Implementing Reciprocal Teaching Strategy to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Text at Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru

Students of Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru had low ability in comprehending narrative text. The purpose of this research are to find out whether reciprocal teaching strategy can improve students‘ comprehension of narrative text and to find out what factors influence the improvement of students‘ reading comprehension of narrative text by implementing reciprocal teaching strategy. The research was an classroom action research which was conducted in two cycles consisting eight meetings. The research was done form March 17th to April 11th, 2012. There were thirty eight students of Grade XI Science One of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru and one collaborator treated as participants of this research. The data of the research were taken from reading tests, observation, field notes and interviews. The data were analyzed by quantitative and qualitative technique. The study revealed that the implementing of four steps of reciprocal teaching (predicting, questioning, clarifying and summarizing) can help the students in comprehending the narrative text. Students‘ score increased after they applied four ways and they were able to master all indicators of reading comprehension of narrative text consisting of theme, orientation, complication, resolution and draw conclusion. The factors that influenced the change of students‘ reading comprehension of narrative text were the participation of students, classroom setting and reading materials used in the process of this research. The researcher concludes that reciprocal teaching can better improve students‘ reading comprehension of narrative text at the Grade XI Science one of SMA Handayani Pekanbaru.