He Effect of Generating Interaction Between Schemata and Text (GIST) Strategy and Motivation on Students' Reading Comprehension of Hortatory Exposition Text at SMAN 3 Padang

In teaching and learning English, the students are influenced by some factors such as learning strategy and motivation. In this research, the researcher limits on the GIST strategy and motivation. The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of the GIST strategy and motivation toward students’ reading comprehension of hortatory exposition text. This research was done at SMA N 3 Padang. The research design was quasi-experimental with factorial 2x2. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. XI IPA 2 was experimental class and XI IPA 4 was control class. The total number of the sample was 64 students. The hypotheses are (1) the students who are taught through GIST Strategy get the better result in reading comprehension with those who are taught through conventional strategy, (2) the high motivated students who are taught through GIST strategy get better result in reading comprehension than those who are taught through conventional strategy, (3) the low motivated students who are taught through GIST strategy get better result in reading comprehension than those who are taught through conventional strategy, (4) there is an interaction between strategies used and students’ motivation toward reading comprehension. The results of data analysis revealed that: (1) students’ reading comprehension that was taught through GIST strategy was better than the students who were taught through conventional strategy, (2) the high motivated students who were taught through GIST strategy was better in reading comprehension than high motivated students who were taught through conventional strategy, (3) the low motivated students who were taught through GIST strategy was better in reading comprehension than then low motivated students who were taught through conventional strategy, (4) there was no an interaction between strategies used in learning and students’ learning motivation. In conclusion, GIST strategy is effective way on students’ reading comprehension compared with a conventional strategy.