THE EFFECT OF FRONTLOADING STRATEGY WITH THE HELP OF AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA ON THE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

The intended of this research was to find out the significant effect of frontloading strategy with the help of audio-visual media on the students' reading comprehension of report text at Grade XI of SMA Swasta Al Ma’shum Sidodadi in 2022/2023 Academic Year. This research was quantitative research. The population of this research were all class XI consisting of 3 classes. The sample in this research was students of XI MIA 1 as experimental group  using frontloading strategy with the help of audio-visual media and XI MIA 2 as control group using conventional way taken by cluster random in sampling. The instrument of collecting data was test. Before treatment, the pre-test was given. The pre-test obtained with a mean of control group of 52,2 and the experimental group of 64,2. While after treatment was finished, the post-test obtained with a mean of control group of 60,7 and the experimental group of 81,6. The frontloading strategy was an effective way to improve students’ reading comprehension. The result of the analysis obtained that t_score>t_table = 5,66 > 0,2738 then Ha was accepted thus it was obtained that using frontloading strategy has significant effect with the help of audio-visual media on reading comprehension.

Keywords: Effect, Frontloading Strategy, Report Text