• Semi Sukarni

  Author

• Dr. Dwi Rukmini

  Author

• Drs. Ahmad Sofwan

  Author

• Dr. Rudi Hartono

  Author

The objective of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of Strategy-based Reading
Instruction (SBRI) for teaching Reading. It also has purpose to examine the students’
Perception toward the implementation of the reading instruction. The model of strategy-based
instruction that can help students to read more effectively and become independent learners was
suggested by Chamot (2008) namely Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach
(CALLA). There are five phases of the instructional sequence, namely Preparation, Presentation,
Practice, Self-evaluation and Expansion. The study involved two classes: one class was treated
as experimental group and another class was treated as control group. The instruction was
carried-out for 12 meetings with one meeting each week. There were two instruments for
collecting the data namely reading comprehension test and a questionnaire of students’
Perception toward the instruction. The finding of the study shows that the students’ reading
ability increases. The mean score of the experimental group is 66.46 as it is in the good level,
while the mean score of the control group is 61.4 as it is in the sufficient level. The inferential
statistics shows that the t-test is 2.27 higher than the t-table 2.00 with the significant level 0.027
(< 0.05). The students found that Strategy-based Reading Instruction were helpful and practical
for solving reading comprehension difficulty.

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