THE EFFECT OF PARTNER READING STRATEGY IN TEACHING READING

Abstract

This study analyses the students’ responses about the effect of partner reading strategy in teaching reading and observe how the lecturer implement the partner reading strategy in teaching reading. The population of this research was the second grade of English Departmen STKIP Bina Bangsa Getsempena Banda Aceh which consists of 59 students and only 31 students in class A took as the sample of this research. The instruments of this research were observation, questionnaire, and interview. The result of observation in this study shows that many observation sheet factors are followed by the lecturer. Such as, letting students choose their pairs, practice what is to be a good partner. Then the teacher also pays attention during the learning process in class. It is mean the teaching process is quite satisfying because in line with Meisinger et al in Melanie about the procedure of using partner reading strategy. However, for the questionnaire data, many students who responded strongly agreed in the partner reading strategy section, which is about the benefits or good effects of a partner reading strategy that can encourage students' willingness to learn. Based on the result of the study, the teacher should applied partner reading strategy in teaching reading because it can improve the learning process, and make students interested in learning reading.