The Effectiveness of Using “Firing Line” Strategy To Increase The Students’ Achievement In Reading

Abstract

Many teachers have some difficulties to make students be able to understand the meaning of a text. To help students with a better understanding, it is necessary to apply particular method that will help them overcome the difficulties. The objective of this study is to find out the effectiveness of using firing line strategy to increase the students’

achievement in reading since it is also an interactive process that goes on between the reader and the text, resulting in comprehension. The population of this research is the third semester of English Department students of Nahdlatul Ulama Sidoarjo University. The researcher used the experimental research method and then the sample was divided into experimental and control classes. The finding of the research showed that there is a significant effect of applying firing line strategy to increase the students’ achievement in reading and it was proved by the result of post-test.