Abstract:
This research was aimed to find out Circle poster strategy of the students’ reading
comprehension ability. The population of this research was eight grade of SMP N
1 Simpang Kiri at Academic Year 2017/2018. It consisted of two classes included
of experimental group was 40 students and control group was 40 students as
respondents. This research was conducted by using quantitative research. The
instrument of research was test including pre-test and post-test. The result showed
that SDx = 34.69 SDy = 12.5 SE M1 = 5.55 SE M2 = 2.01 SE M1-M2 = 2.74. The
t-table with the level significance of α 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) → n1=
80-1
=79
was
2.00.
From
the
result
analyzed,
t-test was 7.8 and the t-table is
2.00. It means that the t-test value was higher than the t-table or 7.8> 2.00 and ttest
hypothesis was accepted (Ha). Therefore, it concluded that circle poster
strategy can improve students’ achievement in reading comprehension especially
in narrative text. In other words, the result of this research, it can be concluded
that circle poster can effect students’ reading comprehension. Indeed, it is
recommended for teachers to apply this strategy in teaching English, especially in
teaching reading
