THE EFFECT OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH-BASED ENGLISH LEARNING STRATEGY (SABELS) ON THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AT GRADE TEN OF SMA NEGERI 4 PEMATANGSIANTAR

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This research aims to find out the effect of Scientific Approach-Based English Learning Strategy (SABELS) on the students’ ability in comprehending and interpreting Recount Text at grade ten students of SMA Negeri 4 Pematangsiantar. This research was designed as a quantitative method with quasi-experimental research design. Seventy students of PMIA 5 and 4 were selected as the participants. The experimental class was treated using SABELS while the control class was not treated using SABELS. The data were obtained through pre-test, treatment and post test. The pre-test was held to know the students’ basic ability or score before treatment was given. Meanwhile, the post test was held to know the students’ achievement and significant effect after the students were taught using SABELS. The data shows that the difference or the improvement as the whole students got in post test from control to experimental group is 445 or 12,71 point in average. The score of t-test (6,11) is higher than t-table (1,99) at the level of significance 5% for two tailed test, so Null Hypothesis is rejected and Alternative Hypothesis is accepted.