Identification of Problems INTRODUCTION

1.4 Formulation of the Problem

Based on the limitation of the problem above, the research question is: Is there any significant increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement after being taught using DRTA Strategy at SMP PGRI 2 Katibung Lampung Selatan?

1.5 Objective

In relation to the research question, the objective of this research is to find out whether there is significant increase of students’ reading comprehension achievement taught using DRTA Strategy or not at SMP PGRI 2 Katibung Lampung Selatan.

1.6 Uses of the Research

The uses of the research are: 1. Theoretically, the result of this research is expected to verify the previous theories dealing with teaching reading using DRTA Strategy and to be used as a reference for further research. 2. Practically, the results of this result hopefully can give contribution to the English teachers about the effectiveness of DRTA Strategy in increasing students’ reading comprehension achievement.

1.7 Scope of the Research

This research has been conducted at SMP PGRI 2 Katibung Lampung Selatan. The subject of the research is the first year students of SMP PGRI 2 Katibung Lampung Selatan. In this research, the writer focused on the implementation of DRTA as a teaching strategy in developing students’ reading comprehension. The variables of the research were DRTA as the independent variable and the reading comprehension of narrative text as the dependent variable. The research focused on the activities of reading comprehension of narrative text taught by DRTA. The students were expected to be able to comprehend some reading aspects: main idea, vocabulary, specific information, reference and inference. The materials were taken from English Book based on the School Based Curriculum KTSP of SMP. To find out the improvement of stu dents’ reading comprehension achievement of narrative text, the writer measured the score of a set of pre-test and post-test.

1.8 Definition of Terms

There are some terms used by the writer and to make them clear, the writer gives some definitions as follow: 1. Effect is a change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.