The Effect of Collaborative Strategic Reading and Learning Motivation on Reading Comprehension of Exposition Text Achievement at Grade XI Students at SMAN 6 Padang

In teaching reading comprehension, strategy in learning and motivation influences reading comprehension. CSR strategy can be used as a variation of teaching strategy in teaching reading comprehension. The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of collaborative strategic reading and learning motivation on reading comprehension of exposition text achievement. This research was an experimental research. It was conducted at Eleventh Grade of SMAN 6 Padang. The design of this research was quasi experimental with factorial design 2x2. Population of this research was eleventh grade students with the total population was 155. The sample was taken by cluster sampling; the total number of sample was 60. XI IPA 4 was experimental class and XI IPA 3 was control class. The result of this research (1) student who were taught by CSR strategy had better result than the students’ who are taught by conventional strategy. (2) CSR has higher results on students’ reading comprehension achievement of exposition text for students with high motivation than who are taught by conventional strategy, (3) students with lower motivation who are taught by CSR strategy have better reading comprehension than who are taught by conventional strategy, (4) there is no interaction between strategy and students’ motivation toward reading comprehension. In short, CSR strategy implemented toward students’ having high or low motivation has higher result toward students’ reading comprehension at class XI SMAN 6 Padang.