The Effectiveness of Advance Organizer Learning Approach in Teaching Reading Narrative Text for First Year High School Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the Advance Organizer Learning Approach in teaching first-year high school students to read narrative text. The study is set up as an experimental study, with the data collected via pretest and posttest while the training material is delivered using Advance Organizer as the exercise. The study will take place at MAN 2 Kediri. The findings of the study revealed a substantial difference between pre-and post-test. According to SPSS, the mean is 24.737, the standard deviation is 24.521, the standard error mean is 3.978, and the t-test result is 6.219 using the SPSS 16.0 version. The 2-tailed sig. shows a value of 0 000. It means that the result is significant at 1% significance level. As a result, it can be concluded that teaching first-year students of MAN 2 Kediri to read narrative material using Advance Organizer is effective. The findings of this study suggested that the teacher is using the most appropriate strategy for teaching reading. The information of this study can be used to provide a recommendation to the future researcher.