showed that the improvement of teacher and
students‟ behavior. Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data
proved that Read, Ask, Paraphrase (RAP) Strategy improved the students‟
achievement in reading comprehension
