THE EFFECT OF USING READ, COVER, REMEMBER and RETELL STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION STATE INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC STUDIES OF BENGKULU

This research was aimed to find out whether there was significant effect
of using read, cover, remember and retell (RCRR) strategy on students’
English reading comprehension. The design was a quasi-experimental
research. The sample consisted of 60 students; 30 students for experiment
group and 30 students for control group. The instrument was reading test
which comprised 30 multiple choice (4 options) question with r=0,86 .The
research finding were as follows; 1). RCRR strategy affected students’
reading comprehension in whole reading comprehension RCRR strategy
affected students’ reading comprehension in various aspect of reading
comprehension, 2). RCRR strategy affected the students’ reading
comprehension in the aspect of finding main idea, 3).RCRR strategy
affected the students’ reading comprehension in the aspect of making
inference, 4).RCRR strategy affected the students’ reading comprehension
in the aspect of understanding vocabulary and determining reference.
However, RCRR strategy did not affect the students’ reading
comprehension in the aspect of identifying specific information. Further
study is recommended for medical school.
Key Words: Reading Comprehension, RCRR Strategy