THE USE OF LISTEN READ DISCUSS STRATEGY AND READING MOTIVATION TOWARD THE STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract: In teaching reading, teaching strategy and reading motivation influences students’
reading comprehension. Strategy which was used in this quasi experimental research is Listen
Read Discuss. It can be used as a variation of teaching strategy in teaching reading
comprehension of descriptive text. The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of
using Listen Read Discuss and students’ reading motivation on students’ reading
comprehension of descriptive text. This research was an experimental research with factorial
design two by two. It was conducted at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru. Population of this
research was second grade students with the total population was 137. The sample was taken
by cluster random sampling; the total number of sample was 52 (26 students in II.1 class and
26 students in II.2 class). The results of this research are, first, the students who were taught
by using Listen Read Discuss had better result on reading comprehension of descriptive text
than the students who were taught by using small group discussion. Second, the students with
higher reading motivation who were taught by Listen Read Discuss had better reading
comprehension of descriptive text than those who are taught by using small group discussion.
Third, students with lower reading motivation who are taught by Listen Read Discuss had
better reading comprehension of descriptive text than those who are taught by using small
group discussion. Fourth, there was no interaction between both techniques and students’
reading motivation on students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. In conclusion,
Listen Read Discuss can be used as a teaching strategy in teaching reading comprehension of
descriptive text at SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Pekanbaru. For further researcher, they are
suggested to do more research dealing with this strategy on other skills and others kinds of
text.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, LRD, Motivation