Title:
THE INFLUENCE OF THE USE OF CONTEXT CLUES STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION (A Research at Eight Grade of SMP Negeri 1 Kabila Indonesia)

Authors:
Fidya Felinda Ilahude, Hasanuddin Fatsah, Sri Rumiyatiningsih Luwiti and Moon H. Otoluwa

Abstract:
Reading is one of the skills in learning. One technique or strategy used in reading is the context clues. Context clues are a technique or strategy that guesses the meaning of words by using the words themselves which are assisted by instructions in the text. This study aims to determine the effect of using context clues strategies on students’ reading comprehension. This study used experimental research with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The sample of this research was taken by purposive sampling technique, namely class VIII B SMP Negeri 1 Kabila with 15 students. The data collection technique used was a multiple-choice test. The steps of the research procedure to be carried out are instrument testing, pre-test, treatment, post-test and analyzed using paired sample t-test to find out can influence this strategy on reading comprehension of eighth graders of SMP Negeri 1 Kabila. Based on the results of data analysis and hypothesis testing that has been done, it can be seen from the results of the t-test 0.000 <0.05 then Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. This means that there were significantly influenced of using context clues strategies in students' reading comprehension at eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Kabila.

Keywords:
Context clues; Reading Comprehension; Reading Strategy; Experimental Research

DOI:
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4613