In the practice, the observation was done before implementing the actions and while conducting the teaching and learning process. Before implementing
the actions, the observation was conducted at the VII C class to find out the problems in particular related to the students’ reading comprehension. In
addition, the researcher and the collaborator observed the teaching and learning process by making notes and filling the observation checklist. The
results of observation helped the researcher in knowing the students’ improvement. It also helped her to decide the suitable actions to be
implemented in the next meetings.
3. Test
According to Brown 2001:384, the purpose of the test is to measure a person’s knowledge in a certain field. The background knowledge of the
person will influence the result of the test. Therefore, the pre-test and post- test were conducted to compare the students’ achievement in reading
comprehension. The comparison was taken before and after the implementation of the actions to find out the effects of using the strategy to
the students’ reading comprehension. In this case, the students’ improvement after implementing the action indicated that the strategy had given a good
impact to the reading comprehension. In the practice, the prototype tests were done before conducting pre-test
and post-test. Those were done in VII D class in which the students had to answer 50 questions of multiple choice in 60 minutes. The results of the tests
were analyzed before conducting pre-test and post-test. The tests were done
by VII C class as the subject of the research in which they had to answer 40 questions of multiple choice.
E. Instruments of the Research
Some instruments were used to gain the data of the research. The instruments were interview guide, observation checklist, and reading
comprehension test sheets. The interview guide was used before and after the action. Before implementing the action, it was used to ask the students and
the English teacher’s opinion related to the problems commonly happen in reading comprehension. The result of interviews could determine the
appropriate activities to teach in the class. Furthermore, at the end of every meeting, the students, English teacher, and the collaborator were interviewed
in order to get their opinions and feelings after implementing the action. Moreover, the observation checklist was used by the collaborator to
check the teaching and learning process. It was used by giving a tick to the statements describing the researcher’s performance, the students’
participation, and the situation of the classroom during the implementation of the strategy. The result of the observation checklist was in the form of field
note in which the collaborator and the researcher wrote any kinds of situations during the implementation of the action.
In addition, the tests were conducted two times. Those are before the action pre-test and after implementing the strategy post-test. The prototype
test also was conducted before pre-test and post-test. It was done to check the validity of the test. In the pre-test, the test involved 32 students at the seventh
