THE EFFECT OF RANDOM TEXT STRATEGY ON ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AT MAN 1 MAGETAN

Abstract

This study aimed at examining the effect of the Random Text strategy through an Invitational Letter on the reading skills of eleventh grade students at MAN 1 Magetan. The research population was all eleventh grade students at MAN 1 Magetan in the academic year 2022/2023, and 45 students from two classes selected as the sample. The 11 MIPA-3 class served as the experimental class, while 11 IPS- 1 class was the control class. This study used a quantitative research method with quasi-experimental and a non-equivalent (pre-test and post-test) control group research design. Researchers conducted pre-tests and post-tests in both the experimental and control classes, and data were collected using tests. The t test formula and SPSS 26 version for Windows were used to analyze the data. The result shows that the use of the Random Text strategy had a significant effect on grade 11 students’ reading skills at MAN 1 Magetan, as proved by the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.002 <0.05, which led to the rejection of H₀ and the acceptance of H_a.