IMPLEMENTING SSS (START WITH SIMPLE STORIES) METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN EXTENSIVE READING ACTIVITY

Abstract

This paper is intended to present the idea of applying the SSS METHOD or stand for Start with Simple Stories extensive reading to improve reading comprehension of the lower achieving students. This can be a challenging task for teachers whose aims are to improve the students’ reading habit by providing them with a very conducive atmosphere of reading, involving and facilitating them in various reading activities with the reading material. Hence, the subjects of the research were the first year or freshmen students of senior high school. Two classes were assigned as the control and the experimental groups. The control group was taught reading comprehension by using the conventional way; while the experimental ¹group ¹was ¹taught reading by using the SSS METHOD extensive reading. As the treatment conducted, both groups were given posttest. The ¹result ¹of the ¹study has showed that ¹there ¹was ¹a¹significant¹difference¹in¹the ¹students’ ¹reading comprehension ¹achievement. The ¹students in ¹the experimental group significantly obtained higher scores than the ones in the control ¹group.