Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Through Mental Imagery Strategy at IX Grade of Boy Students of Sabbihisma Islamic Junior High School Padang, Academic Year 2014/2015

Yulidawati, Yulidawati (2023) Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Through Mental Imagery Strategy at IX Grade of Boy Students of Sabbihisma Islamic Junior High School Padang, Academic Year 2014/2015. Masters thesis, Program Pasca Sarjana FBS Universitas Negeri Padang.

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Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out to what extent Mental Imagery Strategy could improve students reading comprehension and to find out the influence factors that influence the students’ reading comprehension at IX grade of boy students of Sabbihisma Islamic Junior High School. The research method was class action research. The research consisted of two cycles. One cycle consisted of five meetings. The subject of this research was twenty boy students in the academic year of 2014/2015. The data were taken from quantitative data and qualitative data. They were task, test, observation sheet, field note, and interview. It was found that Mental Imagery Strategy could improve boy students of IX grade’s reading comprehension. The rate score of first cycle was 75,7 (65%). And the rate score of second cycle was 84,5 (80%). Furthermore, it was found that, the influence factors that influence boy students’ reading comprehension were stimulation, material selection, scratches, and grouping management. To summarize, Mental Imagery gave positive improvement toward the students’ comprehension skill, especially for boy students of IX grade of Sabbihisma Islamic Junior High School.

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