Abstract:

The present research investigated the effect of using Directed Activities Related to Texts (DARTs) on reading comprehension among the students of secondary school. This research was conducted on class X students of Senior High School of Ummulqura Indonesia, Aceh with the number 25 students. This research was designed in the form of classroom action research. This research was done in two cycles. Then the instruments of this research were test field notes, observation check list and interview script. The data analysis uses both qualitative and quantitative descriptive approaches. The results showed that students' reading comprehension had significantly increased from an average value of 70.32 in the first cycle and 85 in the second cycle. Completeness of classical study in the first cycle is 52% and at the end of the second cycle was 80%. It showed that there was an improvement on the students' reading comprehension after applying the Directed Activities Related to Texts (DARTs) strategy during teaching learning activity.

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