his research
was
aimed
to find
out whether
Paraphrase Strategy improved
students‟ activeness in reading class.
The research was carried out at
SMA Belik 1
in the academic year of 20
14/201
5. The research method used
a classroom action
research.
The writer took
31
students as the subject of the research. In collecting
the data, the researcher used observation, questionnaire,
interview,
and
documentation. In analyzing the data, the
writer
used some steps,
namely
;
reduc
ing the data, presenting the data, and verifying the data.
Based on the result
of inferential analysis of the data, there are some conclusions that can be drawn.
Paraphrase strategy
was
able to improve students‟ comprehension in
reading
class
. The
students
‟ score
showed the total average of students‟
comprehension
in
Cycle 1 was
65,48
%, and the total average of students‟
comprehension
in Cycle 2
was
75,32
%.
Thus
, the improvement of students‟
comprehension
was
52,60
%.
The questionnaire result showed 9
5,53
%
of the students answer „yes‟.
Based on
the observation and questionnaire result,
it meant the teaching reading through
Paraphrase Strategy
could improve students‟
comprehension
in reading class.