Does the Fix- Up Strategy Affect Indonesian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension?

Rusmiati Rusmiati; Irnasari Irnasari; Saiful Akmal

doi:10.24036/ld.v16i2.120014

Does the Fix- Up Strategy Affect Indonesian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension?

Rusmiati Rusmiati⁽¹⁾, Irnasari Irnasari⁽²⁾, Saiful Akmal⁽³⁾,
(1) IAIN Takengon

Indonesia
(2) IAIN Takengon

Indonesia
(3) UIN Ar-Raniry

Indonesia

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Copyright (c) 2022 Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/ld.v16i2.120014

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Abstract

Gaining comprehension when reading has become a challenge for students in EFL context. The present study was undertaken to deal with the hardship that EFL learners confront in their reading class. A strategy called fix up was considered effective in coping with the issue. This research employed a quantitative approach with an experimental design involving 40 students from a senior high school in Takengon, Aceh Tengah, Indonesia. They were equally divided into experimental and control groups, each consisting of 20 students. The instrument utilized here was a test comprising 25 multiple-choice questions, which has passed through validity and reliability test. The scores were analyzed by utilizing a t-test. The results showed that the learners in experimental group performed a much more significant increase compared to those in the control group. In addition, t-score was found greater than the t-table (6, 66 > 2,024) at a significance level of 0, 05 with df (38) suggesting that H0 was rejected and Ha was accepted. It can be concluded that the fix-up strategy affects the students’ reading comprehension, and it is recommended that other English instructors apply this strategy to create more active learners and to provide a better learning circumstance.

Keywords

fix up strategy, reading, reading comprehension, EFL, PISA

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