The Effectiveness of Strategies-Based Instruction on Reading Comprehension Achievement

Abstract

Reading in the EFL context in Indonesia can be generally included in the teaching of reading comprehension. Here, teaching reading aims to improve the skill of the students in comprehending the meaning of the written text. Therefore, knowledge of reading strategies is needed to help students encountering different text types, so that they become more aware of how they learn most effectively. This experimental study was conducted with a purpose to investigate the effectiveness of SBI on reading comprehension achievement in English as a foreign language. The subjects of the study were chosen from Grade X of SMK Islam Gupi Dongko. A set of reading strategies that were delivered in the SBI method trained the students. This study answered these two following research problems: 1) Do students who are taught using Strategy-Based Instruction achieve better in literal reading comprehension than those who are taught using the conventional strategy?, 2) Do students who are taught using Strategy-Based Instruction achieve better in inferential reading comprehension than those who are taught using the conventional strategy?